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Ann Skeet, senior director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, said in an interview and later an email that “government officials have a unique responsibility for the common good” and “should try to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.”

The fact Susan Gomberg applied for the money, rather than the homeowners association president or any other board member, “gives the appearance that their personal interests are being served,” Skeet wrote in an email. “It would have been better if the homeowners association had applied for the grant without her involvement.”

Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics, quoted by The Oregonian.