moral code

moral code (plural moral codes)

1. (ethics) A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.
   • 2020 November 27, Charles Hugh Smith, Moral Decay Leads to Collapse‎:

     When the moral code that requires service to the public good decays, the legitimacy of the state collapses.

• moral compass
• value system