Sentence examples for ethical bedrock from inspiring English sources

An ethical bedrock of the British agency's operations is Parliament's decision to permit research on human embryos until the appearance of the "primitive streak" some 14 days after conception.

Finally, the possibility of a Common Sense morality as the plausible ethical bedrock of the case mining companies' CSR policies is considered.

Progress made possible by these rules will be achieved only by jettisoning the bedrock ethical principle: the end does not justify the means.

"This bill is a substantive first step toward reinforcing bedrock ethical principles of the marketplace and restoring investor confidence, but there is still more work to be done," Mr. Baker said.

"It has established in my mind that concerns about the bedrock of ethical conduct on Wall Street are totally justifiable," he said in an interview.

"I am deeply troubled by evidence of Wall Street's erosion of the bedrock of ethical conduct," said Representative Richard H. Baker, Republican of Louisiana, the chairman of the hearings.

With that oath, they come under military law and must follow military orders; ultimate liability -- service even at the cost of their lives -- now becomes the bedrock of a new ethical framework and moral vision.

"The problem in 1946," Dr. Gutmann said, "was that ethical rules were treated as obstacles to overcome, not as fundamental bedrock of human dignity.

In a letter to the White House recently, Senator Hatch called the research "consistent with bedrock pro-life, pro-family values" and said the ethical issues it raises were "fundamentally different" from those surrounding abortion.

And for Wall Street and the media to caricature Main Street's anger over this ethical breach as "pitchfork populism" is itself unethical: Fair play and fair reward are bedrock American values, and this is not fair, but wrong, what FDR called "bad morals".

Trade, its bedrock, is thriving.