The letter by American senators indicates the collapse of political ethics in the United States Ayatollah Khamenei "The letter by American senators indicates the collapse of political ethics in the United States," Khamenei said on Thursday during a meeting with members of Iran's top clerical body, which includes President Hassan Rouhani.
Yet even people who are somewhat removed from the corporate realm have been affected by the collapse of business ethics and the economy.
"Isn't this the ultimate degree of the collapse of political ethics and the U.S. system's internal disintegration?" he asked.
The basic reason, which people resist in accepting, is the nihilism of society caused by the collapse of public ethics and, let's face it, morals since the mid sixties.
Deeply shocked by the disaster that had overtaken Europe in World War I and disillusioned by the collapse of the ethic of religious idealism, he questioned the liberal theology of his German teachers and its roots in the rationalist, historicist, and dualist thought that stemmed from the Enlightenment.
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The idea of an independent panel grew out of the near collapse of the House ethics process, as well as dissatisfaction with the performance of Congress.
Iran's supreme leader on Thursday said a letter sent by 47 Republican lawmakers to his government suggested the "internal disintegration" of the U.S. political system and the collapse of its "political ethics".
And back in 2005, as shadow leader of the Commons, he was described as the jackal of the Tory Party who ruthlessly and persistently pursued what he considered breaches of ethics and the collapse of standards.
A veteran newsman, Walter Cronkite, blames the rise of gambling on "the collapse of America's work ethic in the sybaritic philosophy that you can get something for nothing".
China's food-safety problems highlight both the collapse of the country's business ethics and the failure of government regulators to keep pace with the expanding market economy.
