ethics
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That case ground on for nearly a decade and ended with no admission of wrongdoing, though the settlement required the attorney general to pay $300,000 in restitution and undergo legal ethics training.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Describing himself as a Catholic from the impoverished aristocracy and an entrepreneur, he says it would offend against both his ethics and his business sense to exclude people from the banquets.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
President Donald Trump, who has purchased shares in Palantir according to government ethics disclosures, praised the company in a social media post in April.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
But a former DOJ ethics official, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said that Dhillon’s participation in the proceedings was anything but routine.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
And each for all its bumptiousness brought with it the same thing: the Scripture on which our ethics, our art and poetry, and our relationships are built.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing ethics
Journalism
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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