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Give Me a Break, Ethics Dept. Updated. 5

Wolfie:

Fighting to keep his job, World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz issued a rebuttal yesterday that blamed unclear bank rules for creating questions about his handling of hefty pay raises for his girlfriend.

Acting ethically is not just following some rules or procedures or obeying the law. Acting ethically is something someone does because he or she carries inside him- or herself guidance as to what is right or wrong. The rules or procedures or laws merely set the ground floor. But the ethical person remains in the penthouse.

Wolfie played favorites because he does not have that thing inside himself. Wolfie helped start a war because he does not have that thing inside himself.

I think I shall gag.

Addendum, 5/7/2007:

It takes a committee to help Wolfie understand ethical behavior:

A committee of World Bank directors has formally notified Paul D. Wolfowitz that they found him to be guilty of a conflict of interest in arranging for a pay raise and promotion for Shaha Ali Riza, his companion, in 2005. The findings stepped up the pressure on Mr. Wolfowitz to resign.

But he still won’t figure it out.

Via Huffington Post.

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5 comments

  1. Karen

    May 5, 2007 at 8:46 am

    He, & people like him, would be the 1st to point the finger of blame if someone else did something he thought was wrong. They have something, but I haven’t figured out what it is.

     
  2. Karen

    May 8, 2007 at 11:40 am

    I have a question you may be able to answer: Given the fact that her lover gave her the promotion & subsequent pay raise, shouldn’t she be called to resign?

     
  3. Opie

    May 8, 2007 at 8:07 pm

    Karen you sexist.

     
  4. Karen

    May 8, 2007 at 8:13 pm

    No, it just seems wrong that she, who got the position in the wrong way, shouldn’t be allowed to keep it. I don’t care if the shoe was on the other foot. Does a thief get to keep what he steals?

     
  5. Linda

    May 14, 2007 at 1:39 pm

    Karen I agree with you, she along with Wolf…what’s his name, should both resign their jobs. She took advantage of who she was dating, and he took privileges for who he was s??????. Um, you all know what I mean.