Ethical Dynamic Shifts as Legal Opponents Griswold and Peters run for Same Office
The race for the Republican nomination for Colorado Secretary of State is heating up as two candidates, both on opposite sides of an ongoing investigation, prepare to face off.
“What’s going on now is the politicization of this process,” he said. “To the public, it might appear that she has a conflict of interest in investigating her possible opponent. When you have that, from an ethical perspective — when you even have an appearance of a conflict of interest — it’s incumbent on the public official to step away in whatever way they can.”
“She clearly needs to get herself out of the situation where she would be making a determination about the illegalities or inappropriateness of the actions,” Pelissero said.
John Pelissero, senior scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, quoted by Colorado Newsline.