It's not quite that simple, is it? This means that ethics is defined by a majority of some kind. Is that what you believe?

The original quote was

"Soemtimes, you even have to go against eithics codes to do the right thing"

Here he speaks of ethics codes, which are not identical to ethics, I think. I would prefer a person who has thought things out and is willing sometimes to go beyond codes of the moment, if he is prepared to take the consequences. There are dangers, yes, but there are dangers on both sides.