ETHICS…
a set of codes of behavior pertaining to activities…
STRATEGY…
a plan, method, or series of maneuvers for obtaining a specific goal…
COMPLIANCE…
operating within a specific set of guidelines…
Ethics commission: State has defanged its watchdog. The state ethics commission is an agency in free fall.
That is not news to local officials who complain of its slow, inefficient bureaucracy, or state officials who kick it around like a political football, or even good government groups wailing at its ineffectiveness.