If she could offer any kind of restitution, she was ethically bound to do so.

Your answer seems to be that Judge Breyer was ethically bound to do such digging.

"We are ethically bound to continue this medication because of what we see it's doing in the appropriate patient."

But I did not feel ethically bound to restore his security after he had compromised ours.

Some judges say they are ethically bound to withdraw from those cases to avoid the appearance of a conflict.

That wasn't our intention, but we replied to a distress call and felt ethically bound to respond.

In his view, we are ethically bound to slow down.

And lawyers are not ethically bound to ferret those lies out.

"We are ethically and morally bound to tell the people that this place is unsafe for living."