Law, policy and ethics is directly related with each other.

Law is defined as the regime that

orders human activities and relations through systematic application of the force of politically organized
society, or through social pressure, backed by force, in such a society; the legal system. Law is also the
aggregate of legislation, judicial precedents, and accepted legal principles; the body of authoritative
grounds of judicial and administrative action; especially the body of rules, standards, and principles that
the courts of a particular jurisdiction apply in deciding controversies brought before them. On the other
hand, policy is the general principles by which a government is guided in its management of public
affairs. Broadly defined, policy are the principles and standards regarded by the legislature or by the
courts as being of fundamental concern to the state and the whole of society. Meanwhile, ethics are
moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.

Law, policy and ethics are directly related with each other in a sense that law specified the
orders of human activities after some considerable debates. Once a law is enacted, a specific policy or
guidelines is created in order for the law to be implemented. This policy is usually made by agencies of
the government. From the enacted law and created policy, every individual are legally bound within the
ambit of ethical principle to obey the same.

An example for this is the Abortion Act of 1967 in United Kingdom. This law sets the instances
and period wherein abortion is allowed in some places in United Kingdom. This law was adopted by the
National Health Service (NHS) wherein various policies were created for the guidance of the public in
availing abortion services. However, even if abortion is legal in United Kingdom, some of its citizen
refuses to avail said services in consideration of being non-ethical. Hence, not all legal are ethical.