Does morality mean anything?

I may be hopelessly anachronistic, but nobody seems to care any more about doing the right thing. The Guardian today offers three egregious examples of offences against morality by British public authorities.

Here:

"Thousands of war veterans will lose the right to claim additional money for Gulf war syndrome because the Ministry of Defence has decided to ignore a landmark decision which ordered it to recognise the condition, the Guardian has learned.
The action has provoked a row between the judiciary and the M0D with the president of the commission which made the ruling accusing the ministry of illegally "tampering" with the process to avoid recognising the syndrome."

And here:

"The SFO said it was investigating suspected corruption.
To buy the frigates, the Romania's then government headed by Adrian Nastase, which was ousted in elections in 2004, raised [finance] from the London office of Deutsche Bank, with official backing from the UK's Export Credits Guarantee Department.
The then chief executive of Britain's disposal agency, Sym Taylor, was "completely unaware" of BAe's alleged commission payments at the time, according to senior MoD sources. The MoD's arms sales department, whose current ministerial head in the Lords is Labour donor and businessman Paul Drayson, yesterday refused to comment on the claim that Romania paid too much."

And here:

"Dwain Chambers looks set to be fast-tracked back into Britain's team to run in the 100 metres at the European Cup in Malaga this month after his stunning return from a two-year doping ban, but is unlikely to be drafted into the underperforming sprint relay squad.
The 28-year-old Londoner surprised everyone, including himself, at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead on Sunday when he ran 10.07sec to finish third behind Asafa Powell's 9.77, a time which equalled the world record, to reclaim his place at the top of the European rankings, a position he had held for five years before the ban.
Dave Collins, the UK Athletics performance director, has practically guaranteed Chambers's spot in the individual race for the two-day event in Spain on June 28 and 29."

These are just three examples. If you asked the authorities concerned, I am sure that they would say that they were not breaking the rules. They would be offended if accused of behaving disgracefully. But they seem to have no wider concept of what is right and what is wrong.