...Moral nihilism is the idea that our world has no moral features, morality is an almost non-existent set of rules that represent nothing real or abstract, thus moral claims cannot be true of anything. Moral nihilists do not believe in moral goodness, duty, or virtue, and therefore deny that anything is morally good (Shafer-Landau 308). The Constitution of the United States, along with a vast majority of laws that have been passed are generally based on protecting the rights of citizens and allowing the United States to prosper and be in the best possible stance in the respective situation through moral ideals. In many circumstances, protecting citizens while protecting the United States boils down to actions that are considered “right” or “wrong” by the general public, or in the case of laws, the majority view of Congress. For example, in Section 3 of Article 3, the Constitution outlines treason and the consequences of treason against the United States. Treason is the crime of betraying one’s own country through aid or comfort of said country’s...
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...Brooke Armstrong M. Lakin - Child Development Period 2 October 7, 2015 Moral Development Moral development is the growth of how one may incorporate wise decision making, and a knowledge of right from wrong. This is one of the most important parts of developing because if you don’t know which decision is right or wrong, good or bad, you may make the wrong decision ending up with serious consequences. Also, moral development encompasses more than knowing right from wrong. It is also about showing others respect and treating them how you want to be treated. A big part of parenting is teaching respect and good decision making because they are key skills in maturing and learning how to live in the real world through the developing years. A psychologist of the name Lawrence Kohlberg formed ideas and stages of moral development according to the age of a child as they are growing. There are three stages; preconventional morality, conventional morality, and postconventional morality. Preconventional is centered around the ages of nine years old and up. This stage states that a child makes their decision based on rewards and punishment, and they also realize that adults have different rules and viewpoints. An example of preconventional morality is a child deciding whether or not to leave their timeout chair based on the punishment that would follow their choice of action. This is an example of preconventional morality because the child thought ahead about what the punishment will...
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...Moral codes are reviewed from occasionally; however, they are of top priority for a number of causes in companies. Companies have to ensure they go after the top tier of moral principles in all of their actions. Moral principles are also significant with respect to business investigation. Throughout this paper, the discourse shall be lodged with regard to a case in which corrupt business analysis methods were executed by the company. My intent is to talk about this case and a range of main clauses concerning this particular case. Presently, in this peculiar case, some moral subjects are to be taken into reflection. In terms of immoral investigation performance, this particular company was certainly engrossed in immoral research performance. The company was a pharmaceutical corporation that worked together with a professor who beforehand supplied the required research linked to the medication of flu (Dominick & Wimmer, 2010). Throughout the course of their accord, he was inquired to remain the research information secret and not to unveil the same to any other party. The corporation which was working on his investigation work was planning to hold back the study work. Consequently, it was judged to be immoral on the side of the pharmaceutical corporation. The pharmaceutical corporation desired to make sure that it collected a high bulk of earnings, in spite of whether the investigation work was complete at the price of collective interests. The upset shareholding groups...
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...We all know when we have a good supervisor, but it can be quite difficult to actually state what makes a good supervisor good. Does it have to do with their personality, their insight, intelligence, or their personal beliefs, morals and values? Is it a mix of all these things, and do certain characteristics apply more than others? The first thing we should appreciate is that there are a huge amount of traits that need to be considered. Over the duration of the paper I will be focusing on a few select traits which I believe to be the most important in regards to being a good supervisor. Firstly, a good supervisor must be a good coach. For a supervisor to be successful, it is imperative that they have the qualities that we attribute to any normal coach. This is because a coach knows how important it is to coach their team, or in this case, employees. Successful coaching means working together with your employees to create and modify action plans and objectives. Supervisors must know how to delegate tasks between individuals, and give all the support and guidance that may be needed. On the topic of individuals, a good supervisor must understand that everybody is different, and to be mindful of this fact when dealing with his or her team members. Secondly, a good supervisor must have a positive outlook and be a positive thinker. He or she will think how problems can be solved, while maintaining an air of friendliness, so that they remain approachable, and their employees aren’t...
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...Singer’s Moral Guilt T PHI 208 January 7, 2013 Peter Singer’s goal in “Famine, Affluence and Morality” was to try and to get people all around the world to realize that they, as human beings, have a moral responsibility to help other human beings in need if they can. He argues that the way we view moral issues and our moral conceptual schemes need to be altered, and in fact the whole way in which our society takes our way of life for granted. Peter Singer’s argument is that “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it”. (Singer, 1972). He believes that everyone in similar circumstances as himself should give as much as possible, up to the point that they might also be at risk of poverty themselves. He argues that if everyone in society all across the world did this, that the world would not only solve the Bengal crisis, but would also end world hunger all together. That also by not contributing to helping people suffering from tragedies we are not being morally responsible as a race to our “global village”. Counter points to Peter Singer’s argument that he makes are as follows: First he states that the view that he has taken on the Bengal crisis and world hunger may seem “too drastic a revision of our moral scheme”. (Singer, 1972). That in fact people would not judge other people in the way that he suggests they should, that they would save their judgment...
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...Ethical and Moral Issues in Business Ethical and Moral Issues in Business At first thought ethics and morals are the same meaning. However, they are completely different and have different meanings to different people. This paper will look at the differences between ethical issues and moral issues, the differences between personal and ethics and business ethics and provide examples of everyday ethical problems in the business world today. Ethical Issues and Moral Issues To understand the differences in ethical issues and moral issues, you must know the definition. Ethics is “ethics is a systematic attempt to make sense of our individual and social moral experience, in such a way as to determine the rules that ought to govern human conduct, the values worth pursuing, and the character traits deserving development in life.” (De George, 2010 p, 13). Moral “is approved by this society” according to De George, (2010) in Business Ethics. I work at the Boeing Company, our ethics policy does not allow for accepting business courtesies. This can create the perception of favorability, especially when concerning vendors and suppliers. However, there are cases when the employee can accept the gift and that is if it would only promote a successful working relationship and goodwill of Boeing interests. If not accepting a gift would harm the business relationship and create a cultural rift, then the employee is expected to accept the gift and to report and turn it in to...
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...Ethical and Moral Issues Cynthia Crawford MGT 216 January 6, 2011 Frederick Pringle Today’s business world is experiencing changes concerning ethics. This paper will give an overview of the differences between moral and ethical issues pertaining to the business world and review differences between personal and business ethics. Finally, I will give real-world examples of common ethical problems past and present in the business world. According to DeGeorge, “Morality consists of rules of human behavior and specifies that certain actions are wrong or immoral and that others are right or moral” (p. 6). Issues of morality are often linked to religion. Moral issues can have serious or immediate effects. Moral issues deal with personal values established by individuals’ upbringing and background. Moral issues are also dependent upon ones social background. Moral views are on a broader level than ethics. According to Shaw and Barry, “Business ethics are mainly concerned with morality in the narrow sense.” Etiquette can have an interaction with morality depending upon the situation. Ethics is refers to a philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness a badness of the motives and ends of such actions (Gale, par 1). Ethical issues generally deal with the breaking of laws and rules established by a governing board for an organization. Ethical issues have become more complex...
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...Corporate and Culture Moral at Work People naturally resist change of any kind, especially when that change affects the way they work. As a result of this resistance to change, any organizational culture change is likely to negatively affect employee morale. Employees will complain and resist this change, asking why it is necessary. In order for your culture change to be accepted by your employees, you must anticipate this reaction and prepare for it. Identifying Decreased Morale Decreased company morale is not always easy to identify. Complaints and grumblings are the most common symptoms of reduced morale, but they are just a few signs that things are not right in your company. Calling in sick, arriving late for work and leaving early are other indicators that morale is decreasing in your company. Mistakes and poor treatment of customers are two other signs that company morale is declining. Your managers and supervisors are on the front line of company morale and you should listen to them during your culture change. Culture Change and Morale Changing your company culture involves several steps and processes. Your first step is to identify what you stand for and state it as simply as possible. For years, General Electric stated, "We bring good things to life." Employees and customers understood what this meant and how to behave because of it. To make your culture change successfully, you must articulate clearly your company's philosophy. Once this is understood, your change...
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...Ethics Paper Tathiana Villanueva MGT/498 University of Phoenix May 11, 2013 Prof. Jose Figueroa Ethics Paper En este ensayo, estaremos discutiendo dos puntos muy importantes. Explicaremos los roles de la ética y responsabilidad social en el desarrollo del plan estratégico mientras se considera las necesidades y agendas de los accionistas. Incluiremos por lo menos un ejemplo de una compañía sobrepasándose de las fronteras éticas para el beneficio de la agenda de los accionistas. Se discutirá los tipos de medidas preventivas que se pueden tomar para evadir estas situaciones. Planificación estratégica es el proceso de crear una declaración de la misión, visión, políticas y las decisiones funcionales para asegurar el éxito de las empresas. Ya que, el éxito de las empresas es el interés vital de los accionistas, ciertas consideraciones deben tenerse en cuenta en el proceso de planificación. Con los recientes escándalos en el mercado de negocios otras empresas están incorporando la ética y responsabilidad social en estos planes. El propósito de la ética y la planificación social es desarrollar relaciones con los clientes e imagen pública. Estos pasos pueden dificultar, en un grado, el rápido aumento de capital que conlleva las prácticas de poca ética, aunque legal, puedan producir. Sin embargo, la empresa ahorrará dinero en demandas y publicidad negativa a largo plazo. Las corporaciones ante decisiones difíciles tienen que tener en cuenta que las decisiones que...
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...adquirir tintes de responsabilidad con el medio ambiente: como reciclar el agua, separación de la basura, ahorro de energía, entre otros, y con la sociedad, para ser consideradas empresas socialmente responsables, con el fin de convertirse en una estructura integra ante sus clientes, sus competidores y empresas que podrían ser posibles aliadas. El ser una empresa ética implica trabajar en equipo arduamente estableciendo en todos los departamentos de la organización una serie de principios como la integridad, el reconocimiento de lo que es un valor y la lealtad a la organización. Las empresas deben de establecer un código de conducta por el cuál todos los trabajadores deben de regir su comportamiento y desplazar el oportunismo, la doble moral, revelar secretos de la empresa, recibir regalos a cambio de favores, etc. En el código de valores se debe de tener en cuenta el trabajo en equipo para lograr objetivos comunes y personales, cumplir con la filosofía de la empresa, tener la actitud para trabajar, cumplir las tareas, desarrollar capacidad de liderazgo, participar en las capacitaciones que la empresa disponga, cuidar los bienes, maquinaria y equipo de la empresa, el respeto a los demás y así mismo, aceptar evaluaciones relacionadas con el dominio y conocimiento de su...
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...official. It is what is expected of these officials to perform the highest level of integrity in their everyday work. Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. In the Code of Conduct: Article 2: it's states, " In the performance of their duty, law enforcement officials shall respect and protect human dignity and maintain and uphold the human rights of all persons." With that being said; I can't fathom why so many law enforcement officials get away with so much brutality daily. Everyone has morals and ethics, no matter if they are good or bad, you still have them. Law enforcement officials bit only are trained to do the right things, step by step in the line of duty, but whether theory choose to follow their training is entirely up to then. Ramarley Graham, an 18 year old from the Bronx, NY, was shot and killed by a police officer in 2012. Graham was in his grandmothers bathroom at her home, reportedly flushing marijuana down the toilet. Officer Richard Haste, chased Graham into the house even though the officer didn't have a warrant. Graham was unarmed when Haste shot and killed him. A grand jury charged the officer with manslaughter. However, a judge later the indictment out, which allowed Haste to get away with murder. Yes, murder! This officers ethics, morals and integrity were all wrong on every level of his actions in this case. Haste didn't think before he acted. Instead of protecting and "respecting" human dignity and maintain and...
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...amiento OrganizacionalDISYUNTIVA ÉTICA: Manejo de las emociones en el trabajo En la última década han aumentado rápidamente nuestros conocimientos de las emociones de los empleados. Por ejemplo las compañías qu3 quieren crear lugares abiertos y cordiales para trabajar recurren a procesos de selección para descartar a los solicitantes que no son sociables ni entusiastas y capacitan a los empleados para que aprendan a sonreír y a mostrarse animados. Algunas organizaciones tratan incluso de producir entornos de trabajo “emocionalmente humanistas” mediante la conformación de las emociones que sienten los empleados en su trato diario con los clientes, la selección de los solicitantes con mucha inteligencia emocional, el control de la atmósfera emocional de equipos y grupos y otras prácticas de manejo de emociones. Una vez se mofaba Groucho Marx diciendo que “el secreto del éxito en el negocio del espectáculo es la honestidad y la sinceridad. Cuando uno aprende a fingirlas, ya la hizo”. En muchas organizaciones actuales de servicios se aplica el comentario de Groucho. Por ejemplo, en diversas compañías aseguradoras se capacita al personal de ventas por teléfono para despertar sentimientos positivos en los clientes, para que sea más fácil que contesten “si”. Se enseña a los empleados a evitar palabras con connotaciones negativas y a cambiarlas por otras que levanten el ánimo y fomenten la confianza, como “sin duda”, “tenga la seguridad”, “de inmediato” y “excelente”. Además, se enseña...
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...Células Madre Embrionarias La vida comienza desde el momento en que el espermatozoide se une con el óvulo. Por lo que el problema recae en que tras la obtención de células madres embrionarias, esta produce que muchos embriones sean sacrificados. Entonces seria una acción injustificable, ya que estarían matando o destruyendo vidas humanas. Pero hay puntos en contra, acerca de que no está claro que la vida de una persona inicie desde el momento de la fecundación. Por lo que muchos piensan que la vida de un individuo inicia a partir de la introducción del embrión, que es cuando ya se considera un ser humano, según doctores. Viéndolo moralmente esta mal, ya que estas destruyendo un embrión humano, no por el hecho de ayudar a otros se puede justificar el matar o destruir una vida humana en progreso. Y por la pregunta desde cuando inicia la vida humana, puedo decir que al entrar el espermatozoide se da pie al comienzo de una vida humana, ya que entre el óvulo y el espermatozoide forman uno solo, que va en desarrollo. No se necesita que pase cierto tiempo para considerarlo un individuo, al momento de la unión, es el inicio de la vida. Además que tras años de estudio no ha habido grandes avances en este sector, por lo que deberían buscar caminos alternativos para dichos problemas. Últimamente se han logrado hallazgos en nuevos métodos que eliminarían el problema ético hacia la destrucción de embriones, tal es el caso de células madre adultas que pueden generar grandes esperanzas...
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...not universal since they only represent the view point of a few, the minority, majority or imposition of a dictator (Baghramian, 2004). When conceptualized within the context of morality it impinges on the framework that truth is applicable only as it pertains to specific guidelines and adaptations. Hence, if morality then becomes as issue in determining truth; it is sieving intentions to decipher purity and whether they are based on justice or outcomes that are beneficial to all. Therefore, this section of my presentation will focus on Lenn Goodman’s (2010) ‘Some Moral Minima:’ A Perspective. Also, a discussion on whether the conceptual framework advanced by this author challenges relativism will be embraced as well as a personal analysis of the themes. Lenn Goodman- ‘Some Moral Minima:’ A Perspective Lenn Goodman (2010) as any social scientist has to justify the morals of society. To say otherwise is to be deemed anti- social and immoral from the point of view of the ruling politic. Hence, his views of ‘some things are wrong’ well deserve agreement, especially, when it appears to be hurting the individual making the judgment (Goodman,...
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...Philosophy 484 Professor Neiman 3/22/12 “Selling Starbucks in the Forbidden City” Ever since the Starbucks retail outlet has opened in the “Forbidden City” of Beijing, China, there has been a huge controversy over whether this store deserves to be in this sacred area of China’s history. I believe that Starbucks has a moral obligation to operate a retail store in the “Forbidden City.” The first objection from some Chinese citizens is that Starbucks is highly considered an American brand, and that American commerce is destroying Chinese culture that they claim goes back 5000 years. In some cases, people may believe that the Chinese have the cultural right to maintain their culture in places of great history, which would definitely apply to the Forbidden city Museum. This claim against Starbucks contradicts this statement somewhat since there are already thousands of stores in the museum. If the Chinese would have wanted to keep the Forbidden City sacred, you would think that they would have not allowed any stores in the area to keep it original so everyone could see the real history behind the place. Some may counter by saying that Chinese stores should only be allowed simply because it is already part of the Chinese Culture. In the case, it states that there are shops that sell American products, such as coke, cookies, and other merchandise. Wouldn’t this be considered American products and upset some Chinese citizens since it is considered American and not part...
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