ethics committee
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- noun
- /ˈɛθɪks kəˈmɪti/
- Formal
:
comité de ética
- The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the University of Freiburg.
- ethics committee approved
- hospital ethics committee
- local ethics committee
And, and, and you know who is on the Ethics Committee?
- And, and, and you know who is on the Ethics Committee?
- You know, famously Google's external AI Ethics Committee did not last very long.
- The committee, this is the Ethics Committee, OK, typically refrains from releasing the findings after a member's resignation.
Examples
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The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee at all participating centers.
Academic text (2015) -
The study protocol was approved by the medical ethics committee of the hospital.
Academic text (2000) -
The project was approved by a research and ethics committee from the National Institute of Social Security.
Academic text (2008) -
The case should be remitted to our ethics committee.
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The study was approved by the Leiden University Medical Center medical ethics committee.
Academic text (2013) -
The study protocol was approved by our institution's ethics committee, and written informed consent was obtained from each patient.
Academic text (2005) -
Permission to proceed with the trial was obtained from the institutional ethics committee of each participating unit.
Academic text (2000) -
The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of NCGM.
Academic text (2012) -
The study was approved by the ethics committee at the Kanagawa University of Human Services (No. 23-028).
Academic text (2015) -
The project was approved by a research and ethics committee from the National Institute of Social Security.
Synonyms
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A group of people who decide what is right in an organization
How Official
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'ethics' (moral principles) + 'committee' (a group formed to address specific matters) straightforwardly yields a group tasked with ethical review. This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross‑linguistic pattern (e.g. Spanish 'comité de ética'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Ethics committee comes from the image of a small group called a committee sitting at a table to talk about ethics, that is, what is 'right' or 'wrong' in a case. That's why an ethics committee today is an official group that checks actions and gives advice on questions of right and wrong.