Key elements of the Civil Society: reprehensible behaviour The second constraint on the Civil Society is reprehensible behaviour on the part of individual participants in respect of certain standards and values. Those who advocate a Civil Society assume that everyone is more or less concerned with the common good.
Everyone operates on the common ground BIS Review 32/2000  2  between self-interest and the greater good. There are, however, always people who have only their own best interests at heart, and who have no qualms about sacrificing others in the process. This is considered reprehensible behaviour.