Assume that the defendant in Case Problem 14 is a law firm and the alleged harasser is an attorney practicing before the Utah bar. Assume further that the state Supreme Court has enacted a code of conduct covering attorneys licensed to practice in the state’s courts and that this code contains a canon to the effect that all licensed Utah attorneys are required to live up to “commonly-recognized community standards of moral conduct” and to avoid acts of “moral turpitude.”

Should the Utah bar association act upon a complaint of misconduct and consider disbarring the attorney if the plaintiff files a complaint with its ethics panel? Should the court’s ruling on the existence or nonexistence of a cause of action in the preceding case problem have any impact upon the ethics panel’s decision to initiate disciplinary proceedings?