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ethics Definition

eth·ics (et̸h′iks)

noun

  1. the study of standards of conduct and moral judgment; moral philosophy
  2. a treatise on this study
  3. the system or code of morals of a particular person, religion, group, profession, etc.

ethics Synonyms

ethics

n.

rules of conduct, morality, mores, morals, moral code, decency, integrity, moral conduct, social values, moral practice, principles, values, standards, code of right and wrong, natural law, honesty, goodness, honor, social laws, categorical imperative, the Golden Rule, bushido (Japanese).

ethics Telecom Definition
The study of the effects of moral principles and standards on human conduct. Business ethics deal with ethics in business, and with the constant process of optimizing profitability in the context of what is right and what is wrong.
ethics Quotes

If we ought not to fear mortal truth, still less should we dread scientific truth. In the first place it can not conflict with ethics† But if science is feared, it is above all because it can give no happiness† Man, then, can not be happy through science buttoday he canmuch less be happy without it.

—Poincare¤  , (Jules) Henri

From the poetry of Lord Byron they drewa system of ethics, compounded of misanthropyand voluptuousness, a system in which the two great commandments were, to hate your neighbour, and to love your neighbour's wife.

—1st Baron

Ethics are no more a part of poetry than theyare of painting.

—Stevens,Wallace

It appears, then, that ethics, as a branch of knowledge, is nothing more than a department of psychologyand sociology.

—Ayer, SirAlfred Jules

The problem is not style but quality, not aesthetics but ethics.

—Rogers, Richard George Rogers, Baron