I played on a mud that had a mechanic like this. Say someone did something out of the way nice, you can use the Thank command to increase their reputation towards good. At the same time, say you have a char steal from you, or not give you the gold for the item, or any other number of things. They can deprocate you, moving it towards the opposite end of the spectrum. Just an idea.
Also to prevent people spamming it, only usable once per lunar cycle maybe?