ABSTRACT
Various ethical considerations come into play in any governmental activity. Occasionally, some ethical standards conflict with other ethical standards. What follows is not a lesson in ethics. It is a sample of illustrations to whet the reader's appetite for more. And much more is presented in Appendices Q, R, and S and particularly in Appendix R. Whoever becomes a "septic system specialist" in a governmental entity should be prepared to face similar quandaries and dilemmas and choose his/her own course of action. An excellent guide to ethical courses of action has been written by Gunn and Vesilind.1
