Would you believe some states actually have “Ethics Commissions” to issue official statements on ethics required of state officials?
Ethics are simply morals in Sunday dress. The concept has been well-defined in places like the Ten Commandments, the Bible, and so on.
Political correctness and moral ambiguity trampled on centuries-old moral traditions of right and wrong. Moral ambiguity translated into politically correct---anything that smacked of "religious judgementalism" was deemed anathema.
Political correctness canonized morally bankrupt behavior. Killing babies in utero is considered a "right."
We've been headed downhill ever since the onset of political correctness. Brick by brick the moral bulwark of Western Civilization has been chipped away.
I think that PC's greatest moment of shame came about when the progressive hordes of hell reversed their dogma of 50 years to trash Sarah Palin for living the embodiment of all the freedoms they had so fiercely advocated. Only in the light of Decency.