doing one's duty; upholding one's moral code
Rare term referring to acting in accordance with one's sense of duty or moral principles, often in a traditional or formal context.
彼は仁義立てを重んじる人物だ。
He is a person who values doing one's duty.
Compound of 仁義 (jin-gi, 'humanity and justice') and 立て (date, 'standing' or 'establishing'), literally 'establishing humanity and justice'.