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

There’s some wan comedy in an early scene where these new-ish lovers debate the ethics of secrecy while revealing the skeletons they’ve been hiding from each other.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

One ethics watchdog told me the low rents could constitute illegal gifts.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

“That, too. But the therapy and the ethics offices are in the same complex, so I get it all done the same days. How’d your project go?”

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson