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Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure revised July 2023

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The U.S. Department of Defense Standards of Conduct Office book, the Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure revised July 2023, is a collection of ethical failure cases designed to be used as a training tool. The goal is to provide DoD personnel with real examples of Federal Government Employees who have in...

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Freakonomics Radio

It was mentioned as a book published by the U.S. Department of Defense, discussing examples of government officials behaving badly and was featured as a summer reading recommendation.

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And he even was kind enough to give her some of his ammunition for her gun. That is from the Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure, published by the U.S. Department of Defense.

— Episode: 133. A Burger a Day

Episode: 133. A Burger a Day

It was mentioned as a book published by the U.S. Department of Defense, discussing examples of government officials behaving badly and was featured as a summer reading recommendation.

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And he even was kind enough to give her some of his ammunition for her gun. That is from the Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure, published by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Yep. Government officials behaving badly. That's next time on Freakonomics Radio.

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It was described as a book of true stories of epic screw-ups by federal workers, written by a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Defense as a way to get people to pay attention to rules and regulations.

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So instead, he created this book of true stories that he called The Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure.

— Episode: 10. Why Are Stories Stickier Than Statis...

Episode: 10. Why Are Stories Stickier Than Statistics?

It was described as a book of true stories of epic screw-ups by federal workers, written by a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Defense as a way to get people to pay attention to rules and regulations.

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So instead, he created this book of true stories that he called The Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure.

And it was nothing but a catalog of epic screw-ups perpetrated by federal workers.

And his claim was that it was much more successful.

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