noun · academic
ethics
/ˈeθɪks/ETH·ics
Band 5-6speakingtask2task1
moral principles that govern a person's or group's behaviour; rules for conduct in a field
Examples
“Research ethics require informed consent from participants.”
“Medical ethics prevent doctors from disclosing confidential information without consent.”
“The company’s ethics were questioned after the scandal.”
Band 8 sentence
“The paper argued that robust research ethics are essential to maintain public trust in science.”
Collocations
- research ethics
- ethics committee
- professional ethics
Word family
ethic nounethical adjectiveethically adverb
Common mistakes
an ethics→ethics
The research ethics is strict.→The research ethics are strict.
He has good ethic.→He has good ethics.
Say it for a higher band
5morals→6moral principles→7+ethics
Synonyms
morals
Easily confused
morals
“Her morals prevented her from lying to friends.”
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