AOL: Less than 10% of employees believe their bosses are demonstrating moral leadership
Less than 10% of employees believe their bosses are demonstrating moral leadership
Ethics and morals are both used in the plural and are often regarded as synonyms, but there is some distinction in how they are used. Morals often describes one's particular values concerning what is right and what is wrong: It would go against my morals to help you cheat on the test.
MORAL definition: 1. relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person…. Learn more.
MORAL definition: of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical. See examples of moral used in a sentence.
In its descriptive sense, "morality" refers to personal or cultural values, codes of conduct or social mores that are observed to be accepted by a significant number of individuals (not necessarily all) in a society.
A moral person behaves in a way that is believed by most people to be good and right. The people who will be on the committee are moral, cultured, competent people.
- concerned with or relating to human behaviour, esp the distinction between good and bad or right and wrong behaviour: moral sense. 3. based on a sense of right and wrong according to conscience: moral courage; moral law. 4. having psychological rather than tangible effects: moral support.
There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun moral, seven of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.