Nearly two-thirds of the ethics officers, 62 percent, said that those violators "get a financial package and go," it found.

He was the designated ethics officer - the writer and enforcer of the rules - for that office.

Increasingly, the answer is: Call the ethics officer.

Some ethics officers are even welcomed into their companies' innermost sanctums.

"I do believe ethics officers are helping corporate America make progress, and we need more."

That set off his first fight with ethics officers, who told him he could not do so.

The decision is made by the ethics officer in each agency.

For more information, contact your agency's ethics officer.

Putnam named a new compliance and code of ethics officer in January.

She's the ethics officer; that's what she works on.