Wait, you mean there’s an ethical problem with that? More coverage of the Ross survey (Thomas W. Krause, “Ethics Survey Finds Lawyers Lower The Bar”, Tampa Tribune, Jun. 24). Earlier: May 2.
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“35 percent of lawyers admit to stealing, according to that study.”
I guess those are the “honest” ones?
An analysis of an ethics survey has to be one of the funniest topics I’ve heard in a very long time. I think you’d get more accurate results taking a survey asking prison inmates if they were unfairly convicted.
Maybe the Three Stooges knew something when they named their law firm Dewey, Cheetham and Howe.
There’s a reason most people think of “lawyer” and “ethical behaviour” as antonyms.
This article proves that I’ve earned every bit of my cynical attitude.
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