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Naval honours and workplace power disparities

Revocations have happened before, but no specific precedent is named. The ethical objection concerns a substantial disparity in workplace power.

Question

Are there historical parallels for revoking a former naval leader's knighthood?

Short answer

Revocations have happened before, but no specific precedent is named. The ethical objection concerns a substantial disparity in workplace power.

Notes

Revoking an honour is accepted as something that has happened before, though no specific historical case is named. Meeting a partner at work is considered understandable because work occupies so much of many people's lives. A substantial power disparity creates the more serious ethical concern. A separate recommendation favours relationships across departments, allowing some distance if the relationship ends badly.