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Meaning of ethic in English

ethic
noun
uk/ˈeθ.ɪk/ us/ˈeθ.ɪk/
The ethics of journalism are much debated.
code of ethics He said he was bound by a scientist's code of ethics.
breach of ethics Publication of the article was a breach of ethics.
The children learned an ethic of hard work from their parents.
The organization had an ethic of fair play and public service.
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ethics C2 [ U ]
the study of what is morally right and what is not:
He took a broad range of courses in sociology, religion, ethics, political thought and more.
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(Definition of ethic from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

ethic | American Dictionary

ethic
us/ˈeθ·ɪk/
Our school promotes an ethic of service to the community.

ethical

adjective us/ˈeθ·ɪ·kəl/
No ethical physician would prescribe that drug.

ethically

adverb us/ˈeθ·ɪk·li/
Laughing at your clients is ethically wrong.
(Definition of ethic from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

ethic | Business English

ethic
uk/ˈeθɪk/ us
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
a system of accepted rules about behaviour, based on what is considered right and wrong:
business/professional ethics It would be contrary to business ethics to refuse her insurance cover.
A coach is required to comply with the National Governing Body's code of ethics.
We promote an ethic of cooperation and social reciprocity.

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(Definition of ethic from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of ethic

ethic
Evaluating ethics committees: a view from the outside.
Exploring the role of religion in medical ethics.
Such observation and reporting is not only good medicine, it is good ethics and good partnership.
The public health act as well as the traditional social ethics of group solidarity both emphasize the utilitarian promotion of the public good.
Chapter 1 outlines the moral ecology of healthcare organizations, lists common problems faced by healthcare organizations, and introduces a method for organizational ethics analysis.
The other activities of clinical ethics include education, policy review, and research.
The ethics team met with the sponsor to discuss the best resolution of the conflict.
When considering the ethics of child organ donation, the interests of the child donor must be taken into account and given substantial weight.
First, ethics is patently concerned with issues of human well-being and happiness, and reason alone cannot account for these.
According to this proposal, the functions of the research ethics committees and clinical ethics committees would be split.
What is the impact of ethics on your work?
However, one of the strengths of virtue ethics is that it provides an account of moral motivation.
When physicians aid draft evaders, they violate the law and the most basic principles of medical ethics.
When they do, it is most often to uphold and defend the canons of medical ethics.
A clinician and a social scientist independently abstracted each document, using a 397-item healthcare ethics taxonomy; a reconciled abstraction form was used for analysis.
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Collocations with ethic

ethic

These are words often used in combination with ethic.

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conservation ethic
Ecotourism and the conservation ethic: recruiting the uninitiated or preaching to the converted?
environmental ethic
A fully adequate environmental ethic would need to incorporate what is of value in each theory - namely, the values each prioritizes - and successfully combine them.
ethic of care
For example, can the ethic of care be easily incorporated into legislation, or might it ultimately be too discretionary to capture within legal rules?
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Translations of ethic

in Chinese (Traditional)
行爲準則,倫理, (尤指)道德體系,道德規範…
in Chinese (Simplified)
行为准则,伦理, (尤指)道德体系,道德规范…
in Spanish
ética…
in Portuguese
ética…
नीतिमूल्ये - वर्तन नियंत्रित करणारी स्वीकृत विश्वासाची एक प्रणाली, जी विशेषत: नैतिकतेवर आधारित असते.…
ilke, prensip, usül…
ప్రవర్తనను నియంత్రించే అంగీకరించబడిన నమ్మకాల వ్యవస్థ, ముఖ్యంగా నైతికత ఆధారంగా అటువంటి వ్యవస్థ…
நடத்தையை கட்டுப்படுத்தும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட நம்பிக்கைகளின் அமைப்பு, குறிப்பாக ஒழுக்கத்தை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட அத்தகைய அமைப்பு…
आचार संबंधी, नैतिकता…
নৈতিকতা…
આચાર સંહિતા…
etyka…
اخلاقی, اخلاقیات…
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