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Dave Zimny's avatar

So the Justices can escape any consequences of their corruption by claiming that they didn't break the rules "knowingly," huh? My memory is faulty, but didn't some old legal adage say that "Ignorance of the law is no..." Problem? Fun? I'm sure Thomas or Alito could complete that one for me!

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Patricia Jaeger's avatar

I'm a retired academic who taught mostly graduate courses in my field, but I also taught ethics courses. Within organizations, ethics is top-down. If the person or persons at the top are not viewed as acting ethically, those further down the ladder will also behave unethically. The reverse is also true. We see this in the Supreme Court, in Congress and in businesses. You can't really teach someone to be ethical but you can teach scenarios causing students to discuss and debate the ethical implications, to think about their ethical framework and how it affects their decisions. You can also enforce accountability concerning those decisions. I think Congress still needs to address the lack of ethical conduct within the Supreme Court.

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