Santa Clara University: The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

From the NY Times - 06/21/2006

Beyond morality, corruption is an economic issue, said Carla Miller, an ethics co-officer for Jacksonville, Fla., who, as a former federal prosecutor, helped convict the former mayor and president of the State Senate on corruption charges.

"We have billions of dollars going down the tubes," said Ms. Miller, who started a Web site, cityethics.org, to track the movement.

Minor transgressions, not just breathtaking corruption in high places, contribute to a culture in which unethical conduct is accepted, Ms. Nadler said.

"It's the office worker who goes into the secretary's desk and pulls out a postage stamp to mail a birthday card, the person who mows the grass in a city park and agrees to help a neighbor trim a tree with city property," she said.

In the end, Ms. Miller said, the scariest campfire story is that of widespread public disillusionment.

"We should rename this 'Ethics Boot Camp,' " she added. "It should be, 'Sergeant, wipe that smile off your face.' Because this is a war, and we're losing."

Full text of the article here:
http://www.cityethics.org/press/cdm/2006-06-23-NYTimes-EthicsCamp-SantaC...