Involvement) LEARNING OBJECTIVES (TOPIC 3) After completion of this topic‚ you will be able to: 1. Describe the main ethical theories and apply it to business scenarios © iStockphoto.com/Dan Bachman ETHICAL THEORIES Three periods in history of ethics Greek period (500 BC-AD 500) • The man who performed his duties as a citizen = good man • Greeks – “Man is the measure of all things” – he decides for himself what is right and wrong • Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle emphasised the need and importance
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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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observe the in-depth content of human nature within a society‚ analyze it from all aspects‚ and perform cross-cultural comparisons. The essay "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" is written by a well respected anthropologist by the name of Clifford Geertz‚ who details his observations of the Balinese culture. Geertz was a professor at Princeton and received his Ph.D. from Harvard‚ as well as publishing several successful books in the field of anthropology. Geertz’s essay presents a study
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Pride and Prejudice Analysis of Chapter 34: Austen presents Lizzie and Darcy’s relationship in chapter 34 as a complicated‚ and rather difficult. She expresses the pair as being in antithesis to one another. Elizabeth is surprised when Darcy declares his love for her and proposes. But while expressing his love he notifies her of the huge space between their social position‚ remarking that Elizabeth could hardly expect him to "rejoice" in her "inferior connections“ after showing raw emotion‚ as
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CARE ETHICS (The Ethics of Care) A Presentation of the Northeast Ethics Education Partnership and Ethical Awareness for International Collaboration‚ Brown University‚ 2012 Introduction • Care ethics [The ethics of care] originated among feminists who maintained‚ on the basis of Carol Gilligan’s work‚ A Different Voice ‚ that women and girls approach moral issues with a strong concern for empathy and caring in interpersonal relationships. Care and Virtues • Care ethics focuses on virtues
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Advances In Management ;; Vol. 5 (3) Mar. (2012) Aspects of International Business Ethics Mahoney James F. Managing Director‚ The Paragon Group. Managing Director‚ 2476 N Beechwood Ave‚ Rialto‚ California‚ USA theparagongroup@roadrunner.com Abstract This paper is an analytical examination of the ethical problems posed by the practice of international business in light of key ethical philosophies and considering the diversity existing in our world. Special attention is give to the SA 8000
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Watch the video on Method’s Ethics that relates to its philosophy on environmentally sound products and apply some of the concepts you’ve learned from your reading to answer the following questions: •Why and how does Method integrate a number of environmental practices into its operations? How has its mission and business philosophy affected its choices on creating environmentally safe products? Making people aware‚ helping them make better choices about the environmental profile and health profile
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CLINICAL ETHICS CLINICAL ETHICS Ethical issues concerning the relationships between medical practitioners and the pharmaceutical industry Paul A Komesaroff and Ian H Kerridge RELATIONSHIPS INVOLVING medical practitioners and the pharmaceutical industry raise serious concerns and The Medical Journal of the medical profession and the controversy within bothAustralia ISSN: 0025-729X 4 February 2002 176 2 118-121 broader community.1‚2 Within the profession itself views differ sharply‚ from the
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once I acknowledged my limitations and weaknesses‚ I was then able to work on improving them or seek help when I needed to. Morals are rules of conduct that distinguish what is right or wrong‚ while ethics is a system of morals. It is possible to have morals without ethics‚ but one cannot have ethics without morals. I take pride at being a moral and ethical person‚ which are both essential characteristics that all health care providers should possess. My experience with working directly with patients
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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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