Ethical Considerations Reflection Paper By Leeanne Reichert Monday‚ January 21‚ 2013 EDU/315 James Russo University of Phoenix Teachers must take into consideration the school policies and the code of conduct that is appropriate in the educational work place. These policies and codes affect the ethical thinking of teachers and how they must act towards their co-workers‚ parents‚ and students. It focuses on what is considered as good decisions and the correct actions as well as the moral
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Ethical theories are the foundations of ethical analysis because they are the viewpoints from which guidance can be obtained along the pathway to a decision. Each theory emphasizes different points such as predicting the outcome and following one’s duties to others in order to reach an ethically correct decision. There are three main kinds of ethical theory; deontology‚ utilitarianism and virtue ethics. Deontology meaning ’obligation’ or ’duty’ is an approach to ethics which says that the act of
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cause. There are four types of ethical principles that I will be using‚ which are Rational‚ individual‚ personal‚ and universal ethical egoism (Hinman‚ page 119). There where two pieces of literature‚ Flannery O ’Connor ’s short story‚ "The Displaced Person" which has lots of characters that illustrate the different types of ethical egoism‚ Alexander Solzhenitsyn ’s novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich‚ which is basically about one character who illustrates ethical egoism‚ and the movie Gandhi
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Ethical issues: “The Rain Man” The movie “The Rain Man‚” is a movie with a big ethical issue. Tom Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt‚ who just discovered his dad died and left him hardly anything in his will‚ while leaving his brother 3 million dollars. Charlie never knew he had a brother until this happened. His brother‚ Raymond‚ is an autistic man who is capable of computing difficult mathematical problems but is psychologically attached to daily habits and routines. This makes him thus unable to adapt
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Ethical issues in the retail pharmaceutical industry: An analysis of the ethical dilemmas faced within Chaguanas Drug Mart Limited Abstract: The ethical duty of a pharmacy is to promote a patient’s best interest. However‚ certain obvious ethical issues will arise. Within any business involved in bulk purchasing the issue of unconscious theft will also occur. The following paper focuses on the application of ethical theories that supports as well as argues the behavior within Chaguanas Drug Mart
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Agency Theory A theory that explains the relationship between principals and agents in business (In this relationship‚ the principal hires an agent to do the work‚ or to perform a task the principal is unable or unwilling to do. For example‚ in corporations‚ the principals are the shareholders of a company‚ delegating to the agent i.e. the management of the company‚ to perform tasks on their behalf.) Agency theory is concerned with resolving problems that can exist in agency relationships;
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Ethical Egoism Imagine that you’re walking down a crowded street and an old woman with bags in her hand is walking towards you. The handles on her bags break‚ and all of her belongings go tumbling to the ground. People walk by‚ look at her‚ and keep walking. Unlike them‚ you stop and help her pick everything up. She simply looks at you and says‚ “Thank you”. You smile at her and then continue on your way‚ feeling much better about yourself because you cared enough to stop and help. Some people
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Ethical Observations Sean Kearns ACC291 May 27‚ 2012 Unethical accounting behavior and the resulting practices of it within businesses today is a very hot topic since the Enron accounting scandal of 2001. One might ask how does a scandal of this proportion come to be and can it happen again? What situations could lead to unethical behaviors and practices in accounting today that might cause history to repeat itself? The author intends to answer these questions and shed light on some insight
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world to accomplish goals. Since‚ there is no general theory of ethical leadership‚ there isn’t much research or solid evidence that shows that ethical behavior produces superior "leadership results" in the long term or the short term. And as long as we define "leadership results" as success and do not monitor or analyze the underlying leadership behavior in terms of whether it was ethical or not‚ we can never show statistically that ethical behavior is a superior result producer than unethical
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References: Armandi‚ B.‚ Oppedisano‚ J.‚ & Sherman‚ H. (2003). Leadership theory and practice: A “case” in point Barbuto‚ J. E.‚ & Burbach‚ M. E. (2006‚ February). The emotional intelligence of transformational leaders: A field study of elected officials Green‚ R.‚ Macauley‚ P.‚ (2007). Doctoral students’ engagement with information: An American-Australian perspective Kanungo‚ R. N. (2001‚ December). Ethical values of transactional and transformational leaders Kirkbride‚ P. (2006). Developing
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