The Code of Conduct is part of almost 40 pages of ethical policies and business compliance issues.

FORBES: NLRB Grounds Union Challenge to Boeing's Code of Conduct

Their secret is obvious: clear academic policies, a sound ethical basis, heavy parental involvement and minimal bureaucracy.

ECONOMIST: Election Briefing: Education

Whenever policies seriously impact human rights, ethical reflection is crucial to arriving at adequate decisions.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The Chair seeks to develop debates, policies and toolkits to evaluate the economic, ethical and social impacts of cultural heritage, strengthen its protection in crisis and conflict situations and prevent its use to exacerbate differences and tensions.

UNESCO: Chairs and UNITWIN Networks

The registration process asks each company to submit information in several categories: basic company profile, general information on number of employees, products and services, financial information on annual revenues, their ability to support electronic business transactions, any quality and environmental management certifications, details on their ethical dealings and social responsibility, information on data security, information on diversity policies, and on their use of independent contractors.

FORBES: How to Improve the Economy and Beat Bureaucracy: Hire Small Businesses as Suppliers

Those few corporations I have talked to which are serious about enforcing ethical behaviour are regularly impelled by their own guidelines to sack employees who violate ethics policies, never mind claw back their incentive remuneration.

FORBES: Is Barclays Going To Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is On Performance Incentives?

Mr Huckabee has ethical problems (he accepted a ton of gifts when he was governor of Arkansas), eccentric policies (scrap income taxes, make America self-sufficient in food) and a feeble grasp of world affairs.

ECONOMIST: Iowa