Ethics Committee (Noun)
Meaning
A committee appointed to consider ethical issues.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The university established an ethics committee to review research proposals involving human subjects.
- The company's ethics committee investigated the allegations of insider trading and made recommendations to the board of directors.
- The hospital's ethics committee met to discuss the difficult decision of whether to withdraw life support from a patient in a coma.
- The ethics committee of the medical journal reviewed the article for any potential conflicts of interest before publication.
- The government appointed an ethics committee to oversee the use of artificial intelligence in law enforcement and ensure it was fair and unbiased.