So has the temptation to be dishonest in the United States . Lawyers' degree of professional opportunity. As fiduciaries, lawyers play a role which combines high levels of temptation with high levels of opportunity. Lawyers often give investment advice to their clients or invest funds for their clients. They represent their clients in disputes with others.
Lawyers thus have immense opportunity to do wrong.
It is fair to say that no other professional group worldwide has as much opportunity. As with temptation and in the same manner, the American legal profession's control of government has dramatically increased its opportunity for wrongdoing . Lawyers' risk of discovery. Consumers can tell whether they are receiving their money's worth for most goods and services. A man pays to fix his car.