Ethics violations involve breaching established codes of conduct, professional standards, or legal regulations, resulting in actions like fraud, discrimination, harassment, data breaches, and misuse of company assets. Key examples include conflicts of interest, embezzlement, bribery, unsafe working conditions, and unprofessional conduct.
In 2025, U.S. government officials faced convictions and charges for wire fraud, bribery, and corruption, with local officials accounting for over 45% of January 2025 cases. Notable 2025 cases included convictions of federal representatives and union officials for embezzlement and fraud, while international cases involved major money laundering.
Colombian narcotics kingpin Diego Marín discovers that it’s a whole lot easier to run a $100M/year criminal empire when you simply bribe the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to help you do it.
Intel files to recover over $840,000 embezzled by a former employee and a third-party vendor Israel in a fraudulent invoices conspiracy that ran from 2023 to 2024 and relied on insider information.
Ethics & Compliance Issues 2025: Year-in-Review notes:
CEOs behaving badly, the regulatory and governance turmoil of the second Trump administration, and the inescapable effects of AI dominated the ethics and compliance news environment in 2025.
As E&C professionals look for real-world examples that illustrate the risks they manage and the value their efforts create, Ethisphere offers this list of major E&C stories as a helpful point of reference. Throughout this list, you will find each month’s top E&C news story, episodes of the Ethicast that provide a deeper dive into these topics, and a list of additional major stories.
CEOs behaving badly, the regulatory and governance turmoil of the second Trump administration, and the inescapable effects of AI dominated the ethics and compliance news environment in 2025.
As E&C professionals look for real-world examples that illustrate the risks they manage and the value their efforts create, Ethisphere offers this list of major E&C stories as a helpful point of reference. Throughout this list, you will find each month’s top E&C news story, episodes of the Ethicast that provide a deeper dive into these topics, and a list of additional major stories.
Read more here: Ethics & Compliance Issues 2025: Year-in-Review
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