A list of statements and/or exemplars used by organisations to guide their members in differentiating between right and wrong and in applying understandings to their decision making.

A system of ethics based on "first come, first served" or "every man for himself" rather than the fair distribution of resources.

plural of Protestant work ethic

plural of Puritan work ethic

(ethics) A particular set of consistent ethical principles.

Two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. These lists include both ritual and moral imperatives, as opposed to the third, which includes mostly ritual imperatives.

(humorous, euphemistic) Unethical; dishonest.

plural of ethic dative

Alternative spelling of metaethical

(ethics) The golden rule used by philosophers.