What is the difference between Unethical and Misconduct?

The difference between unethical and misconduct

is that "unethical" is not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical and "misconduct" is behavior that is considered to be unacceptable.

unethical

misconduct

Adjective

  • Not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical.

Antonyms

  • ethical

Exemple

  • The corporation was accused of unethical behavior for knowingly producing a product suspected of harming health.

Noun

  • behavior that is considered to be unacceptable.

Examples

  • The student was threatened with a £2000 fine and banned from using the university’s computing resources for two weeks due to gross misconduct on the Internet.