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  • 51ethical — ethically, adv. ethicalness, ethicality, n. /eth i keuhl/, adj. 1. pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct. 2. being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct… …

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  • 52ethical investment — socially responsible investment An investment made in a company not engaged in an activity that the investor considers to be unethical, such as armaments or tobacco, or an investment in a company of which the investor approves on ethical grounds …

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  • 53ethical dilemmas — The moral quandaries that can occur in running a business. While not confronting the law, most of these dilemmas arise as a result of conflict between what the businessperson sees as necessary in the interests of the business and his or her… …

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  • 54ethical investment — socially responsible investment An investment made in a company not engaged in an activity that the investor considers to be unethical, such as armaments or tobacco, or an investment in a company of which the investor approves on ethical grounds …

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  • 55ethical will — A final personal message or document in which a person shares his or her thoughts, values, memories, life lessons, advice, and hopes for the future. The person may also ask for forgiveness and forgive others. An ethical will is not a legal… …

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  • 56ethical genitive — noun : the use of the possessive your to impute only a vague concern (as in she is not at all one of your bluestockings) * * * ethical genitive noun A genitive implying interest (eg talking as usual about his jazz) • • • Main Entry: ↑ethic …

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  • 57ethical fund — / eθɪk(ə)l fʌnd/ noun a fund which invests in companies which follow certain moral standards, e.g. companies which do not manufacture weapons, or which do not trade with certain countries or which only use environmentally acceptable sources of… …

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  • 58ethical objectivism — The view that the claims of ethics are objectively true; they are not ‘relative’ to a subject or a culture, nor purely subjective in their nature …

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  • 59ethical criteria — /ˌeθɪk(ə)l kraɪ tɪəriə/ plural noun standards used to judge if something is morally right or not …

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  • 60ethical screening — /ˌeθɪk(ə)l skri:nɪŋ/ noun checking companies against certain moral standards, and removing those which do not conform …

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