ethical issue
collocation in Englishmeaningsofethicalandissue
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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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issue
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪʃ.uː/us/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition ofethicalandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Interaction between archaeologists and looters is a complexethicalissue, and different contributors have had different kinds of experiences.
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In relation to research this highlights another importantethicalissue, namely nonmaleficence.
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The mainethicalissuewas that of ensuring patient confidentiality.
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The issue of whether something would or would not promote someone's welfare would not be a normative orethicalissueitself.
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We have presented these reflections in more detail elsewhere, but here we wish to frame them in the context of professionalism as anethicalissue.
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The most difficultethicalissuefaced every day is precisely this: how far ought caregivers to go to treat and save these babies?
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It is therefore also anethicalissue, concerned with injustice, the distinction between right and wrong.
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Whether patients are offered gowns, or not, could be considered anethicalissueand one must question the right of the patient to choose.
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Anotherethicalissue, the effect of fieldwork on endangered languages, is tangentially addressed.
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At the initiation of our program, we decided that this was the majorethicalissuewe had to deal with.
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In other words, it is simple to portray anyethicalissueas having two equally valid sides.
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A trivial consequence of this requirement is that the importance of theethicalissueshould have been demonstrated in several studies.
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Two people could agree about the welfare facts and still be in complete disagreement about any normative orethicalissue.
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Maintaining personal dignity in the face of illness is an importantethicalissuein contemporary medicine.
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Of course there is anethicalissueinvolved when removing these objects from the settings and the rituals in which they have been used.
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Whistleblowing: anethicalissuein organizational and human behavior.
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We suggest, however, the possibility that anethicalissueat the intersection of genomics and computing becomes significant because of the magnitude of the effect of information technology.
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This is, however, anethicalissue.
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Anotherethicalissueinvolved cultural relativity.
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For them, a keyethicalissueis whether it is acceptable to call security for such a patient (with exceptions made for someone with dementia or on drugs).
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