Susan J. Tolchin is a professor of public policy at George Mason University's School of Public Policy. She was elected a fellow and board member of the National Academy of Public Administration. In 1997, she received the Marshall Dimock Award from the American Society for Public Administration and the Trachtenberg Award for Research from George Washington University. Martin Tolchin, founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of The Hill" newspaper, reported on Congress during most of his 40-year career at the New York Times. His numerous awards include the Everett M. Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting on Congress. Mr. Tolchin also received three Page One wards from the Newspaper Guild of New York, and awards from Sigma Delta Chi and the NYC Citizens Budget Commission.

• Preface and Acknowledgments -- The Ethics Wars -- The Apple and Other Temptations -- Joe McCarthy and the Ethics Process -- Abscam and the “Keating Five” -- The New Rules of the Ethics Wars -- Sex— -- Torricelli, the CIA, and the Intelligence Committee -- Forgery -- The Noble Lie -- The Politics of Venom -- Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Ethics Proceedings in the Senate 1797–2001 -- Summary of Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Ethics Procedures in the House of Representatives, 1797–2001