Double Standards are a set of principles that are applied differently depending on the circumstances or the situation involved. An example is the socially expected sexual behaviour of women compared to men.
Within the law, judges are expected to be impartial. They must apply the law equally to all people, regardless of the judge's biases, beliefs or prejudices.
Politicians are expected to consider state policy development without personal advancement becoming an incentive.
Ethnicity often suffers the double standards problem because the beliefs are so varied between religions. In an attempt to mitigate this, the World's Parliament of Religions devised an ethical commitment document called The Global Ethic which was ratified and supported by many of the world's religions in 1993.
The two agreed fundamental rules are: the Golden Rule, which is the principle of treating others as one wants to be treated ie. "the Ethics of reciprocity" and secondly, that every human must be treated humanely.
Identity politics like Civil Rights, Feminism, LGBTQ+ Rights and Indigenous Rights, all currently rely on double standards to achieve an outcome. In all examples of double standards, social virtues have become more important than moral values.