...Summary Professional code of ethics, Definition, “Professionally accepted standards of personal and business behavior, values and guiding principles” Importance, A code of ethics is essential to a profession; the code will provide an ethical starting point for the professionals and for others outside the profession. Professional code inform members of the profession about the viewpoints they should consider in making a decision. A code of ethics serves to promote the values of the profession over the personal, societal, and (sometimes) institutional values. It serves as a guideline for professionalism and quality of service. Ethical principles, 1) Integrity 2) Objectivity 3) Competence 4) Fairness 5) Confidentiality 6) Professionalism (7) diligence Development of teacher code of ethics, 1) Obligation towards students: a. Deal justly & impartially with students. b. Identifying the individual needs of the students. c. Respects the right of every student. d. Encourage students for the betterment of their future. 2) Obligation towards parents a. Respect the basic responsibility of parents for their children. b. Establish friendly & cooperative relationship. c. Keep parents informed about the progress of their children. 3) Obligation towards community i. Respect & be loyal to the community’s moral, spiritual ...
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...rated Nursing to be the most ethical profession and expecting nursing professionals to illustrate the highest ethical standards from any industry. Nurses are held accountable for the patient and their family’s welfare. The ANA provides the Nursing profession guidelines to treat every patient with dignity, respect, and compassion also free from any personal judgment of race, social or economic status, personal disparities, or disregard to health status. The American Nurses’ Association illustrates how to carry out your professional practice with their primary focus on the patient and their family. As nursing we must respect professional boundaries, to include the privacy and confidentiality of the patient and family. Nurses must maintain a respect for human dignity, and hold in the patient as the primary focus. (ANA, 2015). The nurse’s duties include the responsibility to follow guidelines and regulations, acting only on duties within the scope of the professional practice. Also, any nurse who maintains licensure in any state must also adhere to the regulations and their respective boards. The ANA creates community for an ethical culture so that nurses can deal with the daily ethical decision-making, so knowing how the organizational culture will affect those decisions is important. Nurses have certain standards to go by and if they are not making the right choices he or she are violating their professional ethical culture. It was very surprising to me that the ANA did not make...
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...ENGINEERING ETHICS SENSES OF ‘ENGINEERING ETHICS’ The word ethics has different meanings but they are correspondingly related to each other. In connection with that, Engineering ethics has also various senses which are related to one another. Comparison of the senses of Ethics and Engineering Ethics Ethics 1. Ethics is an activity which concerns with making investigations and knowing about moral values, finding solutions to moral issues and justifying moral issues and justifying moral judgments. 2. Ethics is a means of contrasting moral questions from non-moral problems. 3. Ethics is also used as a means of describing the beliefs, attitudes and habits related to an individual’s or group’s morality. Eg. : Ethics given in the Bhagavat Gita or the Bible or the Quran. 4. As per the definition of dictionaries – ‘moral principles’ is about the actions and principles of conduct of the people. i.e. ethical or unethical. Engineering Ethics 1. Like the ethics, engineering ethics also aims at knowing moral values related to engineering, finding accurate solutions to the moral problems in engineering and justifying moral judgments of engineering. 2. Engineering Ethics gives a total view of the moral problems and how to solve these issues specifically related to engineering field. 3. Engineering ethics is also using some currently accepted codes and standards which are to be followed by group of engineers and engineering societies. 4. Engineering ethics also...
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...Running head: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Professional Ethics Paper Patrick Kelley University of Phoenix Health Law and Ethics NUR 478 Susan Lawson, RN, MS, CLNC July 18, 2010 Professional Ethics Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationships between legal and ethical issues, identify personal values and professional ethics, examine ethical theories and principles, and apply these to current practice examples. Nurses face an ever-growing complexity within their practice as professionals. Understanding the relationship between legal and ethical issues and how to apply that understanding to every day practice is paramount for today’s professional nurse. This paper will further explore these ethical theories and principles while discussing how personal values affect an individual’s nursing practice. The Relationship Between Legal and Ethical Issues Nurses, as with any job, face challenges in order to accomplish the tasks of their role. This is one of the reasons that it is important to have a description that serves as guidance as to how the role is to be accomplished. Without such guidelines, it is likely that there will be a breach of established rules along the way to performing duties and accomplishing the job duties. In situations where one person exercises authority over another, there are important guidelines that define relationship between the two parties. Legal and ethical principles...
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...Professional EThics Professional Ethics Legal and ethical issues are frequently encountered in the health care setting and present unique challenges to health care professionals. Practicing nurses need to be knowledgeable with these concepts to ensure patient’s rights. In this paper, the author will describe the relationships between legal and ethical issues. In addition, the author will identify personal values and professional ethics and examine ethical theories and principles. Examples of applications of legal and ethical issues to current practice will also be provided. Relationships Between Legal and Ethical Issues “Ethics is the branch of philosophy concerned with evaluating human action” (Guido, 2010, p. 3). It is based on the principles of right and wrong and provides structure to behaviors and actions. Ethics are closely intertwined with morals and values. Morals are “personal principles that are acquired from life experiences, family and peer relationships, religion, culture, and the law” (Guido, 2010, p. 3). Values are “personal beliefs about the truths and worth of thoughts, objects, or behavior” (Guido, 2010, p. 3). Therefore, ethics are subject to an individual’s personal interpretation. In contrast, laws are rules and regulations established by some authority and enforced by judicial decision (Dictionary.com, 2011). The legal system governs actions and behaviors without regard to personal values, beliefs, and views. Laws are constantly evolving to...
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...Professional Ethics Paper Carolyn Smith HCS/478 August 15, 2011 Ann-Marie Peckham Professional Ethics Paper The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship among professional values, ethics, and legal issues. A person’s personal values and ethics can influence their professional values and ethics in the workplace. Finding the right balance between personal and professional views in the workplace will help foster a successful career. This paper will cover relationships between legal and ethical issues as well as personal values and professional ethics. Relationships between Legal and Ethical Issues According to Wacker-Guido & Watson (2010), there are eight ethical principles that nurses encounter when making decisions in clinical settings, autonomy, beneficence, no maleficence, veracity, justice, paternalism, fidelity, and respect or others. In other terms nurses have personal freedom, the right of self-determination, a duty to perform good actions, duty to prevent any harm for occurring to their patients, the obligation to tell the truth, treat all patients equally and fairly, allow others to make decisions for individual patients, keep promises and commitments they make, and to treat everyone with respect. Ethical values are influenced by personal feelings, and are interpreted differently depending on the beliefs of the individual. The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia defines the code of ethics for nurses as follows: The code of ethics for nurses was...
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...OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT COURSE CODE: OUMM 3203 COURSE TITTLE: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FATHIMATH ADAM S0942950 TUTOR’S NAME: MR MUSLIM ANEES LEARNING CENTRE: VILLA COLLEGE TRIMESTER: SEPTEMBER 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Identification of Ethical dilemma 3 2.1. Reasons why it is an Ethical dilemma 4 3. Analysis of Dilemma 5 3.1. Effects on Stakeholders 8 3.1.1. Deceptive Argument 8 3.1.2. Normative Argument 9 3.1.3. Instrumental Argument 9 1. Recommendation and Solution 9 2. Conclusion 10 Reference List 11 1. Introduction This study concerns ethical dilemma that is occurring in Muartoto Pvt Ltd. In addition the dilemma will be analyzed using all the relevant theories of moral reasoning and ethics. Moreover, a solution statement will be recommended by analyzing the problem in the perspective of economic, legal and ethical. Reduction in workforce due to economic downturn has become a biggest concern for the employee in today’s organizations. The matter has become the forefront of the legal and policy agendas in several countries of employment context. Downsizing the workforce is critically challenging for human resource (HR) professionals. HR professionals must be a concerned about designing and executing a workforce reduction strategy that is ethically balanced. (Ronald, 2007) 2. Identification of Ethical dilemma Muartoto Pvt Ltd is expanded into wide range of service...
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...Professional Ethics The Good Will: Kant claims that the only thing good in itself is the “Good Will.” Therefore, doing something just because you think it is good doesn’t make the act necessarily good. For example, your significant other asks you to go to the Dave Chappelle show with them. You either go because you know it will make them happy, or you go because you are a huge Dave Chappelle fan or you reluctantly go to the show even though you have tons of homework to do. According to Kant doing an act of good will means doing it strictly for the sake of duty. This means you are simply doing it because it is your job to do so. So in the situation with the Dave Chappelle show, if I were to go reluctantly to the show even though I have homework to do, I would be going out of good will. The other two reasons for going wouldn’t be considered good will because I would be getting some sort of pleasure or reward out of attending the show. You should feel no emotions other than “you must do this because it’s your duty.” The Function of Reason: Kant’s moral philosophy is largely grounded on practical reasoning. Kant believes that “Human reason is by its nature architectonic.” Meaning that reason allows us to identify grounds behind every truth. Generality helps explain the way things are by grouping things together in higher and higher levels from particular and contingent to the global and universal. Kant argues that the entire empirical world must be conceived of by reason...
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...*This task contains portions of material that was originally submitted during the 1303B Session in Composition and Critical Thinking with William Cramer and during the DB Phase 2 of 1401A session in Ethics for Professionals with Siamak Pourayan. PHIL301-1401A-04: Ethics for Professionals Individual Project 2 LaShonda M. Canada January 25, 2014 Abstract The Bible states in Proverbs 14:12, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.” (NIV) The Bible is the instruction manual for human life to all Christian believers. It urges us to develop virtues such as responsibility, honesty, loyalty, love, and faithfulness. (Berkley, 1995) What happens when we deviate from these virtues? Does it mean we are the total opposite of what each virtue represents? This scripture depicts what happens when man creates their own laws and/or statues and behaves in such a way that benefits his needs. In the remainder of this paper, I will provide the various definitions of corruption and why it’s tolerated in certain environments. I will define ethical relativism and how it relates to corrupt behavior. Also, I will examine the most common, in my opinion, corrupt behavior which is theft. Corruption has various definitions, but the similarities of the definition have the same ending results, and that is, it involves some form of illegal activity. Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online defines corruption as: the impairment of integrity, virtue...
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... Reference 16 1.0 Introduction The field of ethics or moral philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. Philosophers today usually divide ethical theories into three general subject areas; metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics (Fieser, 2013). Metaethics investigates where our ethical principles come from, and what they mean. Are they merely social inventions? Do they involve more than expressions of our individual emotions? Metaethical answers to these questions focus on the issues of universal truths, the will of God, the role of reason in ethical judgments, and the meaning of ethical terms themselves. Normative ethics takes on a more practical task, which is to arrive at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. This may involve articulating the good habits that we should acquire, the duties that we should follow, or the consequences of our behavior on others. Finally, involving in examining specific controversial issues, such as abortion, infanticide, animal rights, environmental concerns, homosexuality, capital punishment, or nuclear war. By using the conceptual tools of metaethics and normative ethics, discussions in applied ethics try to resolve these controversial issues. The lines of distinction between metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics are often unclear. For example, the issue of abortion is an applied ethical topic since it...
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...Professional Values and Ethics Learning Team A University of Phoenix The purpose of this paper is to explain the impact of professional values and ethics can have on one’s career. It will explain how adhering to such values can lead to a successful career and how straying from those values can destroy both a career as well as an individual. This will be done by identifying three sources of professional values and describing their impact on a career. Values and Ethics Anytime a person speaks of ethics or values a myriad of definitions may flood the mind. This is because the terms have different meanings to different people. Webster defines ethics as “the discipline dealing with what is good and bad or right and wrong or with moral duty and obligation.”(Webster, 2009) As different people have varying ideas of what is right or wrong, one can easily see why it is difficult to come up with clear understandings of how to act in all situations. Usually, people think ethics and values come into play when making praiseworthy decisions. However, “all decisions-whether judged highly ethical, grossly unethical or anywhere in between are values-based.”(Urbany 2008, p 75) Looking closer at how ethics and values play a role in a professional environment one can define three sources of values: Professional integrity, academic integrity and personal values. Integrity involves a formal relationship one has with oneself. (Stanford 2008) For the purposes of this paper...
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...Personal Ethics Versus Professional Ethics Term personal ethics to mean one’s conscience and the term professional ethics to mean adherence to a professional code. Sometimes those two roles can conflict. For instance, we have cases of doctors who have refused to prescribe the morning after pill, because they believe it will terminate a human life. In this case the doctor has decided that his personal ethics will guide him or her. Personal ethics depends highly on personal beliefs and loyalties, and results in behavior in a person's life in his relationships, family and friends. It defines our stand on what is right or wrong.This branch of ethics gradually develops since our childhood and tend to emulate the things which are set as an moral value to us by our parents or guardians in the family. Professional ethics defines adherence to rules and regulation .Here the individual is expected to follow religiously, the code of ethics framed by the organization .It can be heavily influenced by the culture of the organization but it cannot change as frequently as the personal ethics. Also it depends highly on the requirements of the profession, looking out for the interests of the organization as well as the customers. We are often bound legally by our professional ethics, such as confidentiality and due diligence. Professional ethics are usually written and signed, and rarely change over time. There may be at times where our personal ethics can conflict with our...
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...Journal of Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy Volume 3, Number 1 (Winter 2003), pp. 1‐26 Ayn Rand and Contemporary Business Ethics Stephen R. C. Hicks Introduction: business and the free society Advocates of the free society think of business as an integral part of the dynamic, progressive society they advocate. In the West, the rise of a culture hospitable to business has unleashed incalculable productive energies. Business professionals have taken the products of science and revolutionized the fields of agriculture, transportation, and medicine. Business professionals have taken the products of art and dramatically increased our access to them. We have more food, we are more mobile, we have more health care, we have more access to works of fiction, theater, and music than anyone could reasonably have predicted a few centuries ago. The result of business in the West, and more recently in parts of the East, has been an enormous rise in the standard of human living. We have gone, in the space of a few centuries, from a time in which perhaps 10% of the population lived comfortably while 90% lived near subsistence to a time in which 90% live better than comfortably and 10% live near subsistence. And we haven’t given up on the remaining 10%. Intellectuals who study the free society have, in the fields of economics and politics, a good understanding of what makes this possible: individualism. In economics there exists a well worked out understanding of ...
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...personal responsibility fades. Moreover, the people in public office roles have been depersonalized, creating the notion that they are somehow a more objective and neutral person. This however leads the public to believe that personal morals do not affect the professional actions of an individual in public office and as the author points out, this is a big mistake. Exercizing power is a form of individual expression and therefore also guided by personal morality. Demands placed on the individual often cause a divide between the person’s individual and professional morality. The author attempts to determine whether professional morality is derived from personal morality. The author provides two theories for professional morality linked to personal morality; the first states that there is derivability to some extent although it is possible that public morality is a weaker version of the personal version. The other option he presents is that public and personal morality are not linked. An explanation for the second option could be that people in public offices need to make decisions people normally do not need to make, and therefore do not possess the morality framework in their personal lives to apply in their professional roles. Another explanation could be that people in public office are able to get away with behavior that would be incorrect morally speaking in their private lives. Both the theory of derivability as well...
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...a) Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a moral theory that ultimately concentrates on the happiness of an individual. This theory was initially developed by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and later altered by Stuart Mill (1806-1873). A Utilitarian’s attitude towards justice implies that no significant act (e.g., act of copying) or rule (e.g., “should not lie”) is basically good or bad. Rather, it solely depends on the overall non-moral good produced on accomplishing the act. The central idea here is that morality depends on the happiness produced after an ethical act or regulation. Hence the act is influential and not elemental. Therefore, utilitarianism is classed under “consequential” theory. Both Bentham and Mill were hedonists and regarded happiness as the most important thing in life. However, there was a conflict in the way they measured happiness. Bentham did not differentiate the pleasures obtained from the actions (Bentham, 1781). According to him, any work that generates happiness- be it eating or listening to music was essentially good. He was concerned about the quantity of happiness produced by doing an action. In contrast, Mill’s theory (Act Utilitarianism) focused on the quality of the action that produces happiness. He distinguished the pleasures into lower and higher pleasures. The former constituted of tactile sensuous pleasure like sleeping or eating, while the latter comprised of more intellectual behavior like listening to elegant music or reading a poem...
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