John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi should step in before this Waters embarrassment gets worse and hits a House that is already at a nadir in terms of public approval.

The late New York Times columnist Bill Safire was known for channeling the “Great Mentioner,” the unseen oracle who launched political careers into the stratosphere simply by mentioning a person’s name. Today, a more malevolent oracle is at work in Washington — call him the “Great Whisperer” — seeking to...

A exposé purporting to show that Bonn-based Fairtrade International (FLO),the world’s largest labeller of ethical goods, had failed in its oversight of a project in west Africa that supplies Limited Brands-owned Victoria’s Secret.  The project  was paying sub-par wages to children labouring in inhumane conditions and helps drive a wedge between FLO and FairTrade USA.

Dozens of ethics controversies involving members of the House and Senate have resulted in surprisingly few investigations over the past decade--and little substantive corrective action by the chambers’ ethics oversight committees. However, recent firestorms over alleged congressional misconduct have focused considerable media attention on these issues.

A nonpartisan,...

A resolution to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics would strip it of much of the limited power it now has and silence its ability to release most of the information it gathers, greatly damaging disclosure and the integrity of our political process.

The Justice Department's internal ethics watchdog, known as the Office of Professional Responsibility, waged a witch-hunt against Bush administration lawyers who developed policies to protect the nation after 9/11 that has finally come to a close.

Educator Edwin J. Delattre has long been interested in character-building and the development of moral and intellectual integrity. His book Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing is considered a classic and is used in police academies all over the world.

The fifth edition of this enduring work—recently published by the...

Congress's ethical policy has failed to workwhen a member of Congress is indicted. In order to be effective, the ethical policy needs to be reformed.