ethics complaint
Formal wrongdoing allegation
An ethics complaint is a formal accusation that someone has violated professional or organizational standards of conduct.
Such complaints are typically filed against lawyers, doctors, politicians, or other professionals with governing bodies that can investigate and impose sanctions: She filed an ethics complaint against her former attorney.
The process usually involves review by an ethics committee or board.
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- professional misconductEthics breach at work
- violationBreaking of rules
- conflict of interestCompromised impartiality from competing stakes
investigation · hearing · tribunal · bar association · disciplinary · whistleblower · allegation · report · sanction · reprimand · public censure · malpractice · wrongdoing · board · formal · filed · breach · code of conduct
- complaintsgrievances, grievance, gripe, gripes, grumble
- government ethicscode of conduct, codes of conduct, conflict of interest, conflicts of interest, official misconduct
- official misconductmalfeasance, misconduct, misfeasance, nonfeasance, dereliction
ethics complaintcommendation
Formal expression of approval
endorsement · honor · character reference · letter of recommendation · testimonial
ethics complaintcriminal indictment
Formal accusation of crime
felony charge · criminal prosecution · grand jury indictment · arrest warrant · misdemeanor charge
ethics, complaint, ethic, ethical, ethically, ethicist, unethical, bioethics, complain