ASSIGNMENT: Ethics in Statistics There are a number of possible ways in which unethical behavior can arise in statistics and researchers should steer clear of these. It is relatively simple to manipulate and hide data‚ projecting only what one desires and not what the numbers actually speak‚ thus giving birth to the famous phrase “Lies‚ damned lies and statistics”. However‚ this doesn’t happen all the time and there is no reason not to believe in the conclusions of a statistical analysis (Siddharth
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Social & Legal Issues Business Ethics and Values Social & Legal Issues Ethics • Greek word: Ethos that means both an individual’s character and a community culture. • Business ethics involves adhering to legal‚ regulatory‚ professional and company standards‚ keeping promises and commitments and abiding by general principles like fairness‚ honesty and respect Social & Legal Issues Business Ethics The application of general ethical concepts to the unique situations confronted in
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Questionnaire summary In this questionnaire I have looked at marriage‚ cohabitation‚ teenage pregnancy‚ who lives in your household and who is your family. I also looked at to see who usually the breadwinner in a family is and see what their definition of family means. From the results of my questionnaire I found out that most a majority of people think marriage is a necessity. This is probably because of their age and the generation they have been brought up in. However it seems the younger generation
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Professional ethics has become more important over the years. As we become more specialized in our occupation‚ the issues become that much more complex – and hard. Professional people and those working in acknowledged professions exercise specialist knowledge and skill. How the use of this knowledge should be governed when providing a service to the public can be considered a moral issue and is termed professional ethics. They must complete their job according to the moral values. Professionals
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problem without a satisfactory resolution. The significance of ethical decision-making lays in the fact that very different ethical choices regarding the same ethical dilemma can be made resulting in neither choice being a “right or wrong” decision. Ethics involve doing “good” and causing no harm There are many ethical issues nurses can encounter in the workplace. These include: * quality versus quantity of life: Quantity may address how long a person lives or perhaps how many people will
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Ethics for Teachers Educators are held to a higher standard of behavior than other professionals. The behavior of teachers is judged more harshly. While some wrong behavior is excusable for others‚ unethical behavior is inexcusable for teachers. Teachers are authority figures‚ role models‚ behavioral examples and surrogate parents (Weldon 2003). In some instances the teacher is the only authority figure in a child’s life‚ so if that trust is broken where is a child to turn? There are many instances
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that may detour a student’s path and leave them feeling unworthy‚ unappreciated‚ and the desire to give up on their future goals. Students spend the majority of their life in the classroom‚ which concludes that the overall organizational culture and ethics that teachers exemplify in the classroom will ultimately affect the mindset of students. The focus of this paper will be to compare and contrast the overall culture in the classroom of students surrounded by positive and negative teachers. I
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Ethics and Social Responsibility First Discussion Forum 1. "Ethics has no place in business." Discuss this statement. Frequently many people pronounce the said “business is business”‚ showing a slight taste of immorality‚ where business are purely economic and ethics has no place in business‚ but is very important to know that ethics is essential component of a company. Ethics demand that the most important consideration is the people. Unethical act has a high risk. Every business leader
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Microsoft ethics I chose to research Microsoft’s code of ethics. The code I’m using the Microsoft finance code of professional conduct. The CEO‚ CFO‚ and finance organization employees are expected to abide by this code as well as all applicable Microsoft business conduct standards. Any violations of the finance code of professional conduct may result in disciplinary action‚ up to and including termination of employment. All employees covered by the Finance code of professional conduct will act
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2: Integrity Article Integrity: Without It Nothing Works I have learned a great deal about the difference between integrity‚ morality‚ and ethics. From the article‚ the term integrity means that it is “a matter of a person’s word—nothing more and nothing less”. It is important that one should know the difference between integrity‚ morality‚ and ethics. I learned that integrity is more on the commitment a person makes and keeps to fulfill what he/she said he would do. I feel it poignantly relates
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