Usually means: Act honorably and ethically always.
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  1. do the decent thing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. do the decent thing: Wiktionary

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  1. Do the Decent Thing: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (do the decent thing)

verb:  (idiomatic) To take the most honourable or appropriate course of action, even if is not necessarily in the person's own interests.

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