Legal is what we collectively decide. Ethical is what we personally decide. Clearly something is either legal or not, and we have mechanisms setup to clarify w

Legal is what we collectively decide. Ethical is what we personally decide. Clearly something is either legal or not, and we have mechanisms setup to clarify where there is dispute. Some professions have ethical standards. Some even have enforcement of them, making them pseudo-legalities. But personal ethics, are, well, personal. You may find it ethical to eat meat, I might not. You may consider it unethical to eat cheese, or coffee, or honey. You might consider it ethical to pay minimum wage, or require employees to answer emails after hours. Or rent out an apartment, or wear white in October. Ethics are personal and vary enormously. Declaring things to be ethical or not is therefore somewhat unhelpful. Clearly some will agree, some will not. Whole college courses exist to try and define ethics and to encourage students to at least think about what their own ethical boundaries might be.