code of ethics

collocation in English

meaningsofcodeandethic

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code
noun
uk
/kəʊd/
us
/koʊd/
a system of words, letters, or signs used to represent a message in secret form, or a system of numbers, letters, or signals used to represent something in a shorter or more ...
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ethic
noun
uk
/ˈeθ.ɪk/
us
/ˈeθ.ɪk/
a system of accepted beliefs that control behaviour, especially such a system based ...
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(Definition ofcodeandethicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thecodeofethicsfor emergency medicine: why it's important for our specialty.
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Thecodeofethicsis, therefore, critical.
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They have acodeofethics.
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Equally, thecodeofethicsis important.
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We are not amending acodeofethics.
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This gap between the elite and the masses prevented the evolution of acodeofethicsand a social contract to resolve divisive issues.
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Extending the medicalcodeofethicsto establishments that employ doctors (even if not owned by doctors) may curb unethical referral practices.
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They all agree that professional competence, thecodeofethicsand clinical governance, rather than legislation, should determine the framework within which pharmacists prescribe.
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That is not supposed, under our ordinarycodeofethics, to he dishonourable.
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They have managed to do so within the terms of their presentcodeofethics.
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He is the man who determines what thecodeofethicsshall be.
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Is there not a need for a much more practical and particularcodeofethics?
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Similarly, she must be actively engaged in the drafting of acodeofethics.
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A newcodeofethicsand standards would provide a powerful vandal disincentive.
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Professional independence is underpinned by a tradition and acodeofethicsthat are regularly upheld.
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That goes some way to reassuring us that thecodeofethicswill be properly heeded.
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Only acodeofethicswhich deals with these issues without dubiety will satisfy that need.
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This is why acodeofethicsis so important, so that we get it right.
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So there is a lot of basis for thecodeofethics.
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I do not believe that any separatecodeofethicsis required.
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Basing these measures on acodeofethicsis a step in the right direction.
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It is acodeofethicsand not of legal provisions and is therefore quite unenforceable.
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But more important still would be its duty to institute and enforce acodeofethics.
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I would much rather see it dealt with by a voluntarycodeofethics.
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This group of amendments deals predominantly with thecodeofethics: they reinforce the code.
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