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The common good would be better served by debates that elevated voters’ confidence in our ability to engage in civil discourse, restoring some of the trust the public has lost in its elected officials.
During recent student protests, the universities able to find common ground with students have done so by engaging with them directly in dialogue, setting boundaries that are consistently applied, and working to achieve compromise, rather than digging in firmly with a resolute stance against discussions of divestment from Israel and the arms industry.
University leaders should have a plan and be prepared to manage conflict and controversy that lands on campus.
Professor Brad Joondeph and Judicial Ethicist Jeremy Fogel discuss recent judicial conduct and the need for a Supreme Court Code of Ethics in this Oct. 27 event co-hosted by the Ethics Center and the Santa Clara School of Law.
Here are five of the most common conflicts of interest in government and how officials can avoid and prevent even the appearance of acting to benefit their personal and financial interests, at the cost of the public’s interest.
History shows laws will end up as weapons deployed in discriminatory ways to curtail freedom.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen interferes with the states’ right to create new constitutional limits to enforce sensible gun control regulations.
Adoption of public policy on responsible, common sense gun safety is not only overdue, its absence from bipartisan agreements has become morally untenable.
Our current political system is hopelessly corrupt in that basic ethical principles, such as working for the common good rather than one’s own self-interests of power and money while ignoring conflicts of interest, prevent elected leaders from supporting and incorporating policies and laws to minimize gun violence.
State and local governments’ adoption and implementation of ESG is becoming an important ethical value in jurisdictions across the country.
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