The distinction is simple: prejudice is a thought or attitude; discrimination is the expression of that thought or attitude. However, prejudice does NOT automatically lead to discrimination. There is no one-to-one relationship. Prejudice can exist without discrimination, and discrimination can occur without prejudice. The two are related, but not in a strong causal relationship. Also, the institutions of society can discriminate (institutional discrimination) even though the agency is not staffed by people with prejudices.
ETHICAL CULTURE. ETHICAL CULTURE, a movement dedicated to the ethical improvement of society and the ethical growth of the individual, was inaugurated with the founding of the New York Society for Ethical Culture in May 1876 by Felix Adler and a group of his Jewish supporters.
Humans have the use of communicating abstract concepts that will create rules to facilitate a healthy form of standardized behavior. For humans, these rules can be called morality. Morality is originally formed in the minds of healthy citizens and a portion of the ideas then becomes cultural consensus. Some of the concepts are codified into law. Ethics is a theory or system of moral values. Ethics is usually a more personal, structured, and detailed form of morality. A specific organization, within the larger social group, will often establish ethical rules to define a code of behavior that will govern its operation.