As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly. – Jo Ann Davis
Don’t violate your own code of values and ethics, but don’t waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs. – Melody Beattie
Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn’t work! – Robin Williams
There are no journalistic ethics that transcend the value of human life. There are none. In a situation where you can save a human life, you must. There isn’t any conflict in my mind. – Sebastian Junger
Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press has a code of ethics. – Roger Mudd
As Americans, we’re not sure we share values. We’re sometimes even afraid to use the word ‘values.’ We talk about teaching ethics in schools – people say, ‘What ethics? Whose ethics? Maybe we can’t.’ And they confuse that with teaching of religion. – Rudy Giuliani
Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics. – Robin S. Sharma
The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors’ Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics. – Richard Curtis
It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics. – Salman Rushdie
The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and ’80s when the Carter and Reagan Administrations de-regulated the television industry. – Roger Mudd
Port Royal, Jamaica, was built for pirates. The town had a well-protected harbor, corrupt politicians and townsfolk, and a set of ethics that seemed passed down from Sodom and Gomorrah. – Robert Kurson
In Scientology, in the Ethics Conditions, as you go down from Normal through Doubt, then you get to Enemy, and, finally, near the bottom, there is Treason. – Paul Haggis
Voters who disregarded Richard Nixon’s involvement in the questionable ethics issue that led to his Checkers speech should not have been surprised when he orchestrated the Watergate cover-up as president. – Ronald Kessler
The relations between rhetoric and ethics are disturbing: the ease with which language can be twisted is worrisome, and the fact that our minds accept these perverse games so docilely is no less cause for concern. – Octavio Paz
Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one – that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be. – Ratan Tata
More than any other super-hero, ‘Spider-Man’ presents us with something very local in its ethics. It’s not messianic. It’s far more tangible. – Rhys Ifans
Ethics is not routinely taught to science students except in medicine, and I think it should be. – Robert Winston
Globalization means that business strategy and business ethics cannot be separated from each other. – Ofra Strauss
The Ecuadorean and Latin American press is not like the European or North American press, which has some professional ethics. They are used to being above the law, to blackmail, to extort. – Rafael Correa
There are people who are bound journalistically to a code of ethics that means they can’t quote something that isn’t sourced, whereas what I do is entirely unsourced. I effectively fictionalise history and yet somehow aim at a greater truth. – Peter Morgan
What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behind. – Ratan Tata
I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me. – Roger Spottiswoode
Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. – Richard Stallman
I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is a law. While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor’s office that I didn’t believe our citizens should have to pay for. That luxury jet was over-the-top. I put it on eBay. – Sarah Palin
I have been committed to carrying out my duties… in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct. – Samuel Alito
More and more companies are reaching out to their suppliers and contractors to work jointly on issues of sustainability, environmental responsibility, ethics, and compliance. – Simon Mainwaring
One should not treat investors or a person who has set up an industry and is a successful businessman as criminals in this country. I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics. – Sharad Pawar
I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics. – Sharad Pawar