Ethical relativism is an idea that our ethical values aren’t set in stone. They are determined by who we are‚ where we live‚ what century we were born in‚ or what part of the world we are located. Certainly‚ those people who live now in the year 2009 would not agree with the practices of slavery that were widely used in the 1800’s. Even more than in the past‚ we can we see this across the map. In Africa‚ slaves are still used for hard labor and paid small if any wages at all. Although‚ the United
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Ethical Issues CJA 595 Shirley Torain August 20‚ 2011 Dr. Joe Stern Over the last two decades the United States has had to concentrate more on antiterrorism and mass violence as well as providing emergency assistance to those in need from terrorist activity and mass violence. The Office for Victims of Crimes (OVC) is dedicated to supporting justice and restoring a peace of mind for the victims of all crimes. OVC administers federal funds to support victim services‚ provides training for diverse
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subset of values that align with ethical behavior. In his book‚ Authentic Happiness‚ Martin Seligman has reviewed these core values that influence ethical behavior: • Wisdom and Knowledge: The capacity to take information and convert it to something useful. A prerequisite to doing the right thing when facing an ethical dilemma is knowing what to do‚ knowing the difference between right and wrong. • Self Control: The ability to avoid unethical temptations. Ethical people say “no” to individual gain
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Quintin Walters Ethical Dilemma Paper 10/21/12 Ethical Dilemmas are very common in the workplace. Ethical Dilemmas can be seen as a controversial thing for the person who is right in the middle of it. I have two ethical dilemmas for situations in a profession. One situation is when a nurse has personal information about one of her friend’s daughter. The other situation is about an employee during his spare time at work created a new spreadsheet program. There are consequences dealing
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Ethical Relativism: the Hands-off Theory Ethical relativism is a simple concept. It is defined as the idea that ethical values are relative to the culture in which they are found. As exemplified in Hinman’s Ethics‚ a businessman in different parts of the world may use a bribe in order to reach an agreement with an associate‚ whereas in America‚ bribes are frowned upon and often illegal. The ethical value‚ bribing‚ is used differently between an American and a foreign businessman. But is there
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WHAT IS ETHICS and ETHICAL REASONING CHAPTER 1 What is Ethics? • Deals with what is right or wrong in human behavior and conduct • Comes from Greek “ethos” meaning character – to the individual character of a person or persons. What is Ethics? • Ethics has to do with questions relating to the fairness‚ justness‚ rightness‚ or wrongness of an action. • What is the right thing to do in this situation? Example • What constitutes any person or action being good‚ bad‚ right‚ or wrong‚ and how do
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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 Issues Quality. Batching plants‚ ready mix trucks and other machineries should be certified and be inspected on a regular basis. Weight scales‚ volumetric measuring devices and admixture dispensers should be calibrated frequently. Trucks should be inspected on a regular basis for blade wear‚ build-up‚ accuracy of water measurement and functioning revolution counters. Batching plants should have a process for preventing contamination of cementitious materials. There must be a process for
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THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVE Today’s businesses are entrenched in a great conflict. The interests of the stockholders and the interests of the populace at large seem to be in constant turmoil. On one hand‚ stockholders desire profit for themselves‚ and on the other‚ the general population does not care to be exploited by those whose sole motive is profit. This is a conflict because those who buy a business’s products tend to be in the general public‚ and they have the ability to make or break a
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he/she holds more than one job at the same time (Wisniewski and Kleine 1984). Moonlighting is often associated with rising costs of living or hard economic conditions (Kimmel 1995). It is more often present in men than in women even though the number of women moonlighting is increasing considerably mainly for divorced and single mothers (Kimmel 1995). Moonlighting is most often regarded as problematic as it comes with many disadvantages to the company and the concerned party ’s family and very often
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