摘要: |
SCENARIO An ASCE section officer is preparing an email campaign aimed at Life Members when a particular name on the mailing list catches her eye. The officer recognizes the individual as a key figure in a corruption scandal that had occurred in her locality some 20 years earlier, and she is surprised to learn that this individual is a current Life Member on the Society's membership roster. She contacts the Committee on Professional Conduct to seek confirmation that the member is the same individual named in that scandal and, if so, to ask whether the member's conduct had ever been reviewed by the committee. From the information provided by the section officer, the CPC collects news reports of the decades-old case and confirms that the Life Member is indeed the same individual named in the case. The CPC learns that the member had been implicated in an illegal campaign contribution scheme that resulted in the conviction and sentencing of an elected county commissioner. |