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Ethics in the News
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U.S. Asks Kerikâs Judge to Send a Stern Message
Federal prosecutors portrayed Bernard B. Kerik, the former police commissio...
The Privilege to Serve
Legislators should be required to disclose the names of their legal clients...
Patersonâs Ethics Veto Survives Override Vote
Many Senate Republicans helped kill a reform bill that they once backed but...
Eternal Life
Rebecca Skloot untangles the ethical issues in the case of a woman whose ca...
Should the Sex Offender Be Invited?
A right to privacy; a right to work; a right to object.

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