# Malicious compliance vs "Code Red"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-compliance-vs-code-red/628300>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 15, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-compliance-vs-code-red/628300 "2012-07-15T13:53:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-compliance-vs-code-red/628300/1 "2012-07-15T13:53:38Z")

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Ove in the Game Room they’re playing the Wikipedia game. One term used was “malicious compliance” I clicked the link, and it reminded me of “Code Reds” of _A Few Good Men_ infamy. Is “mc” the civilian version?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-compliance-vs-code-red/628300/2 "2012-07-15T14:21:01Z")

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I don’t see how they are even remotely related.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-compliance-vs-code-red/628300/3 "2012-07-15T15:11:39Z")

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The reason I saw the parallel: People carry out orders they normally wouldn’t and that they know to be wrong. I now see that I’m probably overgeneralizing.