Ten days after DeLay's departure, it was the Democrats who faced an ethics problem.

NPR: A Year of Ethics Lapses in Congress

However with "ethics" comes a problem.

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Why is climate change an ethical problem and how could ethics be useful in addressing it?

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

John Rickards examines the problem of persuading people with damaged ethics to stop acting unethically.

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John Williams, director of ethics at the World Medical Association, admitted corruption can be a problem.

BBC: Analysis

"It's a great business model and that's the problem, " said Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush and now a law professor at the University of Minnesota.

WSJ: Inside Capitol, Investor Access Yields Rich Tips

Companies implementing compliance programs and ethics training for employees were also found to have had success in limiting the problem.

FORBES: Corporate Crime Wave Unabated

The problem is in how success is measured, which is not in the soft currency of ethics or trust, but in how much money the strategy saves for the institution.

CNN: Bring medical misdeeds into the light