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
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