Controversy in Philly’s mayoral race is bringing increased attention to the importance of ethics in public life. An article for The Philadelphia Citizen cites a “state-of-the-art ethics plan” released by candidate Allan Domb with the help of CERL’s Prof. Claire Finkelstein.

Claire Finkelstein is the Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. She is founder and faculty director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), a non-partisan interdisciplinary institute affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC). She is a distinguished research fellow at APPC and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). Her current research addresses national security law and policy, democratic governance, and professional ethics. Read her bio here.