Ethical

  • 91Ethical Policy — ▪ Dutch history       in Indonesian history, a program introduced by the Dutch in the East Indies at the turn of the 20th century aimed at promoting the welfare of the indigenous Indonesians (Javanese). Toward the end of the 19th century, leaders …

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  • 92ethical fund — See: socially conscious mutual fund. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ethical fund UK US noun [C] FINANCE, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ► a fund that invests in companies whose business is not considered harmful to society or the environment: »The… …

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  • 93ethical investments — Investments that are made in companies that make a positive contribution to the world and are kind to the environment. Most ethical investments are made through a managed investment fund such as a unit trust or pension fund, as it is difficult… …

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  • 94ethical drug — noun a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly • Syn: ↑prescription drug, ↑prescription, ↑prescription medicine • Ant:… …

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  • 95ethical dative — noun : a colloquial use of the dative of a pronoun for a person to whom it imputes a vague concern with the matter in question (as German mir, literally “for me”, in bleibe mir nur gesund “I just hope you stay well”) * * * ethical dative or ethic …

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  • 96Ethical Consumer — Der Ethical Consumer ist ein britisches Magazin, das viele kostenlose Schlüsselinformationen auf seiner entsprechenden Website veröffentlicht. In seiner Selbstdarstellung beschreibt es sich als eine alternative Verbraucherorganisation, die die… …

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  • 97ethical system — noun A particular set of consistent ethical principles. Syn: moral system …

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  • 98ethical Ten Commandments — noun Two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were written by God and given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. Syn: Ethical Decalogue Ant:… …

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  • 99Ethical Decalogue — noun Two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were written by God and given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. These lists include both… …

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  • 100ethical investment —    a policy of buying only stocks in companies which do not overtly offend the prejudices of dogmatists    The ethics are supposedly of those who invest their cash, which is not to suggest that those investing in other companies operating within… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms