ethic
Americannoun
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the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group.
the Christian ethic; the tribal ethic of the Zuni.
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a complex of moral precepts held or rules of conduct followed by an individual.
a personal ethic.
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonethic adjective
Etymology
Origin of ethic
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English ethic, etic, from Latin ēthicus, from Greek ēthikós, equivalent to êth(os) ethos + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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The game maker Roblox puts it like this in its annual report: “Failure to address AI ethics issues by us or others in our industry could undermine public confidence in our use of AI.”
Labour MP Josh Simons has resigned as Cabinet Office minister, just days after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer asked his ethics adviser to investigate him.
From BBC
Coplan said the company has focused on the ethics of insider transactions, before adding that it was “sort of an inevitability that this will happen, and there’s a lot of benefits from it.”
From Barron's
Previously, Johnson’s team had circulated memos that had highlighted Grok’s safety issues and questioned whether it was aligned with government ethics and standards.
Claude’s maker, the Silicon Valley company Anthropic, is in a showdown over ethics with the Pentagon.
From Los Angeles Times
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