ethical code

collocation in English

meaningsofethicalandcode

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ethical
adjective
uk
/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/
relating to beliefs about what is morally right ...
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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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(Definition ofethicalandcodefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofethical code

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Deviants of theethicalcodeare met with scorn and invectives.
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It is for them to evolve an idealethicalcodefit for our time, which they can then promulgate to the rest of us.
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This forced it to espouse a social andethicalcodethat was in turn linked to the development of public policy, official duties, and definitive law.
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I understand that the legal profession is bound by anethicalcode, as are most professions.
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I find it a fact that all the religions have a certainethicalcode.
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I will deal with thisethicalcodein more detail in a minute.
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They are obliged to report those who break the profession'sethicalcode.
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They broke the law; they violated their professionalethicalcode.
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We are told on the basis of the highestethicalcodethat we should love our neighbours as ourselves.
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Within the bounds of data protection, however, such an arrangement, namely the enshrinement of a kind ofethicalcode, is undoubtedly welcome.
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This is ensured by theethicalcodewhich all doctors, nurses and other professional staff observe, and by the physical security of the records.
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Theethicalcodeof practice for doctors in the prison medical service is the same as for any other registered medical practitioner.
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The professional training of nurses and theirethicalcodeis, in my view, enough to ensure that indiscriminate or unwise prescribing would be extremely unlikely.
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We must also rely upon our industrial companies, which are competent and fair, and which have anethicalcode, but let us not be naive.
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He will have to observe anethicalcodecomparable to that which the best industrial consultants or the banks now observe.
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I mention these fascinating possibilities because the law andethicalcodeof conduct must not be left behind by progress in medical science.
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There is difficulty concerning theethicalcodeof the medical profession, which would forbid breach of confidence concerning the exact state of a patient.
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He takes advantage of a bit of casuistry and, in so doing, exposes his own low standards and baseethicalcodewhere headlines are concerned.
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Thisethicalcodeis intended to oblige retail bankers to act in the customers best interests.
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For this reason, professional activities are regulated by anethicalcodecovering relationships between professionals, between professionals and their clients, and between professionals and society as a whole.
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By consciously recognizing these influences, you have the opportunity to be intentional about how yourethicalcodedevelops.
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A rule of etiquette may reflect an underlyingethicalcode, or it may reflect a person's fashion or status.
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Besides regulating access to a profession, professional bodies may set examinations of competence and enforce adherence to anethicalcode.
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Medical treatment is administered under the instructions of the doctor concerned, who has complete clinical freedom and is subject to the sameethicalcodeas doctors working outside prison.
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We must have a register and anethicalcodeof conduct for all lobbyists, including legal companies carrying out lobbying, that can enter into force before the elections in 2009.
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