naming and shaming
Calling out wrongdoers
Naming and shaming is publicly identifying wrongdoers to damage their reputation as punishment or deterrent.
Governments name and shame tax evaders; activists name and shame polluting corporations; websites name and shame bad landlords.
The practice relies on social pressure rather than legal consequences: The campaign focused on naming and shaming companies that use sweatshop labor.
- disgraceLoss of honor
- criticizeJudge unfavorably, vocally
- calling outPublicly confronting behavior
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- name namesIdentify specific wrongdoers
expose · humiliate · denounce · condemn · name and shame · scapegoating · witch hunt · trial by media · ostracism · public humiliation · public censure · blacklist · bad actor · accountability · call-out culture · social media pile-on · public perception · fairness
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- Online Activismhashtag activism, online petitions, social media activism, clicktivism, slacktivism
- protestdemonstration, walkout, picket, protest march, sit-in
- condemnationcondemnation, censure, rebuke, denunciation, reproach
naming and shamingbehind closed doors
In private, unobserved
covering up · swept under the rug · hushing up · turning a blind eye · looking the other way
naming and shaminganonymous reporting
Disclosure protecting the source's identity
naming and shamingpublic recognition
honoring · celebrating · lauding · giving credit · awarding
naming, nameless, shames, shamed, shaming, shameful, shamefully, shameless