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The fate of a nation depends on the morals and ethics of its elected officials. The practice of “quid pro quo”, that is offering “this for that” generally refers to the exchange of services and/or money and/or political favors. When the responsibility for the enforcement of codes of conduct is assigned to a group of ethically challenged individuals, prosecution for ethics violations is apt to be tainted with favoritism, revenge, and political bias. The Ethics of Energy Sustainability revolve around deontological situations which must be confronted by persons of virtue who can use good judgment to resolve them.
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Heckel, P. (2015). Ethics. In: The Ethics of Energy Sustainability. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9701-6_8
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