public concern about medical ethics a code of ethicsethiceth‧ic /ˈeθɪk/ ●●○ AWL noun 
The old ethic of hard work has given way to a new ethic of instant gratification. → work ethic2ethics [plural] moral rules or principles of behaviour for deciding what is right and wrong: a report on the ethics of gene therapyprofessional/business/medical ethics (=the moral rules relating to a particular profession) public concern about medical ethics a code of ethics
WORD ORIGINethic
Origin:
1400-1500 Old French ethique, from Greek ethikos, from ethos; ➔ ETHOSEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- the Judeo-Christian ethic
- At the time, Gingrich said a speaker should step aside when questions about his ethics are being investigated by in Congress.
- Either that, or a different investment ethic prevails there.
- Furthermore, he admitted to having given the ethics panel untrue information when it investigated those projects.
- It was my introduction to the ethics of science.
- Perhaps worse, where it does give lip-service to ethics, it is to an ethics divorced from moral sensitivity.
- Suddenly the climate was imbued with a new Puritan ethic, not the work ethic but the breeding ethic.
- This insight into the ethics of international trade comes from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, a research organization.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
1[countable] a general idea or belief that influences people’s behaviour and attitudes: (=the moral rules relating to a particular profession) public concern about medical ethics a code of ethics
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES public concern about medical ethics a code of ethics (=rules for people in a particular profession or business)· There is a strict code of conduct for doctors.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The big beasts of medical ethics have been locking horns, the rationalists against the religious as usual.
· Suddenly the climate was imbued with a new Puritan ethic, not the work ethic but the breeding ethic.
· The group may provide guidelines for behaviour such as a professional ethic or a code of conduct. 5.· I was a lawyer, a professional man who worked within a set of professional ethics.
· It spread through the body and achieved chemically and pharmacologically what rationalism and the Protestant ethic sought to fulfill spiritually and ideologically.· The good old Protestant work ethic.
NOUN· Irvin developed his work ethic because of his father, who was a roofer.· You come from a modesty culture. Work ethic, and all that.· The good old Protestant work ethic.· Its political inflexion contests the middle-class work ethic which is the main purpose of its message.· We already know a little bit about their attendance history and their work ethics.· To me, so much of it comes back to the work ethic and commitment.· She had a real work ethic.
The old ethic of hard work has given way to a new ethic of instant gratification. → work ethic2ethics [plural] moral rules or principles of behaviour for deciding what is right and wrong: a report on the ethics of gene therapyprofessional/business/medical ethics (=the moral rules relating to a particular profession) public concern about medical ethics a code of ethics