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Questions About Penn State Professor O’Neill Referred to Ethics Office

2016-12-19

As state support for universities drops, there is a growing trend of corporate support in the form of specially designated departments, professorships, etc., often with alarming consequences.

Will Dean Crouter Enforce Penn State’s Ethical Standards?

2016-11-22

C&BP Writes to Dean Crouter for Help to Get Prof. O’Neill to Follow Established Policy In October, we posed a series of questions to Penn State Provost Nicholas Jones about the School of Hospitality Management’s (SHM) and Professor John W. O’Neill’s relationship with the hotel industry lobby. On November 9th, the University finally responded in… Read more »

Is Professor John O’Neill Using Penn State to Run His Private Consulting Practice?

2016-10-31

Penn State needs to not just have ethical standards, but take their own ethical standards seriously. It appears that when it comes to Professor John O’Neill and what appears to be a lucrative consulting practice, the University has once again looked the other way.

NY Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal: Release Communications with Hotel Lobby

2016-10-28

Today, we sent a letter to New York Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal – sponsor of recent anti-home sharing legislation – that asks for her to voluntarily release all communications with relevant hotel lobby players. They include New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council (HTC) President Peter Ward or any other representatives of HTC; Neil Kwatra, Austin Shafran,… Read more »

4 Ways Penn State Pledged to Operate in a Strong Ethical Environment

2016-10-19

On October 7th, we sent a letter to Penn State University’s Provost Dr. Nicholas P. Jones that asked for his help so that our readers could better understand the School of Hospitality Management’s (SHM) relationship with the hotel industry lobby. Among other things, we asked about Penn State Professor John W. O’Neill, former director of… Read more »

Peter Ward’s Union Gave $100,000 to the Hotel Association of NYC

2016-10-14

How does Mr. Ward square giving $100,00 of union funds to an industry that opposes HTC’s attempts to organize many hotels and raise the pay for hotel housekeeping staff – particularly the Fight for $15?

What Is Penn State’s Relationship With Hotel Industry Lobbyists?

2016-10-7

Today, we sent a letter to Dr. Nicholas P. Jones, Executive Vice President and Provost of Pennsylvania State University, to ask for his help in better understanding Penn State School of Hospitality Management’s (SHM) relationship with the hotel industry and the origins of this university-corporate partnership. To read the full letter, click on the… Read more »

Why Is Union Leader Peter Ward the Leading Anti-Home Sharing Spokesman in New York?

2016-10-6

Yesterday, we sent a letter to Peter Ward, president of the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO, asking that he assist us in understanding his decision-making process and relationship with his union members. To read the full letter, click on the image or HERE. Earlier this week, we also called Mr. Ward’s office,… Read more »

Text Messages Show Taxpayer-Funded Consumer “Advocate” Conspiring with APS Lobbyist

2016-09-8

“To Shape the Value of Solar Study Before it Starts” For 18 months, we’ve reported to Arizonans the evidence we’ve uncovered that indicates public business between captured regulators and utility lobbyists is taking place via text messages to conceal their communications. Now a small batch of texts between Lon Huber, Arizona’s Residential Utility Consumer Office’s… Read more »

Nevada PUC’s “Energy Guy” David Noble Shown the Door

2016-07-28

Turmoil has enveloped the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. And for good reason. Now Gov. Sandoval has pushed out Commissioner David Noble, where he began his career as an administrative attorney in 1997, before being appointed by Sandoval as a commissioner in 2011, and reappointed in 2012. David Noble was the prime mover behind the PUC’s “Christmas… Read more »

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