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Definition of ethical in English:

ethical

adjective ˈɛθɪk(ə)lˈɛθək(ə)l
  • 1Relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.

    (与)道德规范(有关)的;(与)伦理(有关)的

    ethical issues in nursing

    护理工作的职业道德问题。

    ethical standards

    道德标准。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In legal terms you might argue that they should be treated differently but in moral and ethical terms I see no difference.
    • Reliable scientific knowledge has no ethical content, it is the way the world is.
    • Those moral and ethical issues have been under-discussed, at least as far as cybernetics is concerned.
    • Surely humans have the ability to intervene in any number of moral and ethical issues purely by virtue of their sentience?
    • Consequently, the Authority's discretion on issues of ethical principle is difficult to challenge.
    • The way scientific knowledge is used raises ethical issues for everyone involved, not just scientists.
    • In this case, the mother was not arguing a religious, moral or ethical principle.
    • The ethical problems facing doctors and vets obviously differ in some ways.
    • Perhaps fewer of us are sensitive to what we might call the moral or ethical environment.
    • Not long ago researchers examining ethical issues in medicine and health care had a different focus.
    • It does, in fact, cover many moral and ethical issues and the submissions reflected this.
    • Theories based on natural rights were to be the principal vehicles for the discussion of ethical issues for the rest of the century.
    • One may occasionally hear the claim that human use of animals raises no ethical issues whatsoever.
    • Respectable ad agencies, of course, will insist that their own ethical standards are unimpeachable.
    • But even more conclusive evidence exists that doctors need help with ethical problems.
    • The underlying ethical principle here is that all people are of equal moral value and that it is wrong to treat them otherwise.
    • It is the ethical codes of the professional groups that prevent notification.
    • There is a general difficulty in inferring the underlying values or ethical principles that support social practices.
    • In order to raise ethical questions, the story and characters have to involve readers.
    • However, this case does raise the moral and ethical issues in a peculiarly sharp form.
    Synonyms
    moral
    social, behavioural
    having to do with right and wrong
    1. 1.1 Morally good or correct.
      合乎道德规范的
      can a profitable business ever be ethical?

      盈利性企业能按道德行事吗?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Does an organization need ethical leadership in order to be effective and successful?
      • Mr Bradley's quietly principled and wholly ethical stance is to be commended.
      • The information is in the public domain and it is ethical to republish it in the BMJ.
      • What the world really needs right now is moral, ethical, and honest leaders whose words and actions we can trust.
      • Was it medically ethical for a doctor to go to these extremes to test a patient's grasp on reality?
      • How ethical is it to test drugs for AIDS in countries that cannot afford these treatments?
      • Reaffirmation of values and morality can lead to a return to an ethical profession.
      • As healthcare providers, we often wonder whether it is ethical to use a control group or not.
      • Do you say that it's also a legitimate, appropriate, ethical business as well?
      • Besides, the average oilman is too ethical and morally upstanding to work in such places only for profit.
      • He was convinced that the lower classes must fear God in order to be ethical.
      Synonyms
      morally correct, right-minded, right-thinking, principled, irreproachable, unimpeachable, blameless, guiltless
      righteous, upright, upstanding, high-minded, virtuous, good, moral
      exemplary, clean, law-abiding, lawful
      just, honest, honourable, unbribable, incorruptible
      scrupulous, reputable, decent, respectable, noble, lofty, elevated, worthy, trustworthy, meritorious, praiseworthy, commendable, admirable, laudable
      pure, pure as the driven snow, whiter than white, sinless, saintly, saintlike, godly, angelic
      Christianity immaculate, impeccable
      informal squeaky clean
    2. 1.2 Avoiding activities or organizations that do harm to people or the environment.
      有益于人(类)的;环保的
      an expert on ethical investment

      道德投资专家。

      switching to more ethical products

      转而使用更为环保的产品。

      adopt ethical shopping habits
      ethical holidays

      环保型假期。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We want to be known as an ethical firm on Wall Street, and we want to be trusted.
      • Broadly speaking, there are two types of ethical fund.
      • The MBA programs on my campus start with a retreat where students get an in-depth immersion in ethics and ethical decision-making.
      • Within the next few months I think the Medical Council will change its ethical guidelines to allow abortion in the case of suicide risk.
      • The chapter discusses both the ethical implications of social psychological research findings and the ethical decisions implicit in how social influence research is conducted.
      • The Body Shop brand was associated the world over with honour, integrity and all things ethical.
      • Increasingly, boards are expected as well to monitor human resources and social assets and to conduct social and ethical audits.
      • You often see ethical funds arguing that they achieve better performance.
      • Mack is also pulling the plug on ventures that could blur ethical lines.
      • Data within the October edition of Money Management supports the view that ethical investing is generally no better than blindly holding an index tracker.
      • You have said that you want CSFB to be an "ethical" investment bank.
      • Many involve the ethical use of biotechnology.
      • Without mandated standards, many corporate managers are left with some thorny ethical dilemmas.
      • Increasingly, more insurers are partaking in agreements and codes of conduct which bind us to the correct ethical position for the long-term future.
      • Therefore the ethical question concerning productivity increases is important to consider.
      • Legal (and ethical) barriers deterred people from engaging in insider trading and punished people who cross the line.
      • Approximately 60 %, however, believed that ethical dilemmas are an avoidable consequence of doing business.
      • Then there are the so-called ' light green ' funds, somewhat like a Diet Coke in the world of ethical investing.
      • To me, there are few things as beautiful as an ethical, profitable, customer-centered, well-run company.
      • Ethical investment funds are committed to the principle that investors must accept some responsibility for the actions of the companies from which they profit.
  • 2attributive (of a medicine) legally available only on a doctor's prescription and usually not advertised to the general public.

    (药品)凭处方出售的

    all types of drugs, including ethical drugs and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Early returns from a survey now going on in San Francisco indicate that use of ethical drugs is indeed more common in better educated and higher income groups.
    • The new opportunities that this offers to the pharmaceutical industry mean that, if they are to be fully realized, companies' future strategies will need to be orientated not only around the key area of ethical drugs but also around the potential long-term role of over-the-counter sales.

Derivatives

  • ethicality

  • noun ɛθɪˈkalɪtiˌɛθəˈkælədi
    • What is the ethicality of using magic to block those techniques, ensure their failure, or even just balance them?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As man has sought to quench his thirst for knowledge, lines of ethicality have been drawn to preserve the integrity of science, and provide a framework from which man can improve upon the quality of human life.
      • More recent conflicts like the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the invasion of Grenada, and the Gulf war have made people analyze the ethicality behind the fighting.
      • Such research would be valuable and should examine both the effectiveness of fear appeals in ads as well as perceptions of the ethicality of these tactics.
      • In the meantime, an essential first step is to begin examining tests in terms of ethicality and bias.

Definition of ethical in US English:

ethical

adjectiveˈeTHək(ə)lˈɛθək(ə)l
  • 1Relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.

    (与)道德规范(有关)的;(与)伦理(有关)的

    ethical issues in nursing

    护理工作的职业道德问题。

    ethical churchgoing men
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But even more conclusive evidence exists that doctors need help with ethical problems.
    • The ethical problems facing doctors and vets obviously differ in some ways.
    • Those moral and ethical issues have been under-discussed, at least as far as cybernetics is concerned.
    • Surely humans have the ability to intervene in any number of moral and ethical issues purely by virtue of their sentience?
    • In order to raise ethical questions, the story and characters have to involve readers.
    • There is a general difficulty in inferring the underlying values or ethical principles that support social practices.
    • The underlying ethical principle here is that all people are of equal moral value and that it is wrong to treat them otherwise.
    • Perhaps fewer of us are sensitive to what we might call the moral or ethical environment.
    • Not long ago researchers examining ethical issues in medicine and health care had a different focus.
    • It is the ethical codes of the professional groups that prevent notification.
    • In this case, the mother was not arguing a religious, moral or ethical principle.
    • In legal terms you might argue that they should be treated differently but in moral and ethical terms I see no difference.
    • Reliable scientific knowledge has no ethical content, it is the way the world is.
    • Respectable ad agencies, of course, will insist that their own ethical standards are unimpeachable.
    • Theories based on natural rights were to be the principal vehicles for the discussion of ethical issues for the rest of the century.
    • It does, in fact, cover many moral and ethical issues and the submissions reflected this.
    • The way scientific knowledge is used raises ethical issues for everyone involved, not just scientists.
    • Consequently, the Authority's discretion on issues of ethical principle is difficult to challenge.
    • One may occasionally hear the claim that human use of animals raises no ethical issues whatsoever.
    • However, this case does raise the moral and ethical issues in a peculiarly sharp form.
    Synonyms
    moral
    1. 1.1 Morally good or correct.
      合乎道德规范的
      can a profitable business be ethical?

      盈利性企业能按道德行事吗?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Reaffirmation of values and morality can lead to a return to an ethical profession.
      • The information is in the public domain and it is ethical to republish it in the BMJ.
      • Besides, the average oilman is too ethical and morally upstanding to work in such places only for profit.
      • As healthcare providers, we often wonder whether it is ethical to use a control group or not.
      • How ethical is it to test drugs for AIDS in countries that cannot afford these treatments?
      • Does an organization need ethical leadership in order to be effective and successful?
      • What the world really needs right now is moral, ethical, and honest leaders whose words and actions we can trust.
      • Mr Bradley's quietly principled and wholly ethical stance is to be commended.
      • Was it medically ethical for a doctor to go to these extremes to test a patient's grasp on reality?
      • He was convinced that the lower classes must fear God in order to be ethical.
      • Do you say that it's also a legitimate, appropriate, ethical business as well?
      Synonyms
      morally correct, right-minded, right-thinking, principled, irreproachable, unimpeachable, blameless, guiltless
    2. 1.2 Avoiding activities or organizations that do harm to people or the environment.
      有益于人(类)的;环保的
      an expert on ethical investment

      道德投资专家。

      switching to more ethical products

      转而使用更为环保的产品。

      adopt ethical shopping habits
      ethical holidays

      环保型假期。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Data within the October edition of Money Management supports the view that ethical investing is generally no better than blindly holding an index tracker.
      • Approximately 60 %, however, believed that ethical dilemmas are an avoidable consequence of doing business.
      • Legal (and ethical) barriers deterred people from engaging in insider trading and punished people who cross the line.
      • To me, there are few things as beautiful as an ethical, profitable, customer-centered, well-run company.
      • Many involve the ethical use of biotechnology.
      • The MBA programs on my campus start with a retreat where students get an in-depth immersion in ethics and ethical decision-making.
      • The Body Shop brand was associated the world over with honour, integrity and all things ethical.
      • Then there are the so-called ' light green ' funds, somewhat like a Diet Coke in the world of ethical investing.
      • Increasingly, more insurers are partaking in agreements and codes of conduct which bind us to the correct ethical position for the long-term future.
      • Without mandated standards, many corporate managers are left with some thorny ethical dilemmas.
      • Increasingly, boards are expected as well to monitor human resources and social assets and to conduct social and ethical audits.
      • Within the next few months I think the Medical Council will change its ethical guidelines to allow abortion in the case of suicide risk.
      • Mack is also pulling the plug on ventures that could blur ethical lines.
      • Ethical investment funds are committed to the principle that investors must accept some responsibility for the actions of the companies from which they profit.
      • You often see ethical funds arguing that they achieve better performance.
      • We want to be known as an ethical firm on Wall Street, and we want to be trusted.
      • You have said that you want CSFB to be an "ethical" investment bank.
      • The chapter discusses both the ethical implications of social psychological research findings and the ethical decisions implicit in how social influence research is conducted.
      • Broadly speaking, there are two types of ethical fund.
      • Therefore the ethical question concerning productivity increases is important to consider.
  • 2attributive (of a medicine) legally available only on a doctor's prescription and usually not advertised to the general public.

    (药品)凭处方出售的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The new opportunities that this offers to the pharmaceutical industry mean that, if they are to be fully realized, companies' future strategies will need to be orientated not only around the key area of ethical drugs but also around the potential long-term role of over-the-counter sales.
    • Early returns from a survey now going on in San Francisco indicate that use of ethical drugs is indeed more common in better educated and higher income groups.
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