Sentence examples for canons of ethics from inspiring English sources

Judges, Justice Cobb said, will still generally be guided by local canons of ethics.

The canons of ethics, however, apply equally to prosecutors, who have the obligation to zealously represent the government and to see that substantial justice is done.

The senators wrote to Carolyn D. King, the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit based in New Orleans, asking her to evaluate whether Mr. Clark had violated the judicial canons of ethics even before he had put on his robe.

Justice O'Connor referred to that action as "egregious" given that Mr. Cropsey's mental capacity was questionable and, referring to Mr. Watson, said that "the canons of ethics by which a lawyer must abide and conduct himself or herself require examination in this instance".

Even though the canons of ethics don't specifically articulate it, doesn't the lawyer have the right -- even an obligation -- to protect himself and his reputation?

It is deeply disrespectful and against a physician's canon of ethics to take shortcuts in evaluating and caring for patients.

"First he engages in negative personal attacks," said the spokeswoman, Sarah Gaffney Mahoney, "and now he is attempting to politicize the judiciary and the criminal justice process in direct contravention of the judicial canon of ethics.

It's a good thing, too, for unlike my peers at law and medical school, I have no established canon of ethics to teach my MBAs.

For years, Mr. O'Toole kept his client's secret, as he was required to do by the canons of legal ethics.

Senator Edwards read the canons of judicial ethics prohibiting a judge from making contact with one side and suggested that Judge Pickering had violated it.

The standards, presented in five states in recent weeks, are six simple propositions generally based on more complicated canons of judicial ethics and state laws.