ethical

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Morally wrong and evil
abhorrent
abhorrently
amoral
amorality
anomie
dissipated
dissolute
dissolutely
dissoluteness
enormity
nefariously
nefariousness
no goodidiom
no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
non-ethical
tawdry
trespass
turpitude
unconscionable
unconscionably

unethical | American Dictionary

unethical
adjective
us/ʌnˈeθ·ɪ·kəl/
not morally acceptable:
unethical business practices

unethical | Business English

unethical
adjective
uk /ʌnˈeθɪkəl/us
morally wrong:
The Financial Services Authority's probe into unethical and illegal trading is focussing on the top 20 fund managers of unit trust companies.
unethical behaviour/conduct/practices
What is considered unethical in one country may be standard business practice in another.

unethically

adverb
Complaints allege board members acted unethically by asking an intermediary to arrange a meeting with the judge responsible for the case.

Examples of unethical

unethical
A national committee which could be relied on to assess and veto unethical research could be a great benefit.
Many physicians protested that this principle was unethical because a doctor should not be rewarded for prescribing less (6;7).
In our view, it is unethical to introduce this form of legislation without including robust mechanisms for evaluation, review and, if indicated, repeal.
Extending the medical code of ethics to establishments that employ doctors (even if not owned by doctors) may curb unethical referral practices.
To the contrary, uncontrolled dissemination of experimental implants, without evidence that more benefit than harm is invoked to patients, can be coined as unethical behavior.
In reply, we can account for cloning being unethical in such a case without inventing a new concept of harm.
However, given the large number of treatments that have been proven effective, placebo-controlled trials are often unethical.
It has been seen as an unethical or immoral technology that threatens the livelihood of millions of farmers, especially resource-poor farmers in developing countries.
Incentives that benefit the physician by reducing beneficial or potentially beneficial services to patients are unethical.
Thus, on this line of argument, mandatory genetic screening for purposes of employment is unethical.
They referred to "the conviction that it was unseemly and somewhat unethical to deliver certain services only for a fixed payment or price".
Without a central regulating body, insufficient evaluation may lead to approval of unethical practices and, eventually, procedural loopholes may be used intentionally.
How manipulative is this, with or without consent, and, if manipulative, is it unethical?
The incidence of unprofessional or unethical behaviour was universally reported by all the respondents to be extremely low.
This system is likely to receive information about unethical activities.
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