do the right thing
verb1
Idiomatic To do what is ethical or just.
- There was a lot of money in the wallet I found, but I did the right thing and handed it in.
- In the dispute with the RMT about scanning tickets, Jackson said it was the right thing to do to pay conductors something to scan tickets. Northern pays two pence per scan, Jackson noted, adding that ticket scanning helps to cut fraud and increase staff visibility.2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE MD: consider impact of strikes on passengers”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 11:
- Related terms
- do the needful, high road