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I'll definitely keep an eye out for more puns
I am not disagreeing about authority, you are absolutely right. I think you are misunderstanding that Ethics =/= Law. States define and enforce law. Unethical behavior is often illegal, especially in health care; often enough that it would be easy to mistake them.
I started writing about the differences, but I found this definition and it explains it better:
" Ethics and law differ in that ethics are social guidelines based on moral principles and values while laws are rules and regulations that have specific penalties and consequences when violated. Ethics do not have punishments, fines or associated penalties when people fail to abide by them while laws do."