Odds are that these people are way smarter than you and obviously have taken a course that allows them to not compromise their ethics, and hopefully serves to create a stronger workforce and a more secure world.
And yes, mandatory ethics courses are an important part of helping people to understand the difference between unethical and ethical behaviour, especially if they can't or didn't learn that on their own. It's why ethics training is both offered and required in many professional roles.
They're spying or supporting those doing spying, right?
Debatable.