interestingly this is from The Economist ( economist.com ) in their dictionary of business terms....
and before I get accused of going off topic - geez - heartland are up to $1.33 ;)
Euphemisms
Avoid, where possible, euphemisms and circumlocutions, especially those promoted by interest-groups keen to please their clients or organisations anxious to avoid embarrassment. This does not mean that good writers should be insensitive of giving offence: on the contrary, if you are to be persuasive, you would do well to be courteous. But a good writer owes something to plain speech, the English language and the truth, as well as to manners. Political correctness can go.
So, in most contexts, offending behaviour is probably criminal behaviour. Female teenagers are girls, not women. Living with mobility impairment probably means wheelchair-bound. Developing countries are often stagnating or even regressing (try poor) countries. The underprivileged may be disadvantaged, but are more likely just poor (the very concept of underprivilege is absurd, since it implies that some people receive less than their fair share of something that is by definition an advantage or prerogative).
Enron's document-management policy simply meant shredding. The Pentagon's practice of enhanced interrogation is torture, just as its practice of extraordinary rendition is probably torture contracted out to foreigners. France's proposed solidarity contribution on airline tickets is a tax. The IMF's relational capitalism is nepotism or corruption. The British solicitor-general's evidential deficiency was no evidence, and George Bush's reputational problem just means he is mistrusted.
It is sometimes useful to talk of human-rights abuses but often the sentence can be rephrased more pithily and accurately. The army is accused of committing numerous human-rights abuses probably means The army is accused of torture and murder. Decommissioning weapons means disarming. A high-net-worth individual is a rich man or rich woman. Zero-per-cent financing means an interest-free loan.