Subway Ethics

A set of common, unsaid, moralities understood between all riders of the subway.

1. Bill: God those teenagers are so obnoxious.
Nancy: They obviously have no understanding of subway ethics.

by Subwaygoer February 5, 2010

Delay of Ethics

Nick name for Congressman Tom Delay; inspired by his frequent reprimands by the house ethics committee, and by his reputation as a criminally insane political prostitute with no conscience.

Tom Delay is the Delay of Ethics

by Dungheap June 1, 2006

Business Ethics

Another amusing oxymoron.

The Business manager was talking about "Business Ethics" to his employees while he was simultaneously dumping harmful chemicals into the pastures nearby.

by Tredmond September 6, 2005

Chelsea Manning Ethics

A description of an especially self-sacrificing and unparalleled level of ethics, due to her patriotic and courageous release of classified and unclassified documents to Wikileaks relating to the true actions of the United States in the Middle East.

I hope one day to embody Chelsea Manning Ethics and show that I am a whistleblower of some importance.

by Dr Bunnygirl May 22, 2023

corporate ethics

Two words that don't seem to make sense together; large corporations can and often do use unethical means to gain public trust and their precious capital, for example, building big-box shopping malls on environmentally sensitive land where there may be endangered flora and fauna.

The corporate ethics of some of these food producers in Brazil leave a lot to be desired.

by pentozali October 2, 2010

humorist ethics

A system of conduct where one acts solely to create the greatest amount of humor possible.

Jack could have given in and just let her know about the inside joke, but since he believed in humorist ethics, he drew out the conversation to revel in her frustration.

by carpenoctem63141 February 28, 2009

Lord Ethics

A hypocritical view of the world and the people living in it.

He looks down his nose in lord ethics judgment.

by Wold2 July 1, 2022