law and order; official discipline
Formal term referring to the maintenance of discipline and order within an organization, government, or society. Often used in contexts of enforcing rules and preventing corruption.
The government is striving to enforce official discipline.
It is necessary to tighten discipline within the police force.
A string of corruption scandals led to criticism that discipline in the government office had broken down.
秩序 refers broadly to order or sequence in society or a system, whereas 綱紀 is narrower, focusing on official discipline and the prevention of corruption.
紊乱 means disorder or corruption setting in, the breakdown of the order that 綱紀 describes.
綱領 shares the kanji 綱 with 綱紀 but means a platform or set of guiding principles (e.g. of a political party), not official discipline.
Compound of 綱 (こう, 'main rope' or 'principle') and 紀 (き, 'rule' or 'order'), together conveying the idea of fundamental principles that maintain order. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has been used in formal Japanese to denote official discipline.
The new director made tightening up discipline his top priority.