Under the organization's new policy on closer personal relationships in the workplace, a supervisor who has an intimate personal relationship with a subordinate must report that relationship to the ethics adviser, his or her supervisor or the human resources department "to seek resolution of potential conflict of interests and workplace fairness concerns, " the new standards say.
Another potential approach by which Congress could increase tax fairness and reduce the deficit is by reforming the structure of particular tax expenditures.
The first major piece of legislation, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act enacted in 1995, specifically targeted securities cases while the Class Action Fairness Act, passed some years later, placed broader obstacles before potential plaintiffs.