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ecause of the fact that he had been ordered by a
Federal District Court to tell the truth about what
had happened to him.
Another point that is very important in the
long over the long haul is that the labor law says
very little about what union officials must do as
opposed to what they must not do. Section 501 says
merely that union officials occupy a position of trust
in relationship to the membership. We argued from
that, and Judge Ackerman agreed with us, that that
translated into an affirmative duty to ensure to the
extent possible that persons who are appointed and
retained in positions of trust will adhere to the
highest standards of responsibility and ethical con-
duct to ensure that they obtain -- that officials
obtain the true facts with respect to the character of
potential appointees and an affirmative duty to
eva lute to the greatest extent possible the impact
which any particular appointment might reasonably be
expected to have on the membership in the light of
existing circumstances.
This is a part of the fiduciary obligation
which is common for the highest executive officers in
D0rmal institutional entities, but it's the first time