ethical standard
Code of conduct
An ethical standard is a principle or benchmark for distinguishing right from wrong conduct within a particular context.
Professional fields maintain ethical standards governing behavior: The attorney was disbarred for violating ethical standards.
Unlike legal standards, ethical standards may not be formally codified but carry weight through professional expectations and social accountability.
- moralConcerning right conduct
- moral compassInner ethical guidance system
- principleFundamental truth or standard
- codeSymbolic communication system
- code of conductFormal behavioral guidelines
integrity · virtue · conscience · clean conscience · do the right thing · conduct · values · honesty · good faith · duty · sworn duty · righteous · fairness · fair play · accountability · honor · above board · decency
ethical standardamorality
Lacking ethical concern
moral relativism · anomie · lawlessness · anything goes · situational ethics
ethical standardmoral corruption
Degradation of ethical principles
unethical behavior · ethical violation · unethical conduct · immorality · corruption
ethical standardlegal requirement
law · statute · regulation · legal mandate · legal code
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