Definitions

1. noun

a set of moral principles or values that govern a person’s behavior or the behavior of an institution or organization

“The company’s ethic of integrity led it to return the money to its customers.”

2. adjective

relating to or concerned with ethics or morals

“an ethnic and an ethnic group are not the same thing; an ethnic group has an ethnic ethic, but an ethic is not an ethnic group.”

3. verb

to impose or exact (something) as a moral duty

“The community ethicized the importance of volunteering in local charities.”