The U.S. Department of Defense Standards of Conduct Office book, the Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure revised January 2025, is a collection of ethical failure cases designed to be used as a training tool. The goal is to provide DoD personnel with real examples of Federal Government Employees who have intentionally or unwittingly violated standards of conduct and / or the law. Some will anger you as a Federal employee and some will anger you as an American taxpayer. Please pay particular attention to the multiple jail and probation sentences, fines, employment terminations and other sanctions that were taken as a result of these ethical failures. Violations of many ethical standards involve criminal statutes.