The Latest Breaking News from Ethics

MPs want ex-ministers to face legal action if they break ‘revolving door’ rules

The terms governing ministers’ employment prospects on leaving their Whitehall roles should be expanded, a parliamentary committee said.

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022

Forty potential ministerial code breaches never investigated, report reveals

Next ethics adviser, when appointed by Rishi Sunak, will probably face calls to open at least two complex cases

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022

Lopez wants Ethics Board, IG to investigate Fire owner’s $25K contribution to Lightfoot

Ald. Ray Lopez said he believes the contribution from billionaire Joe Mansueto, founder of Morningstar, Inc., “represents a gross & familiar abuse of power and, at minimum, a potential violation” of the city’s ethics ordinance.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 30, 2022

Letter: 'Nothing to suggest' Alito violated ethics standards

The Supreme Court says in a letter to Congress that there is “nothing to suggest” that Justice Samuel Alito violated ethics standards following a report that a 2014 decision he wrote was leaked in advance of its announcement

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

US Rep. Kai Kahele of Hawaii may have ‘misused official resources,’ ethics report says

WASHINGTON — Outgoing Hawaii Democratic Rep. Kai Kahele may have “misused official resources for campaign or political purposes,” according to the Office of Congressional Ethics, which recommended that the House Ethics Committee probe further.

Tribune News Service · Nov 28, 2022

Ethics report: Rep. Kai Kahele may have ‘misused official resources’

Outgoing Hawaii Rep. Kai Kahele may have misused official resources in campaign social media posts, the Office of Congressional Ethics says.

Roll Call · Nov 28, 2022

Candidates snub Sunak’s ethics adviser role left vacant for five months

Concern that PM wants to keep same remit as for Christopher Geidt, with no enhanced powers

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022

If greed can ever be good, that philosophy didn’t work at FTX’s charity

The ‘ethics stuff’ was just a front, says the bankrupted cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2022

Could the Qatar World Cup be a turning point for ethics in sport?

Letters: Dr Mike Diboll on our complicity in human rights abuses, Karl Eklund on apartheid South Africa, Antony Barlow on the UK’s own failings, and Stan Labovitch on why he won’t boycott watching the World Cup

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2022

MP breached ethics code over Russian pal's £150k loan for his mortgage deposit

David Warburton took a £150,000 loan to help fund a buy-to-let mortgage from a Seychelles-based firm belonging to Roman Joukovski. He will not face punishment after he apologised

Daily Mirror · Nov 21, 2022