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Noun: ethic  e-thik
  1. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
    "the Puritan ethic";
    - moral principle, value-system, value orientation
     
  2. A system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
    - ethical code

Derived forms: ethics

Type of: principle, system, system of rules

Encyclopedia: Ethic

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