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50 J. Kan. B. Ass'n 2 (1981)

handle is hein.barjournals/jkabr0050 and id is 1 raw text is: From the President (A Sermonette) The subject relates only remotely to the ethics of our profession. It is written as one American to other Americans and it covers a much larger area. If we wish to maintain and defend the freedom of this country, we must not neglect our heritage of ethical principles and the unity of spirit that is essential to a free society. Corruption threatens to destroy our freedom. Corruption has been in the headlines entirely too long-stories of bri- bery, arson, kickbacks, and other forms of dishonesty. We have come to accept the fact that all too many Americans will cheat. We accept lies from the repairman and from the chairman of the board as an institu- tional habit of the times. We tolerate these destructive acts because many of us are personally involved; many of us are apathetic; many of us put the importance of money ahead of everything else; many of us seem content with observing reasonably ethical standards for ourselves; and many of us simply do not believe that corruption is all that bad. The Ethics Resource Center conducted a survey which embraced a complete cross section of Americans. The results show that all types of Americans-young, old, rich, poor, educated and uneducated, minorities and majorities-understand very well what ethics means and associate it with standards and rules of conduct, morals, right and wrong, and honesty. Ethical behavior is a natural mode for the individual and for society. When everyone accepts the ethical form of society, society is stabilized. The only thing one can do best by one's self is to fail. Lying is a social disease that can destroy the foundations of a free society. Many people do not consider lying dishonest. To them the thres- hold of dishonesty begins with stealing. Some do not even consider stealing very dishonest if the victim is a large business concern, the government, or someone of greater wealth. Some public school systems have begun to recognize the urgent need to teach values again, but they may encounter confusion in determining THE JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION

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