Sources of Ethics

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0- JOHN STEINER AND GEORGE STEINER SIX PRIMARY SOURCES OF ETHICS: 6

1- Religion: 6

2- Genetic Inheritance: 8

3- Philosophical Systems: 8

4- Cultural Experience: 8

5- The Legal System: 9

6- Codes of Conduct: 9

2.0- EXPLANATION OF THE SOURCES OF ETHICS: 10

2.1- RELIGION: 10

Teaching business ethics 12

2.11- Impact Of Religiosity: 13

2.12- Ethics Of Islam: 14

Nature of Islamic Ethics 17

The Human-Environment Relationship: 20

The Sustainable Care of Nature: 22

The Practice of Islamic Environmental Ethics: 22

2.14- Ethics And Other Religion: 25

2.2- GENETIC INHERITANCE: 31

2.21- LINKAGE OF GENETICS AND ETHICS: 32

Introduction: 32

HumGen: 37

Nuffield Council on Bioethics: 39

The European Union’s: 43

2.22- GENETICAL BEHAVIOR: 44

2.23- ETHICS OF BEHAVIOR HAS A BIOLOGICAL BASIS? 47

Behavioural Ethics And Genetics Study: 48

Implications of Behavioural Genetics Research In Society: 50

How the genes influence behaviour and ethics: 52

2.3- PHILOSOPHICAL: 55

2.31- Contribution Of In Ethics By The Source Of Philosophical Systems: 55

2.32- Contribution of Aristotle: 57

2.33- Contributions By Other Important Philosophers: 58

2.34- Rights Theory: 64

2.35- Contribution By KANT: 65

2.36- Contribution By ROSS: 66

2.4- CULTURAL: 68

2.5- LEGAL SYSTEM: 71

2.6- CODES OF ETHICS: 74

2.61- Company Codes: 74

Code of ethics (corporate or business ethics) 74

code of ethics(business of ethics) 75

Code of conduct (employee ethics) 75

Code of practice (professional ethics) 76

General codes of ethics: 76

Examples 77

2.62- Company Operating Policy: 77

I. INTRODUCTION 78

II. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND ETHICAL BUSINESS CONDUCT 80

III. CONTRACT AUTHORITY 81

IV. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 83

V. FAIR DEALINGS 88

VI. RECEIPT OF GIFTS, LOANS, FAVORS, OR OTHER GRATUITIES 88

VII. USE OF THE COMPANY FUNDS OR OTHER RESOURCES 90

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