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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ethics committee, ethics panelnoun

    a committee appointed to consider ethical issues

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  1. ethics committee

    An ethics committee is a body that oversees the conduct of medical research and other human experimentation.

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  1. ethics committee

    An ethics committee is a group or body tasked with reviewing and overseeing the moral, ethical, and legal implications of proposed studies, practices, or activities, particularly in fields such as medicine, research, or business. This committee often deals with issues related to human rights, animal welfare, compliance with laws, and professional conduct, ensuring the highest ethical standards are maintained.

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  1. Ethics committee

    The ethics committee, according to Directive 2001/20/EC, is an independent body in a member state of the European Union, consisting of healthcare professionals and non-medical members, whose responsibility it is to protect the rights, safety and well being of human subjects involved in a clinical trial and to provide public assurance of that protection, by, among other things, expressing an opinion on the clinical trial protocol, the suitability of the investigators involved in the trial and the adequacy of facilities, and on the methods and documents to be used to inform trial subjects and obtain their informed consent. With the Clinical Trials Directive, the European Union envisioned a harmonisation of research ethics committees across Europe, including the time taken to assess a trial proposal and the kinds of issues a committee should take into account.

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  1. ethics committee

    A form of committee created to review a code of conduct, documents or form of law or legislation relating to ethics and morality.

    The football governing body ethics committee meet each month to review progress on their code of conduct and ethics compliance within its structures.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2021  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ethics committee in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ethics committee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ethics committee in a Sentence

  1. Mitch McConnell:

    As with all credible allegations of sexual harassment or assault, I believe the Ethics Committee should review the matter, i hope the Democratic Leader will join me on this. Regardless of party, harassment and assault are completely unacceptable –in the workplace or anywhere else.

  2. George Santos:

    I try to stick by the Constitution, the voters elected him to serve. If there is a concern, and he has to go through the Ethics (Committee), we’ll let him move through that. But right now, the voters have a voice in the decisions, not where people pick and choose based upon what somebody’s press has. So he will continue to serve.

  3. Devin Nunes:

    I believe it is in the best interests of the House Intelligence Committee and the Congress for me to have Rep. Mike Conaway, with assistance from Reps. Trey Gowdy and Tom Rooney, temporarily take charge of the committee's Russia investigation while the House Ethics Committee looks into this matter. I will continue to fulfill all my other responsibilities as committee chairman.

  4. Holly Wilson:

    These do not have to compete but can be used by a hospital ethics committee, or triage officer. However, all of them have problems and are unjust ways to distribute health care. That is why mitigation is so important.

  5. Arne Carlson:

    The simple fact is that Al Franken has been the Senate’s most effective challenge to Trump and his subordinates. The possibility of any rigging by Roger Stone and his associates should cause all of us to call for a rescinding of the Franken resignation and a prompt and thorough review of all allegations by the Senate Ethics Committee.


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