and Personal Ethics A person’s core values and ethics are important characteristics that help to identify an individual. Many factors determine our values and ethics. Values and ethics are shaped by the rules and structure that are raised‚ religious beliefs‚ family values‚ education‚ and life experiences. People need to know and understand their own personal values and ethics. This awareness helps people understand how people perceive us and allows us to identify our own personal qualities
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Respect Respect is a behavior to “admire someone because of his or her knowledge‚ skill‚ personal qualities” or “to be careful not to do anything against someone’s wishes‚ right” (Longman Dictionary of American English‚ p. 776). Respecting other people is an ethical behavior that is good not only in academic environment but also in personal life. People have their own background‚ beliefs‚ opinions‚ characteristics‚ and points of view. I think that when people respect each other‚ they will resolve
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When asking people “what does ethics mean?” we get many different replies. Some relate ethics to feelings‚ others relate it to religion‚ others might relate it to the law‚ others relate it to society and some just do not know. They are all wrong. Ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong. Feelings‚ religion and the law may misguide people from what is ethical. The majority of people misunderstand what being ethical means. Some think that being ethical means following the law
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answer in… (Ans: space below) Then choose if statement is true or false (1pt ea) Total points (3pts) 6. (Blank) at the top levels of an organization report feeling the most pressured to compromise their ethics. Ans: Mangers Response: See page 4. 7. The interest in (blank) ethics is just a fad that has only recently been created by popular scandals (i.e. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ etc.) reported in the news. Ans: business Response: See page 7. 8. According to the authors‚ most people are
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An Ethical Dilemma Introduction An ethical dilemma exists when the right thing to do is not clear or when members of the health care team cannot agree on the right thing to do (Potter‚ Perry‚ Stockert‚ & Hall‚ 2011). S.Z. is a 65-year-old Hispanic man who was admitted to the hospital for the third time in 6 months‚ for hyperglycemia. He is now scheduled to be discharged but his daughter pleads with the nurse that she does not want her father discharged because he is non-complaint with
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5. FAIRNESS. Ethical executives strive to be fair and just in all dealings. They do not exercise power arbitrarily nor do they use overreaching or indecent means to gain or maintain any advantage nor take undue advantage of another’s mistakes or difficulties. Ethical executives manifest a commitment to justice‚ the equal treatment of individuals‚ tolerance for and acceptance of diversity. They are open-minded; willing to admit they are wrong and‚ where appropriate‚ change their positions and
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Ethics Oral Exam Outline Introduction Philosophy- is to reason about the ultimate questions of life such as Is there a God? What is our purpose? How are we ought to live? In philosophy we ask questions and seek answers. In finding answers we must have logical reasoning which means we go from premises to a conclusion. EX: One of the two children took the last cookie. Sam doesn’t like cookies and didn’t eat it. Therefore Jack took the last cookie. Argument- set of statements consisting of premises
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Richard O. Mason Applying Ethics to Information Technology Issues The articles in this special section express a common theme: the use of information technology in society is creating a rather unique set of ethical issues that requires the making of new moral choices on the part of society and has spawned special implications for its members. Technology itself is not the only‚ nor necessarily the most responsible‚ cause of these issues. All ethical questions arise initially out of human
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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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(2007)‚ define ethics as “the principles‚ norms‚ and standards of conduct governing an individual or organization.” I was influenced the way I determine different actions or behavior in a particular situation since I was a child. Growing up with a single Catholic mother made me value different things and behave in a particular way. In addition‚ this made me a have a particular ethical system that influences the way I work and act as an individual. At the corporation level‚ ethics is important because
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