The Ethics Show Must Go On

Money may be the root of all evil, but it's a nice way to spice up ethics training.

Take the Ethics Rock! program, designed for lawyers who have lots of money to spend on CLE credits. Ethics case studies are done to the tunes of such songs as "American Pie" and "A Day in the Life." The songs are performed by a professional singer-guitarist, on tour.

Local government ethics case study songs come to mind easily, with such numbers as "Chicago," "New York, New York," and Chuck Berry's "Memphis, Tennessee."

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If you don't like your ethics in the form of lyrics, there's always humor. "Humorist at Law" Sean Carter has programs entitled "Sue Unto Others As You Would Want Them to Sue Unto You," and "Thou Shalt Not Lie, Cheat, and Steal: The Ten Commandments for Avoiding Ethical Problems as a Lawyer."

Is there anyone out there in the government ethics world who could transform a bunch of old songs or jokes into a traveling program that will turn local government officials into dancing, laughing ethicists?

Robert Wechsler
Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics

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