Ethical Lapse Quotes

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

If you do something bad, it doesn't mean you're a bad person. It means you had bad judgment.

I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.

A slight failing in one virtue is enough to put all the others to sleep.

Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.

Good people do bad things.

Sin comes when communication lines are down - it always does, sooner or later.

The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

I believe that the financial crisis of 2008/9 exposed more a lack of ethics and morality - especially by the financial sector - rather than a problem of regulation or criminality. There were, of course, regulatory lessons to be learned, but at heart, there was a collective loss of our moral compass.

I lost my moral compass and I have done terrible things that I very much regret.

It's bad when you fail morally. It's worse when you don't repent.

The general culture of investment banking has deteriorated over the years. We did a $6 million deal years ago for Diversified Retailing and we were rigorously and intelligently screened. They bankers cared and wanted to protect their clients. The culture now is that anything that can be sold for a profit will be. 'Can you sell it?' is the moral test, and that's not an adequate test.

Moral failure occurs when people lose focus and gradually drift off the path.