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[eth-i-kuhl] / ˈɛθ ɪ kəl /


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Cancer centers have rigorous informed consent protocols before treatment, reflecting ethical standards that were only emerging in the early transplant days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The trustee is also a fiduciary, meaning they have a legal and ethical obligation to act in the best interests of the trust.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

In addition to the ethical questions raised by artists around Spotify’s business practices, the platform stopped working reliably to surface new music—or reached “enshittification,” if you will.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Even Claude, billed as one of the most ethical AI super-brains out there, engages in bad behavior.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

JAMESON: There are ethical, moral, even legal implications to traveling to other timeprints.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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