the.com/misconduct
The word institutions use when 'crime' sounds too honest.
means Behavior that breaks the rules of a job, profession, or position of trust — wrongdoing serious enough to warrant official sanction.
from Built from the Latin-rooted prefix 'mis-' (wrongly, badly) plus 'conduct,' from Latin 'conducere' meaning to lead or bring together — the same root that gives us a conductor who leads an orchestra, or a tour guide who leads a group. 'Conduct' shifted from 'the act of leading' to 'the way one leads oneself,' i.e., behavior. Tack on 'mis-' and you get behavior gone wrong — the self, badly led.
- legal flex
- covers everything from rude emails to fraud
- corporate favorite
- lets companies fire without admitting liability
- etymology
- literally just means conducted badly, dramatically
- severity scale
- ranges from awkward to lawsuit-worthy, same label