The scientist in 2006 admitted faking his findings, after questions of impropriety had emerged.
"We find those facts raise at least an appearance of an impropriety, " the report says.
Earlier this year, Halliburton severed ties with KBR ex-chairman Jack Stanley over allegations of financial impropriety.
In a pleading, Wang admitted sending e-mails but denied impropriety, as did Brodsky and Stephan.
This is why disclosure of industry ties is necessary to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.
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Any suggestion of impropriety in this respect was briskly brushed aside at the council.
Moreover, Mr Thaksin has endured accusations of impropriety with little apparent discomfort over the past few years.
Fortunately WestLB is too small a bank for its impropriety to have had an effect on financial markets.
Sri Lankan Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake has denied allegations of financial impropriety levelled against her by the government.
Cervelli said he consulted with Bosch while recovering from a broken foot but said there was no impropriety.
Most of the companies accused of impropriety are privately run, not state-owned enterprises.
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If he could do it again, might he do anything differently, if only to avoid the whiff of impropriety?
Because the appearance of impropriety is as powerful as the act of impropriety.
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And then there is a part of my naivety that says the appearance of impropriety is enough of a deterrent.
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Rexall Sundown, the United States distributor of Cellasene, has already been accused of impropriety regarding another product called Osteo Bi-Flex.
The Gallops deny any impropriety and are fighting both the revocation and a big personal tax bill in U.S. Tax Court.
Orr resigned his partnership at Jones, Day, although not required by law, in order to avoid any appearance of impropriety, he said.
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There is another reason not to merely toss outlying scores: Recent news from London suggests it doesn't suffice to prevent deliberate impropriety.
And the appearance of any impropriety, I didn't want to have it.
Mr Martin denied any impropriety and asked the independent auditor-general to investigate.
Obama pleaded ignorance, but Secretary of State John Kerry and his staff denied any impropriety and vowed that all questions would be answered.
And he added that an inquiry had shown "there is not a single scintilla of evidence of any impropriety whatsoever" by current cabinet ministers.
To remove the appearance of impropriety, he could have ordered Sokol to sell his shares of Lubrizol in the public market, or to Berkshire.
Mr Singh said on Monday that the findings were "flawed", and that "any allegation of impropriety is without any basis and unsupported by facts".
Any time that type of language is used it raises a level of an appearance of impropriety, and the public should be up in arms.
There is probably no better excuse for two people to touch each other, without any suggestion of impropriety, than to take to the dance floor.
"I actually think it's the appearance of impropriety, " Mr. Lhota said.
But he said the impropriety of the bonuses goes beyond economics.
"We ordered Congressman Foley to cease all contact with this former House page to avoid even the appearance of impropriety, " Shimkus said in a statement Friday.
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On a continent where being very rich still carries faint implications of impropriety, many Europeans feel uneasy with the idea of competing to demonstrate public generosity.
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