ethic
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“If you don’t have the work ethic, I don’t think you should be taking this class,” said Jaiden Hsu, an aspiring opera singer from Chicago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
He is a real poacher and has a strong work ethic.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
What I appreciate about him is his work ethic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
USC center Tobias Raymond’s mother died of cancer when he was in the eighth grade, but her lessons on work ethic and leadership continue to inspire him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
It’s a lot of effort, and it seems to me that without my work ethic, you’d be screwed.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
At Notre Dame, Sullivan leads Delta, a Christian-rooted AI ethics initiative whose work aligns with Pope Leo’s May encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
The documentary angle, of course, is this great director probing the ethics in his own vocation as an intrusive force, one that shapes lives, emotions and, in this case, the weight of a genuine tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
They explore how Woodward’s relationship with friend and key source Dick Darman collapsed, journalistic ethics, and whether reporters can really be friends with sources.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
It also led to her giving powerful testimony at the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics in November 2011.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
As long as I’ve known him, he’s been this way: extra-vigilant when it comes to matters of money and ethics, holding himself to a higher standard than even what’s dictated by law.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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