is important to know the meaning behind each. According to ‚ divine command theory can be used to refer to any one of a family of related ethical theories. What these theories have in common is that they take God’s will to be the foundation of ethics. According to divine command theory‚ things are morally good or bad‚ or morally obligatory‚ permissible‚ or prohibited‚ solely because of God’s will or commands. Both the new and old testaments argue that homosexuality is morally wrong and those
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Accounting Ethics Accounting Ethics‚ Second Edition. Ronald Duska‚ Brenda Shay Duska‚ and Julie Ragatz © 2011 John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. Published 2011 by John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-405-19613-0 Foundations of Business Ethics Series editors: W. Michael Hoffman and Robert E. Frederick Written by an assembly of the most distinguished figures in business ethics‚ the Foundations of Business Ethics series aims to explain and assess the fundamental issues that motivate interest in each of
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LECTURE 1. ETHICS AND TRANSLATION Plan 1. Ethics as a Science 2. Ethics in Translation 1. Who are Translators? 2. Reliability and Speed in Translation 3. Moral Issues in Translation Business 1. Ethics as a Science Ethics is the philosophical science that studies morality as a form of social consciousness—as a major aspect of human activity and a specific sociohistorical phenomenon. Ethics illuminates the role of morality in the context of other types of social
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I cannot help but conclude that Mother Teresa would have done much more good for the poor had she become something useful‚ like a prostitute or a drug dealer‚ or better still‚ a banker or the head of a multi-national corporation. -Robert White‚ in The Diabolical Works of Mother Teresa Ethical egoism is a normative theory which claims that all persons ought to act out of their own self-interest. Classification Ethical egoism can be broadly divided into three categories: individual‚ personal
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1. Describe the need for ethical theories. (3) Ans. Ethical theories represent the grand ideas on which guiding principles are based. They attempt to be coherent and systematic‚ striving to answer the fundamental practical ethical questions: 1.What ought I do? 2. How ought I to live? Ethical theories are needed for a number of purposes. They are the foundations of ethical analysis because they are the viewpoints from which guidance can be obtained along the pathway to a decision. The aim of ethical
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Ethics and Morality Morality and ethics are an important theme in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The lack of morals in Henrietta’s life and cell’s life help the reader better understand how un-ethical the reporters were. The author says‚ “It was not standard practice for a doctor to hand a patient’s medical records over to a reporter publishing medical records without permission could violate federal law” . The reporters and some of the doctors had a serious lack of morals which changed
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CODE OF ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT Foreword T he pursuit of technical excellence and the highest standards of professionalism are the hallmarks of Computer Sciences Corporation. The Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct‚ which apply to all members of the CSC Board of Directors and all employees of CSC and its subsidiaries‚ confirm our commitment to ethical behavior in the conduct of all CSC activities. We take pride in our dedication to integrity‚ fairness‚
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Virtue Ethics: Character-Based Virtues Aristotle and Plato Virtue ethics is grounded in “character traits”. We all have by nature the potential to be moral persons‚ but we need to practice the virtues‚ to cultivate them. Ex. a medical doctor should cultivate virtues such as: compassion‚ discernment‚ trustworthiness‚ integrity‚ benevolence and non-malevolence Kinds of virtues: 1) intellectual (wisdom‚ understanding etc) 2) moral (temperance‚ patience‚ courage etc) An individual
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| Ethics in the workplace can work for you in basically two ways. They can either be your best friend or your worst enemy. (Employee Motivation Skills‚ 2009) Organizations that have a well defined ethics policy that is followed closely will have better morale. Organizations that don’t will have all kinds of personnel issues and high turnover. Ethics is the glue that holds organizations together. (Employee Motivation Skills‚ 2009) Ethics is a fundamental business term because it can and does
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Ethics 316 February 25‚ 2013 Virtue Ethics Taking an ethical view of a situation and understanding the way one handle any circumstance and how the individual treat the circumstances with respect and morality….Virtue Ethics is also known as agent based ethics‚ its position is that we become good when we cultivate excellence‚ (virtue) by pursuing the moderate courses between excess and defect. (Basic Ethics‚ Second Edition‚ by Michael Boylan). The beliefs that the big guy in
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