John Pelissero was a former director, Government Ethics with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Government ethics applies to the processes, behavior, and policy of governments and the public ...

Meanwhile, the five city councilors represented by Ben Haile applied for legal expense trust funds to record the pro bono ...

The Crook County principal avoided fees for his for-profit wrestling club for years, the commission claims. Five months after ethics officials found Cylvia Hayes violated Oregon ethics laws, the ...

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission found no ethics violations in the case of former University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication Dean Juan-Carlos Molleda. Molleda resigned from his ...

Recent ethical concerns involving Detroit officials have highlighted weaknesses in the city's conflict-of-interest rules. Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield is under scrutiny for voting on millions in ...

STREAMING ON PEACOCK: (Left to right) Councilors Angelita Morillo, Tiffany Koyama Lane, Candace Avalos, Mitch Green, Jamie Dunphy and Sameer Kanal. (Jake Nelson) The Oregon Government Ethics ...

The Heppner Republican agreed to a letter of education from the Oregon Government Ethics Commission over the violation.

Davina Hurt is director, government ethics and Ann Skeet is senior director, leadership ethics, both at the at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are their own. This article, "AI Fuels a ...

SALEM — The Oregon Government Ethics Commission set a special public meeting for Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 9, to consider violations by Greg Smith. Smith is a Republican representative in the Oregon ...

Danielle Bethell, a Marion County commissioner running for governor in 2026, faces a pair of state ethics investigations into whether she used her elected position to benefit her son and daughter.

That is the question. This week, Wausau’s city council unanimously voted down changes to municipal code that would have ...