ethical code
- noun
- /ˈɛθɪkəl koʊd/
- The ethical code of this profession emphasizes honesty, respect, and accountability.
- ASCA ethical code
- ethical code that guides
OK, We need to tell AI we need to develop AI that has the same ethical code that's good for humanity.
- OK, We need to tell AI we need to develop AI that has the same ethical code that's good for humanity.
- There's useful elements to it in that it helps us understand our own ethical codes, humans.
Examples
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Following an ethical code helps maintain trust between professionals and the public.
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All of these ethical codes contain various provisions that recognize the rights of Indigenous people over their cultural heritage.
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In nearly a year, only a few companies have signed the ethical code.
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My personal feeling is that you live up to your ethical code when you can.
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Often, that rationale is provided by a moral or ethical code or by community standards.
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Usually, a strong religious or ethical code is used as a rationale for avoiding conflict.
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However, these processes are stunted if adolescents do not see their online activities as subject to any ethical code.
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However, the ethical codes and publication standards for biological sciences have only begun to integrate that recognition.
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ASCA's (2004) recently revised ethical code acknowledges more directly than previous versions the tension that exists between confidentiality and parental rights.
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Maintaining confidentiality, both of personal disclosures and of student records, was a section from the ethical code that more participants ranked as a most common dilemma than as a most challenging dilemma.
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Synonyms
Moral rules that tell people what is right and wrong and the study of those rules
A set of rules that people agree to follow in a job or group
A set of moral rules that guide how a person or group behaves
A set of rules that members of a group must follow
A set of rules members of a group like a school or company must follow
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'ethical' (relating to morals) modifies 'code' (a set of rules), yielding a 'set of moral rules or principles.' This adjective+noun pattern is common and mirrored in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Ethical code joins ethical (about right and wrong) and code (a written set of rules), so imagine a small rulebook that tells people how to act. That's why it means 'a set of rules that guide how people should behave'.