ethics violations
Breaches of conduct
Ethics violations are breaches of professional or institutional codes of conduct—rules governing acceptable behavior in a particular role or organization.
The term appears most often in government, law, medicine, and corporate contexts: The senator faced ethics violations for accepting undisclosed gifts.
An ethics violation may or may not be illegal; many are matters of professional standards rather than law.
The plural dominates because investigations typically allege multiple infractions.
- lieDeliberate falsehood
- cover upConceal misdeeds or errors
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- under the tableWithout official documentation
- perjuryCriminal courtroom dishonesty
insider trading · corporate fraud · nepotism · fines · conduct unbecoming · judicial corruption · campaign finance · Watergate · self-dealing · corruption · scandal · malfeasance · conflict of interest · recusal · breach of trust · code of conduct · exploitation · whistleblower
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- academic fraudplagiarism, academic dishonesty, exam cheating, fake degrees, diploma mills
- government ethicscode of conduct, codes of conduct, conflict of interest, conflicts of interest, official misconduct
- Political Corruptionbribery, graft, kickbacks, cronyism, nepotism
- political crimestreason, sedition, insurrection, coup d'etat, political corruption
- political scandalsWatergate, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, Teapot Dome, coverup
ethics violationsethical conduct
Morally principled behavior
moral integrity · ethical behavior · integrity · moral rectitude · uprightness
ethics violationscompliance
Adhering to requirements
good standing · clean record · professional integrity · rule-following · best practices