Hilario M. Olivo Jr. Ethics and accountability 1. Explain the difference between ethics and morality. On the basis of etymology‚ there is no difference between ethics and morality. On one hand‚ ethics comes from the Greek word ethos meaning “custom”. For the purpose of knowing‚ we can define ethics as the “study of the methods and principles used to distinguished rood from bad‚ [and] right from wrong action” (Articulo‚ 2003). On the other hand‚ morality comes from a Latin word mos or moris
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Ethics Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Paper Brian Ruddick MGT/567 Nov 13th‚ 2012 Dr. Burgoon Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Memo To: Company owner From: VP of Human Resources Subject: Reduce incentives and layoff proposal Sir‚ as VP of Human Resources‚ I would advise you to highly reconsider your proposal to reduce incentive payments for salespeople and implementing a month-long layoff for all production workers. Although you are legally within your rights to do so‚ however from
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What do ethics/morality in business mean? Difference between success and failure! The most important attribute that distinguishes business long-term success‚ are the practices of admirable business ethics/morality‚ which are then interpreted as the integrity of the company. So in essence‚ ethics/morality in business is the behavioral aspect that dictates all dealings within their world. In the business world most ownership or management groups‚ describe this function in three ways‚ avoiding breaking
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for ethics and social ethics. Introduction: Explorations of the gap individual and social ethics and attempts to bridge this gap‚ have resulted in either detailed philosophical abstraction (Mukerjee 1950) or proposals to measure the subjective potential between impartiality and utilitarianism (Mongin‚ 2001). One phenomenon that occurs in this cleft which may explain individual and social ethical thinking and decision making is that of compassion. This essay will briefly describe ethics and
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brought on by people seeking to die. -Evaluate the moral permissibility of “suicide by cop” -To what extent is a police officer morally obligated to assess whether a person he or she shoots actually wants to be killed? Virtue Ethics Aristotle’s theory of moral virtue categorizes the pursuit of happiness as a process that is achieved by pursuing real goods in a morally correct way. It is a mean between two vices (excess & defect). Our actions are voluntary and the product of choice. In these cases
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Linda Pastan questions ethics in her poem "Ethics" Linda Pastan questions ethics in her poem "Ethics" In Linda Pastan’s poem "Ethics‚" the speaker recounts a moral dilemma that her teacher would ask every fall‚ which has been haunting her for a long time. The question was "if there were a fire in a museum / which would you save‚ a Rembrandt painting / or an old woman who hadn’t many / years left anyhow?" and the speaker tells us through the theme that ethics and moral values can be only learned
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References: Albrecht‚ W. S. 1992‚ Ethical Issues in the Practice of Accounting‚ South-Western Publishing‚ Cincinnati‚ OH. Bentham‚ J Duska‚ R. F. & Duska‚ B. S. 2003‚ Accounting Ethics‚ Basil Blackwell‚ Oxford. Fried‚ C Hare‚ R. M. 1981‚ Moral Reasoning‚ Clarendon‚ Oxford. HIH Royal Commission 2003‚ The Failure of HIH Insurance‚ Commonwealth of Australia
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Do most companies have an obligation to create and enforce a code of ethics? Explain why or why not. What are some specific code of ethics mentioned in the text and readings? Most companies are not obligated to create and enforce a code of ethics but it is in the best interest of the company that they do. Companies are not obligated simply because it is up to them how they enforce rules of the company. According to the text “Most professional organizations have detailed codes of conduct that specify
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Virtue ethics belongs to the branch of philosophy called ethics. Virtue ethics is also a sub branch of normative ethics and it contrasts with disteleology because normative ethics is more concerned about characteristics of a person rather than the moral duties and laws they must abide‚ so Natural Moral Law‚ Kantian ethics and Divine Command are usually dismissed by Virtue Ethics. This ethical theory also contrasts with consequentialism e.g. Utilitarianism which is more focused on results and outcomes
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My personal ethics development has been a process and it has changed over the years from people influencing me and myself maturing. As a child‚ I was raised well by my mother who always taught me to do the right thing when no one was looking. She always made sure I respected my elders and had good manners. I went to a Catholic school when I was in grade school and high school. My family and I would go to church every Sunday and have dinner together every night. My family always taught me to have
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