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Simon, T., Goldberg, A., & Adini, B. (2016). Are ethical norms and current policies still relevant in face of the recent mass terror events? Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 24(1), 118.
Traumatic and drastic events can have an immediate and significant impact on what is considered ethically acceptable. In 2015 and 2016, mass terror attacks in Europe resulted in uploading of graphic and identifiable photos of victims within minutes of the events and before medical teams were on site. These have raised ethical considerations of the use of social media in such circumstances.

Koempel, M., & Schneider, J. (2016). Rules changes affecting ethics standards. Congressional Research Service, Report, 66-71.
Ethics can be and are legislated, providing a pathway for how ethics may change. This review highlights several ethics rules changes imposed by the 110th Congress upon itself to address pre-existing practices that raised ethical concerns.

Calman, K. (2004). Evolutionary ethics: Can values change. Journal of the Institute of Medical Ethics, 30(4), 366-370.
This article explores the hypothesis that ethical values change over time. It reviews a series of examples to demonstrate where, over a period of decades, new ethical issues come about and along with them, changes in ethical values. It found a core set of beliefs that are unlikely to change even over long periods of time.

Mittler, D. (n.d.). The changing ethics of climate change. Ethics & International Affairs, 28(3), 351-358.
Climate change is an area of global concern. Prior, efforts to mitigate climate change were considered heavy handed or negative in context ethically, with the thought that new technologies and policies will manage the issue. This has since changed due to effects being felt now, to include direct action.

Schulzke, M. (2016). Rethinking military virtue ethics in an Age of unmanned weapons. Journal of Military Ethics, 15(3), 187-204.
The military possesses a specialized area of ethics unique to the nature and context of the field. Military ethics are constantly changing in response the development of new weapons and military tactics. Unmanned autonomous weapons are perhaps the most historically significant development in military ethical thought.

Gamar, M. (2015). Ethics today: Are our principles still relevant? Knowledge Quest, 44(1), 36-41
The American Library Association adopted its Code of Ethics in 1939, and still relies upon the original document. As an example of changing needs, this article asks whether the code remains relevant in our modern world.

Jurkiewicz, C. (2018). Big data, big concerns: Ethics in the digital age. Public Integrity, 20, S46-S59.
The digital age has brought with it, ethical concerns and changes in how we manage our information. Big data and concerns for privacy are central to these concerns. This article reviews the ethics of collecting and managing an ever-increasing growth in data.

Das, N., Sil, A. (2017). Evolution of ethics in clinical research and ethics committee. Indian Journal of Dermatology, 62(4), 373-379.
Clinical research has an unfortunate history of unethical practices. These have changed drastically to the processes seen today. This article reviews the application of ethics in clinical research and the weighing of risk and benefit.