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.<br>
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Take the <a href="http://www.proethics.com/er_0804.html" target="”_blank”">Ethics Rock!
program</a>, 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.<br>
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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."<br>
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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 "<a href="http://www.lawhumorist.com/professionalism.html" target="”_blank”">Sue Unto Others
As You Would Want Them to Sue Unto You,"</a> and "<a href="http://www.lawhumorist.com/ethics.html" target="”_blank”">Thou Shalt Not Lie,
Cheat, and Steal: The Ten Commandments for Avoiding Ethical Problems as
a Lawyer</a>."<br>
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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?<br>
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Robert Wechsler<br>
Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics<br>
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