The Latest Breaking News from Ethics

Review by Graeme Head finds hiring process may not have been ‘fully in keeping’ with public servants’ code of ethics

Norman Eisen tells The Independent the Justice Department and the FBI would not ‘a momentous step without consulting with the Attorney General’

Recent evidence showing that Virginia Thomas, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent at least 29 text messages to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urging him to help overturn the 2020 election has reignited a long-simmering debate about judicial ethics and the nation’s highest court.

Earlier this month, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to criminally investigate Mr Trump’s Bedminster golf club over its use of the seal

ATLANTA — The state ethics commission on Monday will consider whether a nonprofit raised and spent millions of undisclosed dollars supporting Stacey Abrams' 2018 gubernatorial campaign.

The wild tiger population has increased by 40% since 2015 (yay!), so should they still be captive in zoos?

Pandemic may have changed decision-making, according to research published in Journal of Medical Ethics

Did Todd M. Smith–Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s trusted, troubled strategist–shake down Texas hemp growers?

The decision by the Lincoln Park alderperson gives Mayor Lori Lightfoot the rare chance for a third appointment to the Council. Lightfoot already has replaced Patrick Daley Thompson, forced to resign after a federal conviction, and Michael Scott Jr., who left for a private sector job.