Ethics & Accountability

Public officials should act in all of our interest, not to line their own pockets. Common Cause is fighting to ensure that all of our leaders are held to high ethical standards.

From city councils to the U.S. Congress and the Supreme Court, the people making decisions that affect our lives and our families need to be held to the highest ethical standards. Common Cause works to ensure that those empowered to act on everyone’s behalf disclose their personal finances, uphold the rule of law, and cannot turn their public service into a personal profit scheme.

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Anti-Democratic Ethics Bill Becomes Law, Allowing Corruption to Go Unchallenged

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Anti-Democratic Ethics Bill Becomes Law, Allowing Corruption to Go Unchallenged

Friday, June 21, Governor DeSantis signed a dangerous ethics bill into law that will make it almost impossible for Floridians’ to file ethics complaints against government officials who violate the public trust.

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