ethic

Lutnick, like other senior Trump officials, signed an ethics pledge to avoid such conflicts, but enforcement of it is difficult to police, especially under Trump who has his own unresolved conflicts.

One day soon the courts will change that, but not yet, and until then, this leaves the ethics of each situation in the hands of the players and the school.

Former Los Angeles Councilmember Kevin de León is facing an $18,750 ethics fine for voting on city council decisions in which he had a financial interest and for failing to disclose income.

Richard Painter, an attorney who served as President George W. Bush's chief counsel on ethics, told CNN the concept of corporate sponsorships "would have been vetoed in about 30 seconds in my day."

In a decision published on the CGF's website, the chair of an ethics commission panel states that the unnamed individual admitted allegations that they "failed to act with the highest standards of integrity".