Government department head: We already have a code of ethics that companies doing business with the department are urged to abide by. The fact that virtually all of the companies have agreed to abide by it indicates that it is successful. Ttherefore, neither stronger ethics regulations nor enforcement mechanisms are necessary to ensure ethical behavior by companies doing business with the department.
A government investigation found that most of the companies that agreed to abide by the department's code of ethics are not complying with it most casts doubt on the department head's conclusion.