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He's a special person. No one knows how fair and ethical a person he is unless you've been around him. He has the highest degree of integrity. I'm glad he's staying around the state. I just wish I could see him win one (state championship).

He wasn't behaving up to standards that meet our ethical code. He was engaging in behavior that was unbecoming of an officer.

He couldn't do that since she is straight as an arrow and one of the most ethical and trustworthy individuals I know.

John Boehner has ties to K Street, but they're ethical ones.

I think it is the moral and ethical problems that we face, and that's where there needs to be full and frank public debate, and that's where I would like to raise the issues,

It appears there is some evidence that the officers and agents are being instructed to treat the amphitheater differently from other ABC licensees, which, if true, raises many serious legal and ethical questions.

I think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the broad issues that make up the life of the city, if you understand its history, if you understand its architecture and its neighborhood and its place, if you understand some of the ethical dilemmas that leaders must face as they make different choices about a city, and if you can articulate that in some kind of a creative process, then you are prepared to take an active role in decisions and choices that affect your life as well as the city's.

It is abundantly clear that UCI breached its ethical obligations to their patients.

I think that people are concerned about the ethical problems here,

I think what it shows is that there is a White House that has run out of steam, whether it's ethical issues or Katrina or Iraq or the budget deficit, high gas prices. They are at a real turning point. Thus far, they've admitted no mistakes at all. And That's not a good sign or a good attitude.

It gives the public a better way to judge whether they think there's ethical conflict.

I think that with the black cloud that's hanging over Mr. Horn, this was a diversion, to try to distract people from his ethical problems.

It is beginning to dawn on users that this is a matter of long-term ethical responsibility. We need to preserve our heritage and make sure that when the great things are done by various politicians, representatives and civil servants we will be able to, in 30 to 50 years, actually read the material.

I think there is some resistance when people talk about ethical fashion, and a tendency to panic that if you're bringing a moral agenda and highlighting the origins of the garments, you can't incorporate style. But there's no reason why style and conscience can't co-exist.

People are ethical and are going to vote the way they want to, the way that's best for their constituents.

Our inmost yearning, our deep desire for harmony in an extra-musical, transcendental sense feels affirmed, confirmed and calmed by music, and in this sense music seems to me a message a lofty ethical message that brings good tidings to the ethical part of our being from the mysteries of the world of sound.

Our intent was to conduct a campaign honorably, in compliance with all relevant legal and ethical principles. The campaign was run by good, decent, honorable, talented people and we worked very hard to follow the rules.

Our future success depends primarily on our ability to attract, train, retain and develop the right people within our organization. We believe that 3D Systems offers a very unique employment value proposition. We are creating an open, friendly and inviting work environment within our state-of-the-art headquarters facility that is being constructed at the Waterford Industrial Park. Most importantly, we offer prospective employees the opportunity to join a company that is founded and grounded on a strong customer centric culture, clear priorities, sensible guiding principles and ethical values.

Our businesses share a passion for quality products and ethical values, so this is a very natural fit.

Remote control rifles fall off all the ethical charts. The actions of the Texas Web site are nothing short of pay-per-view killing. It's not sport, it's cruelty.

President Carter represents the future, a day when there will be a mutual respect and a good neighbor policy between the U.S. and Cuba, a future with a policy based on certain moral and ethical values.

President Bush faces a serious test of leadership. Will he keep his pledge to hold his administration to high ethical standards and give the American people what they deserve, and will he answer to the American people for these serious missteps?

President Bush believes that we need to explore new methods of deriving new lines that would not result in embryos being destroyed. He feels that we should push the envelope of science in a way that does not cross fundamental moral and ethical lines.

Our Nation's scientific research must adhere to the highest ethical standards. But it is important that we do embryonic stem cell research.

Our mission is not just to make a profit, it is to fulfill a calling. ... An ethical standard is higher than a legal standard.

Our mission is not just to make a profit, it is to fulfill a calling . . . An ethical standard is higher than a legal standard.

Our members will be ambassadors for ethical hunting, respect for private property rights, support for conservation funding and programs that give our children the chance to learn the valuable lessons of nature.

States are doing this for two reasons. They want to be ethical institutions, and they want the skeptical public to view them as ethical institutions.

Stem cell research will be the key to unlocking the mysteries of illnesses that have afflicted our friends and families for generations, ... We need Washington to stop playing politics that could impact California's efforts to lead the nation in life saving research. We stand united in California urging Congress to pass Senator Feinstein's legislation adopting strong ethical standards while pushing forward on sensible research.

Standards are going to continue to rise as we learn more. It's our moral and ethical obligation to meet all those.

Spending the hard-earned dollars of a constituency that supports a state government agency with license purchases, registration fees and other forms of revenue generation requires the utmost integrity and ethical circumspection.

I was trying to maintain my ethical compass and do what was right. But in pursuit of what was right for the group, I fell into a trap.

I think one of the themes that he emphasized in many ways ... was that we need to spend time reflecting ethical implications of our work, and bring the traditions and wisdom of the Church into greater conversation with the advances in knowledge and understanding. He was saying that Notre Dame has a very distinct role and its voice needs to be heard.

It does get very close to ethical concerns.

I tell students and young professionals all the time to follow their hearts, do what they truly love, and if it's business, run it by being grounded in ethical consciousness.

I think Judge Judy is, like Oprah, sort of the star of her genre. She lays it on the line and she doesn't let you get away with anything. ... She stands out as an ethical voice that speaks to the common man.

It is clear that you have long understood the ethical issues raised by continuing to work on a case in which a party is considering you for another position.

The 30-day return policy is an outrage. It takes a lot longer than a month for most consumers to determine whether a particular hearing aid is right for them. If hearing aid manufacturers were half as ethical as they pretend to be, they'd offer at least an initial 90- or 120-day break-in period.

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy.

Most companies today are probably oriented toward legal compliance - gotta obey the rules. Then there are others who say, 'We need to adopt ethical values in the core of how we manage this company.' The best firms are doing that.

Most ethical hunters see that as an objectionable way to act. This is not hunting, it is an open-air abattoir (slaughterhouse).

We need to reclaim the ethical high ground of what California should mean,

We don't endorse or oppose candidates, but we can endorse ballot propositions when there is a moral or ethical issue involved.

Yes, that is a subjective phrase, but I believe every officer that signs it understands its scope. But that's not to mean that the Police Department becomes Big Brother. If your private life adversely or negatively impacts this profession, you're probably committing an ethical transgression.

We are trapping, neutering and releasing them. We want to reduce the number of feral cats on campus in a more ethical way than euthanasia.

We had legal and ethical obligations to do what we did, ... The prosecution's job is to do justice.

Those ethical choices often are made every day at a time, minute by minute in ways that you may not even relate to ethics, so I'm going to walk them through the whole story from that perspective and hopefully they'll be able to walk away with something good from it.

Those dogs were his pals. Hearing the news was like a 500-pound weight hitting me in the stomach. It breaks my heart. He was one of the most caring, honest, ethical people I've met in my 59 years.

Those dogs were his pals, ... Hearing the news was like a 500-pound weight hitting me in the stomach. It breaks my heart. He was one of the most caring, honest, ethical people I've met in my 59 years.

We are determined to maintain and enforce the highest standards of ethical conduct by FBI employees,

Those most at risk from global warming are also those least responsible for causing the problem. There is a real ethical message from the paper.

to become a public person by assuming a public office is to submit willingly to the ethical 'overtones' of the office.

The question is, are these government officials using their leverage over the university's budget and other things to extract a personal benefit to them that is inappropriate? I do think there is an ethical problem with this. But I would be surprised if this sort of practice is not widespread with sports franchises generally.

The proof was overwhelming. This was the only professional and ethical thing to do.

Ethical systems and practices need to look good. They have to be desirable, well-designed and work well.

We can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, love, or otherwise have faith in.

Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

I do not know what horrified me most [during the depression]: the economic misery of my companions [or] their moral and ethical coarseness.

There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

The fact that these folks are returning to government to serve in positions of great responsibility does raise some ethical questions about the appropriateness of these bonuses.

What we think is ethical today, we may not have thought ethical five or 10 years ago. Cloning, stem cell research? However we feel about those things today, we may feel differently 10 years from now.

In the end ... success or failure will come down to an ethical decision, one on which those now living will be judged for generations to come.

I find crowdfunding to be one of the most ethical ways to continue doing the work that we do because the idea is that I want my videos to be free and available to everybody, and that's why I use YouTube and online platforms.

We consider this our moral and ethical obligation.

We don't believe that agriculture should be reduced entirely to matters of economics and efficiency. When you're dealing with living creatures, there are ethical questions that ultimately must be confronted.

When people buy, rescue, or otherwise acquire a dog from unscrupulous breeders or amateur rescue groups, they are making a decision with ethical consequences. They have a profound responsibility to consider their actions; to gauge the dog's behavior, to train it thoroughly and rigorously, to protect other humans and dogs from harm.

Why can't the world be like a summer day, when I thought that health care would be an ethical decision and wars existed only to be stopped?

We believe it has the potential to establish ethical and scientific safeguards and uniform standards to protect research subjects and improve the risk assessment process.

There are serious moral and ethical questions that arise when a provider requires you to pay a fee that may not be affordable for everyone.

First, I'd make sure we have fiscally responsible government, and I thought this even before the audit results came down. Second, we should have a world-class education system. I'm not running for the school board, but I know the commission plays a critical role to provide a top-notch education for our students. Third, I think there should be impeccable ethical standards in our government.

First, Bush went on TV and gave his personal testimony. Then, the Republican party began to look at ethical issues...they chose political issues that would galvanize right and wrong, like gay marriage, abortion, the war. Then, Bush began to use religious rhetoric and claimed that God chose him to be the leader.

We need to restore the public's faith in our state pension systems and send a message that those responsible with investing public dollars have to be held to the highest ethical standards, ... When they fail to do that, as we've seen in recent weeks, they undermine the system and breach the public trust.

There is simply no moral, ethical or social justification for marketing junk food to children. Children have a right to grow up, and parents have the right to raise them, without being undermined by commercial interests.

We teach our investor clients the fundamentals of successful foreclosure property investing, and show them how to create ethical win-win scenarios that benefit both the troubled homeowner and the investor. Our method enables the homeowner to conserve some equity for a new start, while assuring the investor of a reasonable profit on resale of the home. That's a much better solution than seeing the owner lose everything at auction.

What the American people are witnessing is a successful cover-up of serious ethical wrongdoing, ... a sight to behold.

Everybody tried to make this an ethical employer-employee issue, which we never thought about. We wanted to do everything we possibly could to safely put him back on the floor. We were never allowed to do that.

Attacking energy waste is the cheapest and cleanest thing we can do to address the energy crisis. We have no ethical problem with making dirty things cleaner, but by simply investing in energy efficiently we could create 1.4 million jobs by 2025 and reduce the overall electricity load by 10 percent.

Emotional or ethical considerations aside, it doesn't make good economic sense to turn 12 million people into felons and/or to send them all back to the countries they came from. At the end of the day, the U.S. does not presently have the financial resources to effectively enforce these kinds of measures, even if doing either could somehow be seen as the right thing to do.

EPA responded to its Congressional mandate and the rule provides assurance that these studies, while limited in number, can be conducted safely at the highest ethical standards established by Congress and by international convention.

Ethics is everything, ... If you don't have a strong moral standing, if you don't have an ethical foundation, you just crumble.

There's some questionable ethical behavior, and for them now to be awarded a multi-million dollar contract -- that you're going to give it to them -- that's a pretty risky operation.

The time has come to make sure individuals at these entities are governed by the same ethical rules as everyone else, ... Public service should focus on benefiting the public as a whole, and this legislation will help keep all focused on their duties for the public.

I've called for a thorough house-cleaning in the vice president's office, but what they've done is just rearrange some office furniture, ... It is time for the president and vice president to bring in a new team of advisers who are above ethical reproach, like Reagan did in his second term, not stonewall like Nixon did during Watergate.

The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Our is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.

It would be an ethical breach on our part to ask professionals to submit proposals that we really didn't have any intention of considering seriously.

These recommendations are another part of the charitable sector?s commitment to come together and ensure that its organizations meet the highest possible ethical standards. The Panel will continue to work with the sector and government officials to encourage implementation of its comprehensive proposals.

The soldiers thing, I think the Italians picked it up first. I've done interviews with the Italians, the French, Amsterdam. ... They were very critical, saying the US wouldn't pick it up, because it's such a sore spot. ... It raises too many ethical questions. ... I started to laugh, because it's true.

Practice, it is said, makes perfect. But is it ethical to practice? And I absolutely think it is not, in the human context.

Schering-Plough continued its strong 1998 performance in the third quarter, ... Led by established product lines and new product entries, higher sales were recorded by our worldwide ethical pharmaceuticals, consumer health care products and worldwide animal health businesses.

Of course, we know this British government has adopted a so-called ethical foreign policy,

A dreary industrial town controlled by hoodlums of enormous wealth, the ethical sense of a pack of jackals and taste so degraded that it befouled everything it touched.

stunning ethical breach that cries out for an immediate investigation.

Someone we expected to operate with the highest integrity let us down in a very public way. Wal-Mart has high ethical standards and the way we handled this matter makes it clear that every associate will be held to these standards with no exception.

draws a strict ethical line by only allowing federally funded research on stem cell lines that were derived ethically from donated embryos determined to be in excess.

A shared set of ethical values is the glue that can hold us together during an intense crisis. A key lesson from the SARS outbreak is that fairness becomes more important during a time of crisis and confusion. And the time to consider these questions and processes in relation to a threatened major pandemic is now.

As happens probably dozens of times a week in businesses in New York, the partners have a variety of disputes. And these disputes will work their way out. At the end of the day, Dr. Straus will be found to be a highly skilled, highly competent, highly professional, highly ethical doctor.

As a former federal prosecutor, David has the skills and experience necessary to root out corruption and help us maintain the highest ethical standards in city government,

The boy faced consecutive life sentences if he had gone to trial and had been found guilty. The proof was overwhelming. I've had this case since December and I've gone over everything. This was the only professional and ethical thing to do.

That's not true of ethical agencies. Any ethical agency will check what brought an individual into debt and perhaps refer that person to a bankruptcy lawyer or to a local bar association.