Ethics

Public records reveal additional details about top political appointee Timothy Williams' meeting with his former employer, the Koch-backed group Americans for Prosperity.

Douglas Domenech's communications with his former employer, the Koch-backed Texas Public Policy Foundation, are more extensive than previously known.

It's possible that watching people perform sex acts can lead us to dehumanize others.

An expert on First Amendment rights weighs in on what happened to Bryan Carmody last Friday.

There's a unique push and pull in the current administration: Donald Trump's administration pays a bill for an event and his club reaps the revenue.

Making changes to our diet today can help prepare us for a carbon-neutral future—while pushing our peers to be greener in their own lives.

There's a clear need to rethink what "impact" means, given the concept's distorting effect on students' priorities and ethics.

It all began with an ethics complaint.

Dan Elwell continued strategizing with his former lobbyist colleagues even after he rose up to the top ranks of the agency.

The use of genetic information collected by private companies in criminal investigations raises a number of issues about transparency and privacy.

I've always known who the "American Boy" is. He's the model I was supposed to imitate—at least until my queerness got in the way.

The proposal gained traction in the early days of the administration because two top Trump advisers, who had potential financial stakes in the plan, pushed it to the president.

The department paid for Darin Selnick's flights from his home in California to Washington, D.C., hotel stays, and foods with taxpayer funds—raising ethical concerns.

Research finds that programming driverless cars ahead of time inspires a person to move away from egocentric decision-making.

New research finds some voters conflate worldly success with morality.

Pacific Standard spoke with a philosopher who's trying to code ethical algorithms into autonomous vehicles.

Recently released disclosure forms from Aryeh Lightstone, top aide to ambassador David Friedman, reveal his connections to groups that have advocated for pro-Israel policy.

New research finds no relationship between ethical behavior and belief—or disbelief—in free will.

Could the objective assurance in correct answers mandated in mathematics education teach students to be similarly calculating and assured when it comes to daily moral conundrums?

William Emanuel has made decisions on NLRB cases that set beneficial precedents for clients represented by his previous employer.

Facing a shortage of space for inmates, Missouri's Greene County Jail opted to build an insta-prison in the parking lot. Is that OK?

MSNBC is discontinuing its annual tradition of replaying the network's breaking 9/11 coverage. Is that the best decision?

New research finds their moral reasoning resembles that of certain dementia victims.

Research tends to show that business school tanks ethical and moral standards. But a generational shift is offering new hope.