moral bankruptcies
Complete virtue failures
Moral bankruptcies is the plural of moral bankruptcy, a state in which a person, organization, or institution has completely exhausted its ethical credibility or integrity.
The term borrows from financial bankruptcy to suggest that someone has depleted their moral capital through repeated failures of character, hypocrisy, or ethical violations.
The scandals revealed the moral bankruptcies of several prominent leaders.
Unlike financial insolvency, moral bankruptcy is a judgment rather than a legal status.
Process of declining quality
- erosionGradual wearing away
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- degradationDecline in condition
- collapseSudden structural failure
downfall · descent · disintegration · devolution · degeneracy · atrophy · slippage · rot
Unethical or illegal action
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- violationBreaking of rules
negligence · breach · infraction · indiscretion · recklessness · irresponsibility · lapse · noncompliance
Deliberate misleading of others
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- liesDeliberate untruths
- perjuryCriminal courtroom dishonesty
falsification · misrepresentation · double-dealing · bad faith · betrayal · duplicity · treachery · swindle
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- money launderingDisguising criminal proceeds' origins
cronyism · nepotism · extortion · influence peddling · misappropriation · malfeasance · venality · payola
Exploiting the vulnerable
- profiteeringExploiting scarcity for gain
- sweatshopExploitative manufacturing workplace
- human traffickingCriminal trade in people
- child laborMinors performing paid work
oppression · usury · coercion · manipulation · price gouging · wage theft · loan sharking · slumlord
deterioration
Process of declining quality
- erosionGradual wearing away
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- degradationDecline in condition
collapse · downfall · descent · disintegration · devolution · degeneracy · atrophy · slippage · rot · hollowing
wrongdoing
Unethical or illegal action
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
- transgressionViolation of law or code
violation · negligence · breach · infraction · indiscretion · recklessness · irresponsibility · lapse · noncompliance · dereliction
deceit
Deliberate misleading of others
perjury · falsification · misrepresentation · double-dealing · bad faith · betrayal · duplicity · treachery · swindle · scam
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
money laundering · cronyism · nepotism · extortion · influence peddling · misappropriation · malfeasance · venality · payola · racketeering
predatory
Exploiting the vulnerable
- profiteeringExploiting scarcity for gain
- sweatshopExploitative manufacturing workplace
- human traffickingCriminal trade in people
child labor · oppression · usury · coercion · manipulation · price gouging · wage theft · loan sharking · slumlord · asset stripping
moral bankruptciesmoral excellence
Ethical goodness of character
ethical integrity · moral virtue · moral rectitude · righteousness · probity
moral, morals, morality, moralism, moralist, moralistic, morally, morale, immoral