American fraudster who admitted to a promoting a massive Ponzi scheme, defrauding hundreds of elderly investors
Who is Bernie Madoff?
100
Length of time in a month that one can lobby before having to register with the Hawaii state ethics commission.
What is "five hours"?
100
Former Democratic state legislator from Pauoa who spent two nights in jail in late 2011 and early 2012 for stealing city funds and violating campaign spending laws. He is currently running for state Senate as a Republican.
Who is Rod Tam?
100
The federal statutory tax law in the United States. It governs how much lobbying that non-profits can do without being fined.
What is the Internal Revenue Code?
100
"[Blank] is the best policy."
What is honesty?
200
CEO and chairman of Enron Corporation, he was indicted by a grand jury and was found guilty of 10 counts of securities fraud.
Who is Ken Lay?
200
The length of a legislative biennium. Once a lobbyist registers with the state ethics commission, that filing does not need to be renewed until a legislative biennium starts again.
What is "two years"?
200
A former Republican state representative who resigned from the Hawaii legislature on December 1, 2005 after being convicted of misdemeanor sex abuse charges for unzipping a sleeping woman's pants on an airplane. He was sentenced to "house arrest" and therefore escaped prison time.
Who is Galen Fox?
200
A United States federal law that set new or expanded requirements for all U.S. public company boards, management and public accounting firms. It requires non-profit organizations to adopt policies such as "whistleblower" policies.
What is Sarbanes Oxley
200
This ethical value evolved from the Latin adjective integer, meaning whole or complete.
What is integrity?
300
A 1997 Bishop Estate trustee -- the lead trustee for educational affairs -- who was blamed for low morale among students and faculty. Her high profile contributed to the ultimate removal of the trustees.
Who is Lokelani Lindsey?
300
The ethics commission requires expenditure reports to be filed this period of time after the end of the reporting period.
What is "one month"?
300
Served as speaker of the Hawaii House in 1987, 1989, and 1991. In 1997, he was convicted in federal court of wire and mail fraud, and money laundering.
Who is Danny Kihano?
300
Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 84.
What is the state ethics code?
300
Free from bias or injustice.
What is fairness?
400
This Corporate Executive was convicted of charges related to a stock trading case and sentenced to prison. There was speculation that the incident would effectively end her media empire, although she began a comeback campaign in 2005 and her company returned to profitability in 2006.
Who is Martha Stewart?
400
Once a person meets the definition of "lobbyist" for purposes of the state ethics code, he or she must register with the ethics commission within this number of days.
What is five?
400
Former State Senator who was convicted, and served three months in prison, after prosecutors determined he conspired to help Democratic candidate for House Ross Segawa by illegally registering voters. Segawa lost.
Who is Chip Uwaine?
400
Requires legislators to refuse to accept items, for example, such as a ticket to Cirque du Soleil.
What is Hawaii's gifts law?
Or what is "fair treatment"?
400
Able to be relied on to do or provide what is needed or right.
What is trustworthy?
500
Hawaii island Mayor indicted for procurement "p-card" violations.
Who is Billy Kenoi?
500
Dollar amount, above which a gift is presumed to intend to influence a legislator.
What is $25?
500
Former Honolulu City Councilwoman who pled guilty to $20,000 worth of theft charges. After leaving prison, was hired by Schnitzer Steel as a community relations professional.
Who is Rene Mansho?
500
Federal law signed by President Barack Obama as a response to the Great Recession. It brought the most significant changes to financial regulation in the United States since the regulatory reform that followed the Great Depression.
What is "Dodd Frank"
500
Answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account-giving