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ethical

[eth-i-kuhl] / ˈɛθ ɪ kəl /


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Recent controversies, including people betting on events they can influence or have privileged information about, highlight how quickly these platforms can blur ethical lines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The judge says he believes the commissioners — who found no ethical or moral wrongdoing — took issue with the way he criticized litigants rather than the substance of what he actually said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Sama, a US headquartered outsourcing business, which began as a non-profit organisation with the aim of increasing employment through the provision of tech jobs, is now an "ethical" B-corp.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

They represent the United States, and their obligation, by statute, by tradition, and by the ethical rules that govern every attorney who stands in a federal courtroom, is to seek justice.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

He publicly charged that Bliss had broken the American Medical Association's ethical code, which gave a patient's regular doctor the right to see him.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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