moral compromise
- ethical dilemmaSituation with competing values
- concessionYielding a point
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- selloutCompromiser of integrity
- betrayalBreaking of trust
gray area · pragmatism · expediency · bargain · deal · corruption · integrity · conscience · guilt · rationalization · slippery slope · tradeoff · lesser evil · negotiation · principles · values · accommodation · capitulation
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- disillusionmentdisillusionment, disenchantment, disillusion, lost innocence, lost faith
ethical stance
moral compromisemoral integrity
Consistent ethical character
principled stand · moral rigidity · dogmatism · zero tolerance · black-and-white thinking
rigidity vs. flexibility
moral compromiseintransigence
Refusal to compromise
inflexibility · stubbornness · zero tolerance · black-and-white thinking