1. (n.) A standard of behavior; a model; a type; as, a social norm\.

2. (n.) A typical, structural unit; a type.

Procrustean law Ten Commandments Weltanschauung Zeitgeist average axiology balance barometer behavioral norm benchmark business ethics canon center check climate climate of opinion code code of ethics code of morals commandment convention criterion decalogue degree dictum ethic ethical system ethics ethos form formality formula formulary gauge general principle generality golden mean golden rule graduated scale guideline guiding principle happy medium ideology imperative intellectual climate juste-milieu law law of nature legal ethics maxim mean measure median medical ethics mediocrity medium middle middle course middle ground middle point middle position middle state middle-of-the-road midpoint mitzvah model moral moral climate moral code moral principles morals mores new morality norma normal normative system norms order of nature ordinance par parameter pattern prescribed form prescription principium principle principles professional ethics quantity reading readout regulation rubric rule run scale set form settled principle social ethics spiritual climate standard standards standing order tenet test touchstone type universal law usual value value system via media working principle working rule world view yardstick