Ethics

A professor of business ethics weighs in on Franklin Templeton's firing of Amy Cooper.

"President Trump's time in office has been an ethical disaster," said a report from the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

The Miami-Dade Democratic Party filed a complaint against Republican Representative Matt Gaetz Thursday, the day after Gaetz lodged an ethics complaint about Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi destroying her copy of the State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Richard Painter, a Bush White House lawyer, tweeted that the Trumps are "an organized crime family," after telling MSNBC they should all be prosecuted.

The Saudi government is a part-owner of a company building a Trump-branded property that Kushner's wife Ivanka Trump holds a stake in, a watchdog alleged.

The Washington ethics watchdog CREW is tracking all of President Donald Trump's conflicts of interest while he is in the White House.

A group of researchers are scheduled to speak at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago today to discuss the ethical implications of organoid-based research.

"Tweets might seem like small potatoes, but it illustrates the Trump administration's larger disdain for government ethics," a spokesman for the watchdog told Newsweek.

The former defense secretary should learn from George Marshall about weighing silence against warning of a clear and present danger.

The Trump administration was paying money to Glasgow Prestwick Airport while it sent American personnel to Turnberry, with which it's pursuing a commercial relationship.

Responding to Trump's tweet, Caldwell wrote that he was "honored" by the president's endorsement.

The demand cites reports that Deutsche Bank had a lax approach toward money laundering laws and protected lucrative clients.

Kushner has been "engaging in prohibited campaign fundraising activities," Democrats alleged in demanding an investigation.

The petition's launch came after an official federal watchdog recommended that Conway be removed from her post, citing violations of The Hatch Act.

Conway's actions "erode the principal foundation of our democratic system—the rule of law," the Office of Special Counsel's letter states.

"Every American should be incredibly troubled by this jaw-dropping news," a lawyer involved in an emoluments suit said.

The foreign emoluments clause "definitely applies to Jared Kushner," Richard Painter said.

"What an honour it was to have the President of the United States," read the message from Trump Doonbeg.

Secretary Chao is hardly the first Trump administration official to come under fire for way they've handled their ethics agreements.

"The White House photo needs to come off her Twitter page," former ethics chief Richard Painter said.

"Congress should let Mnuchin choose: He hands over the tax returns or he goes to the slammer."

Travelers have the ability to boycott places and events in order to force them to make ethical and moral changes. Or, alternatively, travelers can choose to visit those countries that have put in place good ethical practices, in order to encourage other destinations to follow suit.

"Release the tax returns or drop out of the race," the ethics chief said of Sanders.

"It was denied by the Catholic Church for ethical reasons. I didn't understand how this could be happening. The Catholic bishops didn't approve of my surgery. It seemed unreal."

Lawyer Susan Simpson said Trump was essentially suggesting: "If the U.K. takes a position that is adverse to my golf course, U.S. foreign policy will take a position that is adverse to the U.K."

Chinese investigators have accused He Jiankui of avoiding oversight and breaking federal guidelines, and the government called his work "extremely abominable."

"This was the message that Democrats ran on and won in 2018 ― fixing our broken democracy ― and we intend to keep the promise to the American people," Sen. Tom Udall told Huffpost on Thursday.

As promised, House Democrats unveiled their signature ethics bill Friday after retaking control of the chamber for the first time in nine years.

President Trump announced that the scandal-hit secretary would be departing the administration.

"We will not allow inexcusable and reprehensible violations of that trust to erode decades of honorable service, teamwork, and progress by the members of USSOCOM," General Raymond Thomas III wrote to personnel in an email obtained by Newsweek.