BES401: BUSINESS ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WEEK I - INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS Definition of ethics Ethics is the discipline dealing with what is good or bad‚ or what is right or wrong or specifically with moral duty and obligation. Ethics has been defined as “inquiry into the nature and grounds of morality where the term morality is taken to mean moral judgment‚ standards and rules of conduct. It has also been called the study and philosophy of human conduct with an emphasis on
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Christianity emphasises justice‚ while others emphasise compassion; this statement is fundamental in the belief of Christians. Justice means to have moral rightness that is based on ethics‚ civil laws‚ natural laws and religion. One of the Ten Commandments states‚ "Love thy neighbor as thy self". This Statement was repeated seven times in the Bible‚ once in the Old Testament and six times in the New Testament. It is quite clear to me that our capacity to have this kind of love must be foremost in
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Rawls Theory of Justice A contemporary philosopher‚ John Rawls (1921-2002)‚ is noted for his contributions to political and moral philosophy. In particular‚ Rawls ’ discussion about justice introduced five important concepts into discourse‚ including: the two principles of justice‚ the “original position” and “veil of ignorance”. Rawls most famous work is‚ A Theory of Justice (1971) gives an introduction to this body of thought and he emphasises the importance justice has on governing and organising
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1. Describe Goffman’s “moral career of the mental patient” through its three phases. How is the patient’s self-identity thus gradually redefined in the context of the hospital as a total institution. The three phases of the mental patient according to Erving Goffman to me was very intriguing. The first phase is the prepatient phase this refers to the period in which the patient is admitted into the hospital this could lead to the next phase which is known as the‚ Inpatient phase which is the period
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that supports their bargaining position more than information that undermines it. The audit process often requires recall of information and is thus inevitably affected by this aspect of the self-serving bias. Inevitably‚ subjective judgments of fairness are also affected by the
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Samples of Business Ethics: 1. HONESTY: Honesty is the virtue of communicating the truth and creating trust in the minds of others. Therefore‚ business honesty means the virtue of communicating business truth and creating business trust in the minds of others. This communication may include verbal and non-verbal and may be transferred to customers‚ employees‚ investors‚ creditors‚ debtors‚ co-owners‚ the government‚ the public and anyone who may have interest in one’s business. 2. PROMISE-KEEPING:
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Personal Ethics‚ Business Ethics and Engineering Ethics Group 12 Team Members: 1) Umar b. Ismail (Group Leader) 2) Muhammad Amir b. Mohd Azam Abstract—Engineering ethics is professional ethics‚ as opposed to personal morality. It sets the standards for professional practice‚ and is only learned in a professional school or in professional practice. This report is written to distinguish between personal ethic‚ business ethic and engineering ethic and to explain the relationship
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Assignment Ethics in Bank MBM 522 Banking Ethics and Legal Issues Submitted to Sk. Nazibul Islam Submitted by Name: Md. Abidur Rahman ID No: 2012-2-90-013 Submitted Date: 17/12/2013 Introduction: This assignment is based on Ethical point of view. This is assignment provide me a great opportunity to get familiar with ethical issues that are practiced in Islamic
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ETHICS IN MARKETING November‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION Ethics has been designated the philosophy and study of human behaviour with an emphasis on the determination of right or wrong‚ influenced by personal ethics (family‚ genetics‚ religion and values). Ethics in marketing examines those ethical problems that are specific to the domain of marketing‚ explaining that an organisation must take decisions by considering important points such as consumer’s wants‚ company’s needs and society’s interests
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© Kamla-Raj 2011 J Soc Sci‚ 29(2): 183-192 (2011) The Nature of Justice Uwaezuoke Precious Obioha Department of Philosophy‚ Faculty of Arts‚ Olabisi Onabanjo University‚ P.M.B. 2002‚ Ago-Iwoye‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria Telephone: +234-803-3950-443‚ E-mail: unclepees@yahoo.com KEYWORDS Rights. Distributive. Equality. Fairness. Difference Principle. Commutative ABSTRACT Since the Renaissance period in history initiated the act of free thinking and independent thought‚ there have existed and still
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