...Experiencing the learning process of ethics has been a fascinating journey for my mind. I have broadened my horizons to the ideas and thoughts of great values from this class.To dissect the mind of great achievers from the past has changed my way of life. We can learn to appreciate and characterize persons way of life through their distinction of values. Since the first week of this class I have managed to grow in the way I think about ethical decision making. After reading and analyzing different theories my views have been focused on Aristotle and Confucius. I noticed a lot of the ideas they had were already instilled in my life. The way my family grew me up with such a balanced foundation made me the person I am today. To focus on life's true virtues and the backbone of a family has made me a stronger individual.I take these values with me everywhere I go and in everything I do. I strongly believe you are what you think. Whatever you are doing,whatever your feel, or want are determined by the quality of your thinking. With ethics I have leaned to control this process and open my mind to new ideas. Thinking effectively gives you greater control of your life and the world around you.You can use your mind to achieve your goals as well as enhancing your life. Everyday work and life is a sequence of ideas, values, and thinking. Ethics helps to raise your decision making abilities by creating a pattern of conscious choices. These choices and value can have an impact in...
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...Ethics Game Simulation: Reflective Journal Susan Lopez University of Phoenix Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility/MGT/216 Dr. Arnold Bereson December 07, 2009 Ethics Game Simulation: Reflective Journal In the ethics game simulation I was the quality control manager and was given the responsibility of making some very difficult ethical decisions. The first decision I had to make was regarding fair warning. The company had determined that there was a contaminant in products that were already distributed for sale. They were looking at me to tell them what should be done about those products. In this case, I was asked to look at the dilemma through two lenses, first the Rights/Responsibility Lens and the Results Lens. Even though one lens focuses on the duty of doing what is ethical and the other focuses on creating the greatest good for the greatest number of people, I think that my decision was based on both of these. I decided the proper thing to do would be to publicize the information that would warn the consumers about the increased risk to specific groups of people and to replace or refund purchase price for a product they may already have. It turns out that this was the best option in the Results Lens. The reason for this decision is that I was considering what was best for both the company and the people. I believed that people definitely had the right to be warned so that they were not consuming a product that could cause them harm, but...
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...The Complexity of Ethical Decision Making Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart remarked, "Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do." In parsing out a virtuous ethical identity, psychologists strive to embrace several American Psychological Association [APA]-worthy overarching principles, to apply the enumerated guidelines within the Code of Ethics, and to cultivate personal and professional integrity in their quest to serve others. Furthermore, making an ethical commitment to placing the well-being of clients above one’s own personal feelings is paramount in providing effective therapeutic services that clients seek. However, the gentle human interplay of dependency, power, and will; the uniqueness and unpredictability of autonomous human beings; and the complexity of personality, behavior, and the inimitable experiences of each individual clearly drive and complicate the process of ethical decision-making. In espousing the “very highest ethical ideals of the profession (Hill, 2008),” eventually every psychologist must find a way to merge her purely objective, linear, and rational ethical catechism with her own intuitive responses to best reflect and balance her style, therapeutic orientation, and professional belief system with the needs of each distinct client. Conversely, a purely sensate approach to ethical decision-making, it seems, relies too heavily on subjectivity, whimsy, and emotions...
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...Final Paper: Module 6 Kelly Williams BSAD 460, F3WW Assignment 6-2 Due: 11/6/2010 Honestly I can say that BSAD 460 or the business ethics for leader’s course was very insightful. On the 6 week journey I learned a lot of information that I otherwise would have gone on without acquiring. It was nice to be able to relate real life situations along with the material, it made it that much more intriguing to learn. Simply being able to relate situations to real life really helps you be able to grasp the knowledge. With that said the most significant points I have learned are; why being ethical is important, the eight steps to ethical decision making, emotions in ethical decision making, conducting ethical communication and global business ethics and practices. Most of us think of ethics and then we tend to think feelings and emotions. This is not the case; ethics is more of a moral code. However, a lot of decisions that we do make are based off of the way we are feeling emotionally about something. So with that said we end up either following good ethics or going against the code. Ethics is important it almost defines us as people, the way we act or how we handle situations these are all factors that make up our character as a person. Even with a code not all of us will agree to all ethic codes, therefore we may not always follow them. Business ethics is extremely important. If employees do not follow the code they can be fired and if they are not doing honest work for the company...
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...of designing, starting and running a new business, which typically begins as a small business offering a product or service for sale or hire. It’s the capacity to organize resources for a profitable venture. Entrepreneurship entails total creativity and innovation, and usually, hard work to achieve the set objectives. It could be new and different ways of doing something much better, smarter, simpler and effectively. Entrepreneurship is a drive or a spirit to inspire others in what they do and how they have succeeded in the business. Ethics Ethics means doing what is right in a responsible and accepted manner, for example, putting something back where you found it, not yelling to your colleagues, always saying sorry and so on. (Rushworth, 2009) states that "standard definitions of ethics have typically included such phrases as 'the science of the ideal human character' or 'the science of moral duty' ". (Paul and Elder, 2009). define ethics as "a set of concepts and principles that guide us in determining what behavior helps or harms sentient creatures", (Igor & Kenneth, 2004, p. 9) “As long as businesses concentrate their attention and efforts on dealing with everyday challenges rather than striving to rise above them,...
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...1. How do I see myself as a second year college student? Having effectively traversed my path through the first year of college, I now see myself as someone who is more confident and brave to face the challenges that come with being a sophomore. The “culture shock” that one may feel during the first few days of being a college student is gone as I already have an idea on what to expect from my faculty, course and professors. Basically how college, in general, really works. Also, I was able to build relationships with my classmates who helped me navigate the world of college more easily. Furthermore, I can safely say that now that I’m in my second year, I am more able to set short as well as long time goals that I would really like to achieve in the future. These goals, I believe, will aid me as I grow academically and as a human being. Of course, that unexplainable fear is still present what with the things that I’ve been hearing from my friends of the higher batch like how the subjects are tougher, the professors meaner and the worst of all, that the probability of you passing the semester is low. Nevertheless, as I take all in these impressions, I try to still look at the positive side and take them as a something that will motivate me to strive harder and prove those people that their notions are false. 2. How do I see myself 5 years from now? I don’t usually think very hard about where or who I will be in the future but when I do, I try to be as optimistic...
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...Ethics also known as moral philosophy; it involves systemizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior(Michael, 2009). There are several different types of ethical belief systems, in which one would act completely different from the other. Virtue Ethics, Utilitarianism, and Deontological ethics have some similarities, but in the same sense are very different. Virtue Ethics is a system that states; that in living your life you excel and be excellent in everything that you do, and all that others do(Michael, 2009). In a way, I can relate to that. Being taught that everything I do I had better do it to the best of my ability! When I was growing up failure was not an option. I still to this day strive to be better, at no matter what I am doing. This viewpoint has made me very competitive in almost every aspect of my life. Utilitarianism is a theory that states an action is morally right when the action is for the greater good of your group(Michael, 2009). Whether it be; your family, your job, or in some countries your town, or your village, whatever benefits all of them is right. I can relate to this being a father. I will provide for my family, and make sure that my actions benefit them. I am constantly putting my wants on the back burner to better suit my family. Deontology is a theory that states, it is your duty to do a certain action just because that action is considered the right thing to do, no matter what the outcome is(Michael...
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...Ethics Awareness Inventory Octavio Landeros PSYCH/545 - Survey of Professional Psychology August 12, 2013 Instructor: Mary Mc Greevy Abstract The purpose of the summary is to elucidate the importance of a personal ethical perspective and to scrutinize the affiliation between professional and personal ethics in psychology. The summary will analyze by taking into account the results of the Ethics Awareness Inventory (EAI). Ethics Awareness Inventory In today’s society, there is a fine and invisible line among individuals and professionals: ethics. The meaning has become so multifaceted that people’s views about ethics have become unstable and broad. Ethics relate to moral principles to guide individuals and to teach them how to conduct themselves in society by differentiating between rightness and wrongness. The standard of right and wrong defines the aspect of ethics. Ethical dilemmas will arise and will bring a tangle of questions to the professional. The professional will wrestle with questions that will be hard to admit to themselves and others (Pope & Vasquez, 2011). It is human nature to make rushed decisions and mistakes makes humans question their professional and personal ethics. Ethics will help the professional answer those tangled questions. An ethical awareness will let the professional weigh the choices that will affect the lives of colleagues, the public, and the clients. An ethical awareness will free the professional from the restraining webs...
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...Code Of Ethics Having a strong ethical foundation is a must when starting a new company in today’s world. As a new company you want build with great principles and morals. My new company would have strong values that a consumer could look at and respect. These ethics would help me to present my company with ease and the comfort of knowing I stand for what is morally right. Strong ethics are an essential part of creating a new, successful company. A proper list of specific, ethical standards will help the employees understand what your company stands for. A major standard for my new company would be no drug use at all. I would require drug screenings before being hired as well as random urine screening from time to time to make sure people are remaining true to my company brand. I will also require a criminal background check before hiring. I would want to know the person or persons that I plan on hiring to represent my company. Lastly I would have a dress code. It would not be anything too strict but an individual’s appearance is an important aspect because physical appearance is generally what people get their first impression from. These rules would help me build a company I would be proud to represent. A company can’t succeed without rules. Rules are emplaced for an individual’s benefit. It is a physical reference of what or what not to do. Drugs or alcohol while working would equal automatic termination because there is no place for an unprofessional individual...
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...PHL 212 Professor Christopher Emerson Jun 16, 2010 Economics Solve Dimension In Ethical Dilemma There are a lot of ethical dilemma problems in our society, and need us to give a final comments. By the hard work of finding the results, we find that most of people prefer to solve the problem by using the rules, not moral rules, these are the rules which can keep our society's orders, but we usually forget to use the moral ways to do analysis. We should know that ethical dilemma problems are belong to ethical problems, so we can't drop the trial of using different kinds of sides to see the problems. There are a very old and famous story that almost all the people know in the world --- Adam and Eve. If they followed the rules, they could stay in that heaven world, but if they stole and ate the Forbidden fruit, they could have the happiness of both in spirit and body, and they also could their own children. But if they did this, they also have to face a morality problem. We can treat this problem as a people facing the personal value and social value, which one the person will choose. Everyone knows that the social value is more important, but it is really hard to choose that when we face a big and attractive personal value. In our book, chapter 6, Social Contract, we can know that the ultraism is limited because of people's selfishness, more or less. So the best we can do is choosing the ways to solve problems get as closed as social value, and to accord with social value...
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...science when I was admitted to Simon Fraser University in the first place. It was a peculiar and challenging choice for an international student as most of my international friends went with business administration. I did not like business because of two reasons. First of all, I was not interested in dealing with numbers, money in particular; secondly, at that time on, if someone asked me to describe the defining characteristic of businesspeople with one word, venality would be the first that came into my mind. In my opinion, I thought that business people do not and should not care about anything other than maximizing profit; otherwise they are not good business people. But now, especially after I encouraged myself to take some business courses at school (Business Ethics in particular), I am embarrassed to have to admit this because I realized that I was totally ignorant and biased to have such negative impressions on all the business people. According to Chimamanda Adichie’s words, I have been “reading a single story”. (Adichie, 2009) I found Adichie’s speech was a mind-blower to me. I have always considered myself to be more considerate and knowledgeable than others who are about my age and have similar amount of experience as I do. Even so, whenever people talk about Africa, poverty and epidemic of certain diseases always come into my mind first. I even tried to rationalize my opinion by searching for data from my limited book selections, which I realized later that I was...
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...My presentation is on Ethics. First of all we should know what is ethics?? Ethics is the inner guiding moral principles, values, and beliefs that people use to analyze or interpret a situation and then decide what is the “right” and or appropriate way to behave. (Contemporary Management, 3rd edition, Jones and Geroge) Ethics is knowing the difference between the what you have a right to do and what right thing you have to do. It is a general practice throughout the world. It is not just the part of the business world. If follow the certain ethics, we will have better chance of survival. And if we do not follow the rules of ethics even than we will end up somewhere higher, but we will not have the good will, reputation or for sure we will not in the good books of a lot of people. It does not tell you to follow the society, but to research what really is right. Ethics refers to standards of right and wrong that is people are supposed to do, like moral obligations, fairness, benefits to society, honesty, loyalty, virtues, back off or hold back somebody to fraud, rape, stealing, bullying. A business is not just about money making at all costs. There are considerations to be made outside traditional money making and ethical and moral considerations.. Every organization has a written codes of ethics Codes of ethics: A written set of guidelines issued by an organization to its workers and management to help them conduct their actions in accordance with its primary values...
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...An Analysis of 'Peter Green’s First Day' The business ethics case “Peter Green’s First Day” presents the dilemma of recent college graduate Peter Green, who has just completed a training program for Scott Carpets and is out on his first sales call with his District Manager, John Murphy. Peter is taking over Murphy’s original sales territory (before Murphy was promoted), and he wants to make a good impression as the two of them call on an important client, Peabody Rug. To Peter’s delight, the owner of Peabody Rug agrees to a large sale but then makes a request for some “help on the freight costs.(运费成本)” Later, Peter asks his manager what such “help” means and is told that Peabody will claim that some of the carpet was damaged in transit to the store. Peter would then be expected to falsify a damaged freight report for Scott Carpets’ front office, and Peabody would be given a discount equal to the cost of shipping the rolls of carpet back to the warehouse for replacement. Peter is told that this is standard practice in doing business with Peabody Rug, both for Scott Carpets and its competitors. Peter does not understand: “Basically, what you’re asking me to do,” he tells his manager, “is to lie to the front office.” The manager is furious with this characterization. Upset and uncertain, Peter returns home to his wife and newborn. He was raised to tell the truth; now, on the first day of his new, job he believes he is being asked to lie. Robert Solomon, Professor of Philosophy...
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...name of Karl Marx's states that, "logic is an understanding of the world to change." In fundamental terms rationality is the investigation of information and it is separated into six limbs known as transcendentalism, epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics, political theory, and social theory. These extensions solicit the confusing inquiries from the world. Today we will talk about these distinctive limbs and what they intend to the world. SIX BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY Metaphysics is the investigation of what's genuine and it doubts our presence and reason in life. It is thought to be the establishment of logic and without it we would be left with no clarification in respect to how we ought to manage reality. Metaphysics ask the "What is" inquiries of the world. Case in point: "Do you have a spirit?" or "Do you trust in God?" It is my conviction that we live in both a physical and otherworldly world and I say this in light of the fact that I can physically see, touch and feel things with my body yet with my brain I sense a profound element. I was taught to have confidence in God and that he made this world that we dwell in and I do trust some of those teachings to be genuine, only as a result of encounters throughout my life. We would go to chapel each Sunday when I was growing up and we would sing...
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...Medical Assisting Brenda Simpson Kaplan University, Watarai, Hiroki Three years ago my mother passed away due to a heart attack. Within in the same year one of my sisters was diagnosed with terminal adrenal cancer known as Paraganglioma. She passed away nine months later after finding out it was not curable. This how I really found the chance to see how good ethics played a role in the care of both family members. I was how amazed how awesome the Dr’s. And the healthcare team played together until their last days and took their last breath. I was able to see the duties of the doctors, nurses, and the medical assistants. I knew right then I wanted to be able to make a lasting impression in someone’s life in a positive way. Nevertheless, I did my research and personality test, which led to this career choice. Medical assisting was best fitted for me. The overview of the profession is what made it so interesting to me. All of the duties that were held for my mother and sister made me to want to pursue this career even more. The duties include, taking medical histories and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing for examinations, and assisting physicians during examinations. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Oct 18, 2010) These are just some of the duties, which were named in above. Further duties include, telephone prescriptions, change dressings on...
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