ethic
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“If you don’t have the work ethic, I don’t think you should be taking this class,” said Jaiden Hsu, an aspiring opera singer from Chicago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
He is a real poacher and has a strong work ethic.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
He started working with a renowned quarterback guru, Jeff Christensen, who marveled at his new pupil’s obsessive work ethic as he perfected the twist of his torso and flick of his wrist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"What came through more than anything else was his determination to succeed. That work ethic was clear."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
His work ethic was set at the same high level as those relatives of his who put in murderous hours inside their taverns, pizza joints, and hoagie shops.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
The court acted after a task force found that eliminating Rule 5.4 could improve access to justice and emphasized that other ethics rules would continue to protect lawyers’ independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Governance: Measure G also created, among other things, a county ethics commission and an ethics compliance office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
"They're more and more becoming part of how Americans understand elections," said Davina Hurt, government ethics director at Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
At Notre Dame, Sullivan leads Delta, a Christian-rooted AI ethics initiative whose work aligns with Pope Leo’s May encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Would it be contrary to medical ethics in the HeLa cell’s coming-of-age year to authenticate the name and let He .
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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