Morally correct to badly hit Alec (7)
I believe the answer is:
ethical
'morally correct' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'badly hit alec' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'hit'+'alec'='hitalec'
'hitalec' is an anagram of 'ETHICAL'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for ethical that I've seen before include "Abiding by moral principles" , "Principled (behaviour)" , "Morally correct, honourable" , "Moral, honest" , "not advertised to the general public" .)