Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
falta ética
English translation:
ethics violation / ethical failure
Added to glossary by
mcarpizo
May 23, 2018 17:20
5 yrs ago
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Spanish term
falta ética
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
preguntas encuesta al personal de una empresa
Cumplimiento de Sanciones
Ante una falta ética, la medida será la misma para cualquier colaborador.
En esta Corporación, existen medidas disciplinarias para quienes no respeten los comportamientos éticos.
En esta Corporación, las conductas poco éticas son sancionadas.
Mi traducción:
Compliance with punishments
Measures taken in response to an ethical breach are the same for every collaborator.
There are disciplinary measures in this Corporation for those who do not respect ethical behavior.
Unethical behavior in this Corporation is punished.
Ante una falta ética, la medida será la misma para cualquier colaborador.
En esta Corporación, existen medidas disciplinarias para quienes no respeten los comportamientos éticos.
En esta Corporación, las conductas poco éticas son sancionadas.
Mi traducción:
Compliance with punishments
Measures taken in response to an ethical breach are the same for every collaborator.
There are disciplinary measures in this Corporation for those who do not respect ethical behavior.
Unethical behavior in this Corporation is punished.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | ethics violation / ethical failure |
Robert Carter
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| 4 | ethical breach |
neilmac
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Proposed translations
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Robert Carter
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ethics violation / ethical failure
For the US, the term I mostly hear used in the news is "ethics violation".
More CEOs are getting forced out for ethics violations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/05...
It also uncovers an increasingly alarming set of CEO ethics violations, many of which land the corporate head in jail.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/investopedia/2013/02/05/5-most-...
18 Of The Most Outrageous Military Ethics Violations
The U.S. Department of Defense just updated its Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure, and boy does it contain some doozies.
http://www.businessinsider.com/18-outrageous-military-ethics...
As you can see in the last reference, the US military also uses the term "ethical failure", but I'm not sure how well known that term is; I at least had never come across it before, and would probably use "ethics violation" instead.
Early Lessons From Wells Fargo: Three Ways To Prevent Ethical Failure
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roncarucci/2016/09/13/early-les...
More CEOs are getting forced out for ethics violations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/05...
It also uncovers an increasingly alarming set of CEO ethics violations, many of which land the corporate head in jail.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/investopedia/2013/02/05/5-most-...
18 Of The Most Outrageous Military Ethics Violations
The U.S. Department of Defense just updated its Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure, and boy does it contain some doozies.
http://www.businessinsider.com/18-outrageous-military-ethics...
As you can see in the last reference, the US military also uses the term "ethical failure", but I'm not sure how well known that term is; I at least had never come across it before, and would probably use "ethics violation" instead.
Early Lessons From Wells Fargo: Three Ways To Prevent Ethical Failure
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roncarucci/2016/09/13/early-les...
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Ethical failure is much less common than ethics violation.
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Thanks, Phil, yes, as I said, I'd use "ethics violation", although "ethical failure" would certainly be an option here.
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AllegroTrans
: ethics violation
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Thanks, Chris.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
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ethical breach
An option. Aka "breach of ethics". May be considered more serious than a "falta".
https://glosbe.com/en/en/ethical breach
https://glosbe.com/en/en/ethical breach
Example sentence:
... the myriad of ethical breaches and inappropriate action that take place every day "because everyone else does it"...
Peer comment(s):
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AllegroTrans
: breach of ethics = ethics breach: ethical breach = honest and virtuous breach
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