Ethics Training

As I teach a class on ethics I found an article in the paper today very interesting. It appears the State of New Jersey has decided to mandate ethics training, including conflict of interest issues, to try to rein in the ridiculous amount of corruption in our government. They also created an ethics board in December. So previously there was no need for ethics training? Why is this State, one of the original colonies (well with a different name) so behind the rest of the Country in so many ways? It appears those arrested in 2005 are so sorry, and perhaps did not know bribes were not a good idea, we should have given them proper training! Ah well, at least now we can say we TOLD them it was wrong.