ethical standard

collocation in English

meaningsofethicalandstandard

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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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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofethicalandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To abandon principle and to accept expediency does not raise the moral orethicalstandard.
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I use the third in the widest sense—that is to say, a highethicalstandard.
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Theethicalstandardis as high as that of any other profession.
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We all agree that the medical profession as a whole has a highethicalstandard, but nobody can justify that situation on ethical grounds.
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In the world of optics and ophthalmology there are some people who do not recognise a highethicalstandard.
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You cannot have oneethicalstandardfor yourself and preach anotherethicalstandardfor the people you want to keep in subjection.
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We place the police in an impossible situation, and then sometimes their reactions are not of a perfectethicalstandard.
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Surely, there are countries which are in need of help by anyethicalstandard, but which cannot be looked upon as good investment projects.
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Trans-species science challenges the doubleethicalstandard, to be replaced with a scientifically based axiom of equality and protection of rights.
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Acknowledging this right encourages physicians to actively enforce their own ethical standards.
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The culture of medical education requires that physicians in training defer to supervising physician on a variety of issues, including clinical judgment and ethical standards.
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However, they argue that research boards need agreed-on ethical standards so that the health services research community can adopt uniformly good practices.
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More particularly, busy experimenters need to know how they can take progressive steps toward improving ethical standards in their work.
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For decades, social psychology has emphasized how human behavior falls short of ethical standards and moral imperatives.
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Yet this assumption may be seen as in conflict with another common element of the typology, namely that professionals have ethical standards and act altruistically.
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As in other countries, statutory organizations of professional self-regulation are responsible for setting professional and ethical standards.
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Employers are, after all, dealing with healthcare and with proxy decisionmaking, both of which import certain ethical standards from the medical context.
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These guidelines, if enforced properly, could ensure a high level of ethical standards for designing, conducting, recording, and reporting scientific research projects.
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Moreover, even strong discretion, of the kind employers have, is subject to ethical standards.
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