T$ HU4640 3/29/14 Unit 1 Assignment 3 Would You Throw the Switch In reading the Ethics problem box regarding the Trolley Problem I will attempt to answer the question of would I throw the switch. I have had the chance to research different profiles to try and answer this question. The first profile is Ayn Rand. I don’t think that she would have thrown the switch base off her theory about the “virtue of selfishness”. Her theory promotes the philosophy of Individualism. Individualism states
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Ethics Paper Submitter to: JERRY VAN HAMME RGS6036.21 ETHICS: DECISION MAKING Amberton University 2/16/2013 Submitted By: Rajat Shrestha Amberton University The decision making process can sometimes be a difficult one. There are many factors that may go into the process of decision making. Some of these factors may include who will be affected by the decision‚ how will they be affected‚ and is the decision ethical. Many times it is not easy to know what is considered ethical or
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meaning moderation or self-restraint. As you continue to read‚ I will be discussing a little on critical thinking‚ responsibility and I will also point out a couple down falls. You will discover briefly‚ how I feel about responsibility and my work ethics. Critical thinking is something I do every day both at work and at home. When I take on a new job or project‚ I use critical thinking to analyze a problem and learn how to solve it. I find myself at my best when I am aware of my duties
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List 3 lessons about ethics from this article. 1. The first one is the most powerful lesson learned from practicing ethical conduct during Boisjoly’s 27-year engineering career in the aerospace industry‚ is that them‚ as individuals‚ become the result-ant sum of each ethical confrontational event as experienced from the beginning of their careers. 2. The second lesson is what he learned was to never delay informing superiors of bad news so he could protect his integrity
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As we grow and become an adult that is able to form our own opinion is almost like a rite of passage because reading over the six steps almost seems like I have been a part of each step at some point in my life. When I was growing up I think relating to Stage 1: The Punishment and Obedience Orientation was definitely part of my life. Of course we don’t want to get in trouble as kids so generally we recognize that the authority will provide a severe enough punishment that will stop us from doing whatever
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Ethics of Profit‚ Part 3: The Profit Motive Posted March 29‚ 2011 Filed under: character‚ competition‚ corporations‚ decision-making‚ ethics‚ finance‚profits‚ white collar crime | This is the third in a 3-part series on the ethics of profit. (See also Part 1 and Part 2.) As mentioned in previous postings‚ we should distinguish between our ethical evaluation of profit per se (which‚ after all‚ just means financial “gain”)‚ and our ethical evaluation of the profit motive. After all‚ I don’t worry
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Ethics Audit Questions HSM/230 TARA HORN Michael Cottone 01/08/2015 Board Who gives the board a sense of accountability? Do they answer to someone with a higher authority or is it decided between the members? This question is important to assessing the ethical code of a business or organization by helping to understand that everyone needs to be accountable to someone. As a manager I am responsible for the 15 people working under me and the everyday functioning
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Elements of Religious Traditions Paper REL/134 Elements of Religious Traditions Living on the age of knowledge we have uncover a vast of information throughout the ages. We have now the advantage of choosing our own believes‚ let that be a believer to a god‚ a believer to two or more gods‚ a none believer‚ or simply acknowledge that there is a higher power. Although we have the power to chose what we believe on‚ sometimes this believes are planted into us since childhood
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Ethical Game The first skill set is learning how to use the four primary ethical perspectives that are used in decision making. These perspectives are called the Four Ethical Lenses. The second skill is learning to use a practical and repeatable decision-making method called the Baird Decision Model. As we become adults‚ one of our primary responsibilities is to decide what values and ethical priorities are the most important to us. The ethical game simulation assist with that. Mysterious
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The debate here is do ethics and religion deal with fact or opinions. There are two types of ethical statement descriptive and normative. Descriptive ethical statements such as “most crime is carried out by young men” are verifiable which means that they can be proved as fact or fiction. The key areas pf philosophical debate during the 20th century concern meta-ethics and meta-physics‚ where the meaning of what is said takes central stage. For instance what is the nature of language and how can
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