Computer Ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.[1] Margaret Anne Pierce‚ a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computers at Georgia Southern University has categorized the ethical decisions related to computer technology and usage into 3 primary influences: 1. The individual’s own personal code. 2. Any informal code of ethical conduct that exists in the work place. 3. Exposure
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Stewart Martin 08/06/2012 Aristotle’s Ethics According to Aristotle happiness is the highest or self-sufficient good. Happiness is the end toward which all other ends are directed. Happiness is attained by living a virtuous life. Moral virtue is a relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency. Virtuous acts require conscious choice. Moral virtue requires moral action in a social environment. The term “happiness” as used by Aristotle is “eudaemonia ” and can be translated
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Ethics in general is concerned with human behavior that is acceptable or "right" and that is not acceptable or "wrong" based on conventional morality. General ethical norms encompass truthfulness‚ honesty‚ integrity‚ respect for others‚ fairness‚ and justice. They relate to all aspects of life‚ including business and finance. Financial ethics is‚ therefore‚ a subset of general ethics. Ethical norms are essential for maintaining stability and harmony in social life‚ where
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Ethics and Law: Basic Concepts‚ Cases‚ and Dilemmas Baruch College Zicklin School of Business Department of Law W. Ray Williams This compilation[1] is intended for use during “Ethics Week.” The Law Department is firmly committed to exposing its students to ethical considerations when making legal and business decisions. As a result ethics is a component of all its course offerings. To the extent that students
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CHAPTER 2 Ethics and Human Resource Management By Amanda Rose Chapter outline Standards‚ values‚ morals and ethics have become increasingly complex in a postmodern society where absolutes have given way to tolerance and ambiguity. This particularly affects managers in HR‚ where decisions will affect people’s jobs and their future employment. This chapter explores some of the ethical dilemmas encountered in the workplace‚ discussing ethical behaviour and values that relate to HR. It looks
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Ekta Yadav Phil.322 2/19/07 Aristotle Ethics Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics provides a sensible account for what true moral virtue is and how one may go about attaining it. Aristotle covers many topics that help reach this conclusion. One of them being the idea of mean between the extremes. Although Aristotle provided a reliable account for many philosophers to follow‚ Rosalind Hursthouse along with many others finds lose ends and topics which can be easily misinterpreted in Aristotle’s writing
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publication Nicomachean Ethics analyses what moral philosophy entails and how being morally responsible affects one’s virtues and perception of happiness. He notes that in every activity one undertakes the ultimate goal is to achieve an end to it in form of happiness/being happy. Every individual item has its own use‚ for humans for instance‚ ultimate good can only be achieved once every aspect of his life is well functioning in accordance to one’s nature (Aristotle‚ ‘Nicomachean Ethics’ 2004). A
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Ethics Essay Name ETH/316 Date Instructors Name Ethics Essay There are three major approaces in normative ethics including virtue ethics‚ deontological ethics‚ and utilitarianism. This paper is going to compare the similarities and differences between virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics. It will include a description of the differences in how each theory addresses ethics and morality and it will also discuss an experience to explain the relationship between virtue‚ values
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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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Virtue exists as the final purpose for people‚ and people can use conducts to achieve virtue in order to gain happiness‚ which is considered to be the most practical virtue according to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Aristotle believes that human soul can be divided into three parts—passions‚ faculties and states of character‚ of which we do not praise or blame our passions or faculties because they are natural. (5‚ Nicomachean Ethics) However‚ virtue is the exclusive practice that human have
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