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88x13: Guidance on Ethics Program Issues Raised in the Report of the Independent Counsel

September 12, 1988

The Independent Counsel's report provides insight into the process of an evaluation by a prosecutor for possible prosecution under the criminal conflict of interest statutes; the significance of a declination of prosecution, the importance of ethics agreements both to the individual and to the public, and the role of public financial disclosure. 

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