In Woe to Live On, by Daniel Woodrell, Jake Roedel experiences massacres, love, and ethical challenges during his adventures on the Kansas-Missouri Border during the Civil War. He joins a band Bushwhackers and searches the border Jayhawkers. When these two forces come in contact, battles ensue and result in the loss of countless lives. To survive in constant conflict, both sides ransack houses and kill civilians to find food and supplies. These events cause moral conflict inside Roedel and cause him to question what is right and wrong during war. Woodrell demonstrates the false sense of morality that soldiers gain from war and the true loss of ethics while providing examples of ethical behavior by Roedel as a model for ethical behavior.…
In conclusion, Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston developed different views due to their different upbringings. Hurston was proud of her culture and upbringing and wanted to glorify it. As to where Wright only remembered the negative aspects of his upbringing and wanted to showcase the negative aspects. This caused a problem when Hurston wrote, Their Eyes Were Watching God, because Wright believed that it was written to please the white audience rather than telling the truth behind the racism that occurred. While this may be true, there is a good reason as to why she decided not to write in the negative manner that Wright wanted her to. That reason is the fact that she did not experience racism the same way that Wright experienced it, so…
No single person can deny that they have faced an ethical issue at some point of their life. If is almost impossible for one to say this. Ethics is the moral values that govern an individual’s or organization’s behavior or decision. Ethical decision making, is seen in almost any industry or field from managing a supermarket to running a large corporation or even being a lawyer. An individual may not realize that ethical decisions don’t always involve extreme cases such as life or death, in fact most cases relate more to theft or dishonesty. Many recent cases such as HealthSouth case prove that making the right decision is often seen in our society.…
There are times when people are put in the position in which they must choose between being selfless and helping others or not doing anything and only worrying about themselves. If the people choose to disregard their own safety and put another person’s life before theirs, it shows how ethically responsible they are. For an action to be ethically responsible, it must be done out of someone’s own intention to ensure the wellbeing of someone else. Ethical responsibility is defined as the obligation to do something that is morally sound in order to make sure a person is in good physical and emotional health. In the article titled, “Can the Law Make Us Be Decent?,” written by Jay Sterling Silver, the author states that there is not a federal…
In life, we as conscious, responsible and humane individuals all have the responsibility of doing the right thing, even if others may not think are actions are justified. Good ethics is the key to achieving this goal. Ethics can best be defined as doing the right thing in a religious aspect, abiding by what the law requires as well as the standards that society accepts. Ethics often will require…
If individuals cared more about others than they do themselves the world would be a better place. People who are ethically responsible care more about others than they do themselves if everyone was like that the world would be a better place. To be ethically responsible one must care about another individual more than themselves for no cost at all. In the article “Can Law Make Us Be Decent?” by Jay Sterling Silver states how being ethically responsible should be a law. Though many may argue that silver’s argument is invalid, most will agree that his argument is in fact logical because the world will be a better place and lots of lives would be saved.…
Question 1.1: Explain why effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults.…
social obligation, political obligation, work ethic obligation and so forth. Obligation is based on an individual 's perception of ethical behavior. Therefore, each person chooses, either consciously or unconsciously, which rules he or she believes are ethical and which are not. Under obligation, my ethical perspective is of a person whom places emphasis on duty or obligation to do what is morally right. I believe that ethical conduct appeals to conscience. Basically, all human beings have a natural sense of right and…
My ethical perspective after taking the Ethics Awareness Inventory questionnaire is most closely aligned with obligation. The ‘Obligation’ perspective in the EAI, represented by the letter O, is most closely aligned with a deontological theory in which the focus is on an individual’s duty or obligation to do what is morally right. This theory looks to what we intend by our actions, rather than the consequences of our actions. Immanuel Kant is the philosopher most frequently associated with this moral theory. By appealing to ‘conscience’ and the notion that individuals are moved to action by moral reason, Kant seeks to justify that ordinary moral judgments, in the Judeo-Christian tradition, are legitimately true (Williams, 2008). I base my ethical perspective on one’s duty or obligation to do what is morally right. I believe we choose how we act and what rules we are willing to follow. The results show that from my perspective, ethical principles must be appropriate under any circumstances, be respectful of human dignity, and committed to promoting individual freedom and autonomy. The ethical profile is least closely aligned with (E) equity. The ‘Equity’ perspective in the EAI, represented by the letter E, is most closely aligned with a postmodern theory that emerged in the early 1970s and developed as a critique of the traditional principles associated with philosophical thinking in ‘modern’ times (generally considered as a part of the…
In my Ethical Awareness Inventory I believe in what is right. Ethical awareness is gaining an insight in the perspective of having the determination of what you believe is wrong or right. My beliefs in decision making and obligation are mainly in the core values of the best ethical decision and what core beliefs I believe inspire my values and morality. The core beliefs I chose were character, obligation, results, and equity. I believe an obligation to make the right decision is very important in any decision making process. Results show how a person can provide the character that motivates them in the equity that is chosen to make the right choice. Factors that influence my decision making is pressure from peers and the pressure from the above, interest groups, personal financial gain, chance to get ahead, limited information to get ahead, convenience, and threats in the workplace that are used if not abiding by the Code of Ethics, which is a document signed when hired at a place of employment.…
To be ethical means to do the right thing and to be the best person one knows how without being judgmental of others, especially if their intentions are honorable. One should get in the habit of displaying good values and morals at all times. When thinking of a personal ethics statement, the Ten Commandments come to mind. The Ten Commandments state that thou shall have no other gods, no graven images or likenesses, not take the Lord’s name in vain, remember the Sabbath day, honor thy father and thy mother, thou shall not kill, thou shall not commit adultery, thou shall not steal, thou shall not bear false witness, and thou shall not covet. These things were taught and practiced even in the bible days and have been passed on from generation to generation. Although these commandments are…
According to the Ethics Awareness Inventory I base my ethical perspectives upon obligation what is right. I make my decisions according to what I think is right from wrong. I look for a person’s intent behind his or her actions rather than emphasizing on outcome. “In, other words, to be considered ethical, we must choose how we act and what rules we are willing to follow.” (Ethical Awareness) For example, when I am faced with an ethical dilemma I think about being obligated to do what is right and then I make my final decision.…
Responsibility is something that exists in the lives of everyone. On a daily basis we are required to satisfy some form of personal responsibility. If I had to define the word personal responsibility I would define it as consistently following through with what needs to be done and establishing a level of self-discipline and trust. The dictionary states the definition of responsibility as the state, quality or fact of being responsible; a duty, obligation or burden. There are many levels of responsibility: financial responsibility, economic responsibility, professional responsibility, and so on.…
An ethical person is defined as one who fulfills their duties and does the right thing as an autonomous, fully-responsible adult. I have the fullest expression of fairness and judgment. Without self-knowledge, I tend to run into the risk of becoming autocratic. I require everyone to do things my way in order to measure up ethically. I tend to not consider other interpretations of the facts or listen to other approaches once I have made up my mind.…
Ethics can be defined as a philosophical study of moral values based on the concept of right and wrong. Therefore, ethical perspective could be considered as a person’s individual perception of moral values, beliefs and rules based on his or her personal view of right and wrong. The Ethics Awareness Inventory is a test devised to help individuals learn or analyze personal characteristics that reflect individual perspectives on ethics—one’s ethical perspective (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2008).…