Quotes About Ethics

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.

If you talk to most businessmen, they'll say that what they do is for the public good, but you know they're just greedy, and consumers are just consuming for the sake of their own greed.

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

Defining of the public interest is always very, very difficult.

One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

The papers, you know, they're always gonna just make stuff up. They think it's in the public interest.

I just want people to know that whatever decisions are made on any issue, I'll make them according to what I believe is in the public interest and my own conscience.

Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.

The abortion issue has intersected with my public life from the very beginning.

When you want to know something about the character of somebody in public life, look to see if they have a passion that began long before they were in office and that they have consistently held it throughout their career.

Negative personal attacks have no place in public life and serve to erode public confidence in our basic institutions of government.

Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.

Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office.

I've been concerned about ethics in government for a long time. And the problems we've had under President Trump are only indicative of the longer-term problem of the erosion of public office and government.

Corruption is when people in public office use that public office for private or selfish ends. This is one of the most central debates in the last 40 years in law, what is corruption.

In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how they conduct the people's business.

Instead of channeling Trump, and attacking the courts in ways that are as bad as or worse than the president's, public officials who ought to know better should behave better.

Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.

All public officials, including the secretary of state, must be held accountable.

When public officials turn to financial gain for official acts, we have no choice but to prosecute.

Public officials, including state legislators, have a duty to act impartially.

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

Justice is not easy. It does not fit the mold of public opinion.

I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a tooth-for-tooth guy, but the reality is the death penalty as public policy is flawed.