...SSCI 125 Work Ethics and Attitude Development BSTM 4th Year TM 4A TTh 9:30-11:00 Rm. 301 TM 4B TTh 11:00-12:30 Rm. 301 3 units None This course is an applied ethics in relation to the practice of human labor and management. This is designed to introduce the key elements of ethics, ethical practice, and professionalism to students as they prepare to enter the professional world as first class workers or managers. It is planned to ensure that upon successful completion, each student will have the capacity to engage in ethical work practice, as well as evaluate various kinds of work practice from an ethical standpoint. The general aim of this course is to develop the moral and ethical professionalism among students as preparation for their future roles as employees or managers. At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. Identify their strengths and weaknesses as man; 2. Utilize their assets and values more effectively; 3. Gain the knowledge regarding one’s values and use it positively in relating to others; 4. Acquire and develop the necessary attitudes expected from a professional and competent person. General Objective: Specific Objectives: Course Outline: * University’s Vision and Mission I. Background on the Study of Work Ethics II. The Nature and Philosophical Views of Man III. Nature of Work A. The Meaning of Work B. Classification of Work C. Elements of Work D. Dimensions of Work IV. Work Attitudes and Leadership A. Attitudes a. Work Attitudes b. Key to...
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...Personal Ethics Development PHL 323 John Banks UOPX February 14, 2012 Individuals are born without any personal values or beliefs, babies are born with the ability to cry when he or she desire food, attention, or some form of attention. Ethics are learned and developed when a individual is born into the world and ethics continue as a individual goes through life. A parent goal is to develop values in his or her off springs to establish the capability to encourage him or her to make correct judgment and ethical decisions. This paper will focus on personal ethics, business ethics, ground rules, and ethical development. Ethics are principles and the sources from which ethics derives, people, institutions, events and so on. The decision making factors a individual employ to revise his or her values will also be explored. Personal ethics development, are result of personal experiences or examples. This paper will explained why ethics are needed in an organization and how ethics are imparted into organizations to achieve goals and directions. Individuals exist with different values and ethical standards, and other may have ethical standard similar to other people, however no two individuals have identical standards or values. A person ethics and values are related to his or her own culture, background, and environment. An individual mother and father teach their children traditional values which becomes the foundation of his or her upbringing...
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...University Campus Box 8103 Raleigh, NC 27695–8103, USA Email: katie_mcshane@ncsu.edu ABSTRACT Many recent critical discussions of anthropocentrism have focused on Bryan Nortonʼs ʻconvergence hypothesisʼ: the claim that both anthropocentric and nonanthropocentric ethics will recommend the same environmentally responsible behaviours and policies. I argue that even if we grant the truth of Nortonʼs convergence hypothesis, there are still good reasons to worry about anthropocentric ethics. Ethics legitimately raises questions about how to feel, not just about which actions to take or which policies to adopt. From the point of view of norms for feeling, anthropocentrism has very different practical implications from nonanthropocentrism; it undermines some of the common attitudes – love, respect, awe – that people think it appropriate to take toward the natural world. KEYWORDS Anthropocentrism, environment, ethics, Norton, value Environmental Values 16 (2007): 169–185 © 2007 The White Horse Press 170 KATIE MCSHANE For at least the last 30 years now, there has been a running debate among environmental ethicists about whether anthropocentrism can serve as an adequate foundation for environmental ethics. The most recent discussions of this issue have concerned Bryan Nortonʼs ʻconvergence hypothesisʼ – the view that if we have a suitably sophisticated anthropocentrism, then in practice, anthropocentrism and nonanthropocentrism will converge.1 That is to say, they...
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...Business Ethics: The Responsibilities of Employees and Employers Debra J. Scott Columbia Southern University Business Ethics: The Responsibilities of Employees and Employers Ethics are an extremely important aspect of every successful business; they are crucial on the end of the employer as well as every employee. Employees and executives need a clear definition of business ethics and a clear explanation of the significance of ethics in relation to the position and to the business as well. It is shown to be beneficial to employees and executives to use a decision making process in the development of making important decisions; there are many approaches as well as many consequences to making ethical decisions. Good ethics start with the employer and how they handle and execute their ethics and provide a good working example for their employees. There are many viewpoints on what ethics are, especially in relation to business, “Ethical obligations are a set of “ought to” standards that define a moral course of action and draw a line between right and wrong” (Lohrey). Business ethics can be comprised of written and formal guidelines in relation to an organization’s morals. Many businesses use their code of conduct or credo as their guidelines to communicating their organizational ethics, “Business ethics manifests both as written and unwritten codes of moral standards that are critical to the current activities and future aspirations of a business organization. They can differ...
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...Running head: A NEW WORK ETHIC 1 A New Work Ethic? Strayer University Business Ethics – BUS 309 October 25, 2010 A NEW WORK ETHIC 2 1. Describe how typical the attitudes that Sheehy reports appear to be in work environments you have experienced. With the new generation of workers, in particular recent college graduates the attitudes of the Sheehy reports are neither unusual nor unprecedented. This generation unlike those of the past, are not exposed nor in some instances, taught the meaning of hard work, dedication, sacrifice and how success can evolve from those types of attitudes. Unfortunately through influences of the media such as television, and in some instances glorified unethical business practices of corporate CEO’s, this new generation of workers with a new work ethic, succumb to believe that hard work does not matter and that treating co-workers and external customers indifferently will get you what you want no matter what the consequences may be. As I have worked and currently work in a prominent, nationally recognized entity, and have hired both college and non-college graduates, there seems to be an attitude of entitlement with the new work ethic and workforce. There are expectations of promotions, and high salaries without proven ability of performance. There is a lack of understanding and true reality of where they fit within the organization and how they meet the performance standards. These attitudes are far different in contrast...
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...Introduction I choose to discuss values, ethics and emotions of the workplace since I feel these are the core elements to make a workplace run smooth. Without these three things a workplace can become disheveled and confusing. First, I will begin by discussing values in the workplace past, present and future. Secondly, I will discuss ethics and the role it plays in business past, present, and future. Finally, I will discuss how emotions in the workplace affect the outcome of the workplace. Values in the Workplace First, let me begin by defining values, “ Values are relatively stable evaluative beliefs that guide a person’s preferences for outcomes or courses of action in a variety of situations.” (McShane, 2010, p. 14) “Values deals with the worth, utility, moral virtue, aesthetics, and may be singular or collective of each. Values are at the core of what a person believes.” (Hoffman, 2006) I believe personal values are learned. This goes back to the continued debate of nature versus nurture. Having grown up in a two parent home, with both parents under the same roof, and a younger sibling. Both of my parents worked and went to school while raising my brother and me. Working from sun up to well past sun set pinching every penny and making sure we saw how hard they worked understanding money does not grow on trees. My parents gave us responsibilities at an early age and made sure we followed through with them. This is where my values come from. Based on the information...
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...Running head: A NEW WORK ETHIC 1 A New Work Ethic? Strayer University Business Ethics – BUS 309 October 25, 2010 A NEW WORK ETHIC 2 1. Describe how typical the attitudes that Sheehy reports appear to be in work environments you have experienced. With the new generation of workers, in particular recent college graduates the attitudes of the Sheehy reports are neither unusual nor unprecedented. This generation unlike those of the past, are not exposed nor in some instances, taught the meaning of hard work, dedication, sacrifice and how success can evolve from those types of attitudes. Unfortunately through influences of the media such as television, and in some instances glorified unethical business practices of corporate CEO’s, this new generation of workers with a new work ethic, succumb to believe that hard work does not matter and that treating co-workers and external customers indifferently will get you what you want no matter what the consequences may be. As I have worked and currently work in a prominent, nationally recognized entity, and have hired both college and non-college graduates, there seems to be an attitude of entitlement with the new work ethic and workforce. There are expectations of promotions, and high salaries without proven ability of performance. There is a lack of understanding and true reality of where they fit within the organization and how they meet the performance standards. These attitudes are far different in contrast...
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...Journal of Counseling Psychology Vol. 5, No. 3, 1958 The Place of Values in Counseling and Psychotherapy1 C. H. Patterson University of Illinois fact, ethics might be considered as an expression of a group's values, an attempt to represent or express them in a systematized form. This is no doubt why Sutich (28) became involved in values in his discussion of ethics. Bixler and Seeman (3) state that "ethics are principles of action based on a commonly accepted system of values," thus relating professional ethics to social values. The APA code of ethics (1, p. 49) states that a cardinal obligation of the psychologist "is to respect the integrity and protect the welfare of the person with whom he is working." This is clearly an expression of the value of the individual in our society, as is recognized in Principle 1.13: "The psychologist should express in his professional behavior a firm commitment to those values which lie at the foundation of a democratic society, such as freedom of speech, freedom of research, and respect for the integrity of the individual" (1, p. 10). Philosophy of Counseling. From ethics and values to philosophy is only a short step. A philosophy is an integration of values, usually resulting in statements of postulates and assumptions, or principles. It is only natural, and to be expected, that philosophies of counseling and psychotherapy should reflect the philosophies How Values Affect Counseling of the societies in which these activities and Psychotherapy...
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...Chapter 1: Perspective on Business Ethics and Values * Identify the good, tragic, comic, satirical and farcical elements in the way in which people and organization deal with matters of ethics and morality * Stakeholder theory * Business case for business ethics * Arguments about the moral status of business and organization Moral conflict between self-interest and public duty, between social and environment duty what takes precedence? Should a business case be proven before an organization commit to appeal fund or should behave in a socially responsible way, beyond the requirement of law because it is the right thing to do? It would seem logical that a company would benefit from socially responsible conduct such as renewable resources, promoting fair trade, empowering gender fairness in employment and support the community in which they operate. However, the translation of benefits into economic profits is not guaranteed. For some consumers the buying decision is influenced by the social image of the company but by the value they get from the trade. Various factors can be employed to measure the corporate social responsibility performance are Dow Jones Sustainability Index, SERM rating and EIRIS. Stakeholder Theory: What responsibilities or obligation does an organization owes to its stakeholders? How should an organization cater to the competing need of different stakeholders? What legitimate interests justify a group of people being regarded as stakeholders...
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... |[pic] | | |Course Outlines | |Course Name (Long): | | | | | |Diversity, Values and Ethics in Public Safety | | Section I: Administrative Information |Course Name (Short): Diversity, Values and Ethics |Credit Value: 3.0 | |Program(s): Police Foundations |Credit Value Notes: | |Program Coordinator(s): Michael Lloyd |Effective Term: Jan 2011 | |Course Leader or Contact: Stephanie Dimech |Prerequisites: None | | |Corequisites: None | | ...
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...THE ETHICS OF GEORGIAN-AMERICAN UNIVERSTY STUDENTS Prepared for Dina Aslamazishvili Prepared by Natia Maisuradze Richard Uriatmkopeli Contents Introduction 3 What is Ethics? 4 The Ethic of GAU Students 5 GAU Code of Ethic 5 Students’ attitude about Trust, Character 5 Students’ Values and Priorities 6 Students Ethical Dilemmas 6 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 Appendix 10 Introduction Ethics is becoming an organizational and social priority. Having an ethical person in community means the society has a good citizen at home, at work and in the university. As the ethics is very important concept in modern business the Georgian-American University spread the awareness of the ethics in their courses, in order to make their students aware of the benefit of the ethics and how it will influence their future business occupations. But before ethics effect the students business life it effects students personal life how they use ethics and morality every day. The purpose of this report is to present how ethical are students of Georgina-American University (GAU) , what ethical dilemmas and decisions they face and what are their values and priorities. In preparing this report we surveyed 20 students of Business School, from which 10 were women and 10 where men and we also asked them to make some comments about their decisions. What is Ethics? The field of ethics (or moral philosophy) involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior...
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...The value of attitude, cultural diversity and ethics on “work” Defining attitude with ABC model Here there is more emphasis on the formation of attitude. They begin with elaborating on the start of face book. The possibilities of offensive content, while given liberation of speech. The Face book is not able to choose between the liberty to speak and post content, or to prohibit the user groups from abusing the hated group with their contents. Here they define attitude as a psychological tendency that is expressed on evaluation of like or dislike on a particular entity. The ABC attitude model explained using three and how it is measured. It also explains work attitude and its influence on job satisfaction, and how to evaluate it. Persuasion of attitude The continuation deals with the various impacts of work attitude. Workplace deviance behavior explains the consequences of negative attitude at work, violating the norms. The positive attitude at work is organizational commitment, which includes affective, continuance and normative attitude. There is a long list which helps in relating any reader to work deviance behavior at their work place. It is necessary to understand how attitude changes. For this the characteristics of source, target, message and cognitive routes that affect persuasion are identified. They also discuss the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion. Emotional contagion In this part there is a justification on the importance of emotional contagion...
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...A New Work Ethic A New Work Ethic Let’s examine work ethic today and how it has changed. We will look at personal experiences and the typical attitudes in the work place and the implications of work ethic for the future of American business. Finally, we will examine the reasoning behind employee theft in the workplace. Describe how typical the attitudes that Sheehy reports appear to be in work environments you have experienced. As I read “A new work ethic“and the experience of James Sheehy, how typical the attitudes are in the work environments that I have experienced. I was working in a management position where the typical employee was from 18 to 25 years of age and they regarded the work as something to do until they get a real job or graduate from college. The worst offenses would come with opening and closing of the store, includes washing floors, taking out trash, cleaning the tables and cleaning of kitchen and prep for the following day. Consistent with Sheely’s observation, they would find any shortcuts and did not have any pride in their work. When I approached one employee whose assignment was to wash the floor, and mentioned he missed a section behind the bar his response was that customer’s will not see that spot. They studied the attendance policy and they knew how many times they could call off before getting written up. I also experienced the attitude of I can’t wait to graduate and get a real job leaving this job for the uneducated person. In My...
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...Professional Values and Ethics GEN/200 June 28, 2011 Professional Values and Ethics It is important to understand why professional values and ethics are vital to a successful career. To fully appreciate what professional values and ethics are, we must describe the meaning of each. Values pertaining to a professional environment are defined as “A professional’s obligation to comply with rules of one’s conduct, ethics, etiquette, professional values and attitudes.” (Ethics and Professional Responsibility, 2004). Ethics is concerned with “What is right and wrong, good and bad, and harmful and beneficial regarding decisions and actions in organizational transactions.” (Business Ethics, the Changing Environment, and Stakeholder Management, 2006). Maintaining positive ethics and values in a personal, economic, and social environment will promote a successful career. Personal values continuously change, are developed over time, and help with making appropriate decisions in a professional career. For example, an automobile salesperson is often expected to falsify costumer’s incomes to increase loan approvals to sell the customer a vehicle that is beyond his or her means. The type of salesperson who goes along with, this shows a lack of personal values and often makes one time sales to customers. It is the salesperson with values that will make repeat sales and garner the greatest number of referrals. “Fostering a customer-oriented selling approach amongst salespeople...
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...Ethics and Values: Good Guides Toward Occupational and Educational Success Learning Team C: Names of team members Axia College of University of Phoenix Abstract What are ethics and values? Values are what a person or society hold as important and a desired behavior. Ethics are sometimes based on a collection or one value. Ethics are what is considered morally right to one or more individuals. Upholding to good values and good ethical beliefs will greatly aid us in our lives, at our jobs, and in our schools. They effect the decisions that we make our successes or failures. Some of the important values to businesses, schools, and colleges are education, safety, a friendly and professional attitude, integrity, and honesty. Displaying integrity in a professional working environment will greatly benefit anyone. Integrity is a constant devotion to following guidelines based on good morals, ethics, and standards. Integrity will provide a safe and stable environment. Good integrity is found in all good managers. It is the key to leading by example. Ethics and values are the key to all good students, teachers, leaders, mentors, and all professionals. They are our guide through life, help us make good choices, and lead us to many life successes. What are values and ethics? What do they have in common? How can they effect our everyday lives? Because we are all diverse and have different beliefs toward different situations and concepts, we are forced to overcome...
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