Quotes About Ethics

Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a company is not allowed to provide a personal benefit to a decision maker in return for business. But hiring the sons and daughters of powerful executives and politicians is hardly just the province of banks doing business in China: it has been a time-tested practice here in the United States.

I'm a pro-life candidate because I believe that science is proving us right every day.

I do not have the luxury of deciding which provisions of the Ohio Constitution to defend.

A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent.

We are professionals, we have to set the example and not provoke anyone.

I think, typically, sci-fi can be a little bit grey and thought provoking. Sometimes it leaves you pondering certain questions and things.

New Hampshire has always shown prudence and responsibility in its application of the death penalty.

As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent.

I'd be a terrible journalist. I wouldn't want to pry; I just don't have that nature.

I do think Australians as a rule have a very good sensibility to them, and I think most people, if they were given the option, wouldn't choose to rip off a filmmaker or an artist - I don't think its part of the Australian psyche.

'Breaking Bad' is great at blurring the line between good and evil. It makes you feel compassion for Walter White so you're with him throughout this descent into the darker parts of his psyche. The bad that we're capable of is all circumstantial.

We've all listened to Dr. Laura Schlessinger, haven't we? We all know how not to play a psychiatrist.

Too little attention is paid to the dark side of incentives. They are anything but a magic bullet. Psychologists have known this for years, but it seems largely hidden from the world of commerce.

I feel really ambiguous about the psychology of people trying to do good in the world.

Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil.

I don't believe that we evolved moral psychology; it just doesn't seem plausible to me as a biological phenomenon.

Morals are private. Decency is public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

If you're a public official, your life is an open book.

Chefs have a new opportunity - and perhaps even an obligation - to inform the public about what is good to eat, and why.

I'm not going to discuss things that are internal party matters and things that are not supposed to be in public domain.

The assumption should be that we will not appear in print or the blogosphere. Having dinner should not be fodder for Facebook. And this is just as true for 'public personalities' as it is for the average person. After all, even people in the public eye have a right to a private life.

I don't know if I ever really think about being a role model. But I guess if you're in the public eye and people are looking at what you do, you do want to be a good role model, and you want to kind of be seen in a good light.

You know that being a public figure is instantly grounds for prosecution.