...Euthyphro 1. What charges is Euthyphro bringing against his father? Euthyphro is charging is father with murder. Does it seem to you like Euthyphro has a reasonable case? Explain No because Euthyphro did not know the meaning from piety to impiety, he did not really have a statement to charge his farther with murder... 2. Pay attention to tone. How would you describe Socrates’ tone in the first part of this dialogue? You may need to come back to this one after you have read the whole thing. Socrates tone of voice started passive but then it started getting heavy after he found out that Euthyphro did know he was talking about. 3. What are the four definitions of piety/holiness that Euthyphro tries to give to Socrates? (Some interpreters say there are five, what do YOU think?) Euthyphro states that the following means Piety- prosecuting anyone who is guilty of murder, sacrilege, or of any similar crime. Then he goes on by saying that God love is pious and holy, and the opposite, which they all hate, impious. I think the fifth definition Euthyphro states is that piety is what is dear to the gods and impiety is that which is not dear to gods... 4. How does Socrates respond to each of these answers? Socrates stated all the gods hate is impious, and what they love pious or holy; and what some of them love and others hate is both or neither he was trying to say does not mean that is the definition of piety and impiety. Socrates you knew there was a difference between words. 5. Does Socrates...
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...Ethics Final ETH/316 10/06/2013 In Ethics 316 we discussed what it means to not only be ethical but what it means to be socially responsible. In the next few pages we will be looking more in depth week by week on what ethical theories are, what it means to be socially responsible, and how something could be ethical but not legal. Ethical Theories During our first week we looked at Ethical Theories which included deontological ethics, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics. To go through and brake down each one individually would take way to long, so instead we will be looking more into Utilitarianism. To be able to discuss Utilitarianism we first need to understand what it is. According to Michael Boylan Basic Ethics, Second Edition (2009), “Utilitarianism is a theory that suggests that an action is morally right when that action produces more total utility for the group than any other alternative. Sometimes this has been shortened to the slogan, “The greatest good for the greatest number.” All ethics play some part in what we consider right and wrong, but Utilitarianism also looks at cause and effect. We see cause and effect in our everyday lives with the decisions we make even at a subconscious level. In business we look at what will benefit not only the business but ourselves and compare it to the outcome to determine if it will benefit what we are trying to achieve. A basic way to look at it would be “If I work hard and show them I am capable of not only...
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...happiness or pleasure, wrong if they tend to produce unhappiness or pain. Utilitarian ethics primarily values the good of the community over the good of the individual; as overall,...
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...CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS ETHICS?* Stories about “unethical” behavior in business abound. The recent scandals permeating the financial services, savings and loan, and other industries have caused a growing concern about ethics in the workplace. Success often appears to be measured in only dollars. The claim that “greed is good” seems to reflect the behavior of many people in our society. Indeed, the desire to possess more and more seems pervasive—and business, like other institutions, reflects the values, beliefs, and personal goals of our society. Time, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, and countless other magazines and newspapers have called attention to unethical practices, bemoaning the “sleaze, scandals, and hypocrisy”1 undermining our moral bearings. In short, there is a great deal of concern about ethics in general, and business ethics in particular. This reading will examine what ethics is and how people decide what is “right” and “wrong.” The word ethics has a number of meanings. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary gives several definitions of ethics, including: ● the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation ● a set of moral principles or values ● a theory or system of moral values 2 ● the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group. Ethics, in all of these definitions, is concerned with right or wrong behavior. This reading focuses on the discipline or study of ethics. 1. THE DISCIPLINE OF ETHICS This discipline...
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...Similarities and Differences in Virtue Theory, Utilitarianism, and Deontological Ethics This document will discuss the similarities and differences between virtue theory, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics. A persons ethical and social responsibility is very important to their personal and business success. Unfortunately, it is difficult to identify and classify what is ethical and moral. I will also provide a personal example of one of the ethical behavior. The first question you must ask yourself is what are the meaning of Virtue Theory, utilitarianism, and Deontological. According to the Webster Dictionary; Virtue- normally good behavior or character, a good moral quality, or the good result that comes from somerthing. Now what does that mean in laymens term, After reviewing the technical and professional expernatiation When talking about ethics it is hard to distinguish between ethics and morality. It is also hard to distinguish exactly what realm of ethics contributes to my everyday decisions. Ethics can be defined as “well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues [and] ethics refers to the study and development of one's ethical standards” (Andre, Shanks, & Velasquez, 2010, para. 8-9). According to Psychology Today (2013) morality is, “ethics, evil, greed, sin, and conscience” (para. 1). “Morals can vary from person to person...
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...Rule Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The most universal of all frameworks Utilitarian Do what creates the most good for the most people or the least harm. Kant's Categorical Imperative Act in such a way that the action taken under the circumstances could be a universal law or rule of behavior—everyone would agree to do it this way. Principles of Rights A right is “inalienable” (as stated in the U.S. Constitution) and can only be overridden by a more basic right—but the issue is whose right is right. There are many types of rights claimed. Principles of Justice Justice involves the “fair” treatment of each person—problem is agreeing on what is “fair.” There are various types of justice claimed. Rawls’ theory of justice is discussed in the text. Principles of Caring Based on feminist theories of relationships. Virtue Ethics Based on Plato and Aristotle. Certain things are just in and of themselves to be done such as honesty, fairness, truthfulness, benevolence which lead to building one’s character. Servant Leadership Rotary International credo—others before self. You lead by serving others. Ten characteristics of servant leadership are discussed in the text. The Professional Ethic Take only those actions that would be viewed as being proper by a disinterested panel of your professional colleagues (doctors, lawyers, accountants, etc). Just because a profession has a code of ethics, it does not mean that everyone in that...
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...Ethics Objectives: 1. What are ethics? 2. What ethical theories and frameworks can impact our analysis of ethical behavior examples to demonstrate these frameworks you are already learning 3. Professional ethics “Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public in the performance of their professional duties.” ASCE Code of Ethics 1. What are ethics? Ethics: a set of values or group of moral principles that are right and good a code or principles of behavior or conduct governing an individual or group Engineering Ethics: activity or discipline aimed at understanding the moral values that should guide engineering practice (only since late 1970s has systematic attention to ethics been devoted by engineers and others, as spurred by a national engineering ethics project sponsored by the U.S. Government (NSF, NEH) in 1978-1980) Why study ethics? to increase your ability as engineers to responsibly confront moral issues raised by technological activity not always in short term best interest, and bring long-term into decision making ethics are imprecise, complex, and in a given situation may conflict vague = which moral considerations to apply to a situation and in what “hierarchy” conflicting moral reasons are common, resulting in a moral dilemma disagreement over how to interpret, apply, and balance moral reasons in particular situations Illustrative “Thinking” Exercise You and your best friend graduate...
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...many ways to define "ethics," almost as many as there are ethicists. For our purposes, let's use this definition: Ethics is the discipline and practice of applying value to human behavior (as well as to the constructs of human culture particularly to morality, customs and laws) resulting in meaningfulness. From the earliest moments of recorded human consciousness, the ethical discipline has exhibited four fundamental "approaches" These four approaches are often called "ethical decision-making frameworks:" Utilitarian Ethics (outcome based), Deontological Ethics (duty based), Virtue Ethics (virtue based) and Communitarian Ethics (community based). Each has a distinctive point of departure as well as distinctive ways of doing the fundamental ethical task of raising and answering questions of value. It is also important to understand that all four approaches have both overlaps and common elements. Some of the "common elements" of all four approaches are the following: · Impartiality: weighting interests equally · Rationality: backed by reasons a rational person would accept · Consistency: standards applied similarly to similar cases · Reversibility: standards that apply no matter who "makes" the rules These are, in a sense, the rules of the "ethics game", no matter which school or approach to ethics one feels the closest identity. The Utilitarian approach is perhaps the most familiar and easiest to understand of all the four approaches to ethics. Whether we think...
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...as the standard. Although I realize that given the fact that the best of philosophers have failed to give solid arguments for either ethical relativism or ethical absolutism will most likely be unable as well, however that is not my goal. Rather my purpose is simply to make us question the ethical relativism to which we have become so accustomed, and to demonstrate some reasons why ethical absolutism may be correct. We all know that people, in general, treat ethics as being subjective. Does that, however, make that right, just, and ethical? To put it simply, the answer is: no. This is obvious given the common example, "if all the other kids were jumping off a cliff, would you do it too." The masses are not always right. So now the thought in all your minds is "come on - go ahead! Prove us wrong." I'm not trying to prove anything, however I will hopefully give you enough information to make you question what is right, and if I do, then I've accomplished my goals. Lets begin with the basics. "What are absolute ethics?" Ethical Absolutism, is undeviating moral discipline. Nothing is relative; a crime is a crime, regardless of circumstances. For a quick demonstration of ethical relativism let us use the example of murder. Is it ok to kill someone without reason? Obviously both ethical standpoints would say no. Now lets assume that the murderer is a doctor who could kill one patient to save another. In this case both ethical groups still say no. Once we keep with this situation...
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...balance these acts so that they may be honorable, a person must follow the concept of the golden mean. The golden mean is being able to find the average or middle ground between two actions. A person must use practical wisdom so that he/she can acquire the golden mean in a situation. You acquire practical wisdom from family, friends, and good nurturing. Using practical wisdom requires reflecting on a specific situation and applying whatever wisdom we may have to that situation (Flannigan Week 8 Lecture, Ch.12). This theory can apply to the Ethical Standard 3.3 because the victim advocate must gain practical wisdom from not only a good upbringing, but from previous case experiences so that the advocate can find the most appropriate golden mean in a situation that may bring about feelings of blame, doubt, judgement, or condemnation onto the victim (Ethical Standards of the NAVSC, pg. 20). For example, if the victim begins to feel judged by the victim advocate, the advocate must find the middle ground so that the victim may feel like the advocate cares enough, but doesn’t overdo it where it feels judgmental to the victim; Nevertheless, finding the golden mean in some situations...
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...A New Work Ethic 1 Running head: A NEW WORK ETHIC A New Work Ethic Business Ethics January 24, 2011 A New Work Ethic 2 As I read the case study “A New Work Ethic,” I began to noticed strong similarities of my own experiences and the work environment explored by the human resource manager James Sheehy. What he had uncovered happened to be very shocking. He described this new generation of workers as having a frightening new work ethic with no regards to superiority. Sheehy states they display contempt for customers, indifference to quality and service, unrealistic expectations about the world of work, and have a get-away-with-what-you-can attitude. His investigation on the matter reminds me of a group of colleagues at a previous work environment of my own. This certain group of colleagues had a work ethic like no other that I had seen before. Their work habits displayed pure laziness and self absorbed behaviors which weighed heavily on company production as well as company time. Their bad habits not only put a burden on the company’s pocket book, but easily influenced new employees to do the same and angered the ones willing to put forth the effort. The implications of the Sheehy’s work ethic study describes a grim outcome for the future of American businesses. Much of America’s younger generation lack the initiative and strong work ethics of their older predecessors. The young people...
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...Week 1: Business Ethics and International Responsibility - Discussion The World Bank Situation (graded) Class, please read Chapter 2, problem 5 from the Jennings text, p. 72. This week, we will discuss the Wolfowitz situation at the World Bank. Consider the questions at the end of the problem as you make comments in the threads this week. What are the ethics here? Was Wolfowitz trying to do the right thing? Does that make a difference ethically? Throughout the week, I will bring in further questions. Be sure to read the lecture and the international ethics article stated in your reading for the week as well. Responses Response Author Date/Time Wolfowitz and Riza Parvez Rana 4/30/2012 8:06:35 PM Wolfowitz has acknowledged his direct role in the job transfer and pay raise for his longtime companion, who worked in the bank's Middle East department, to avoid supervising her. He has said that he did so only at the direction of the ethics committee. Wolfowitz and Shaha Riza knew what they were doing; it was neither an accident or an oversight, and she was complicit in a raise or series of raises she did not earn legitimately.And does anyone think Wolfowitz and or Riza should be made to repay all her raise money? RE: Wolfowitz and Riza Stephanie Garrigan 5/4/2012 11:15:26 AM By Wolfowitz's disclosure to the board of his relationship with Ms. Riza it did in effect protected Ms. Riza'sfuture whether she was a employee or not. The board then...
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...Introduction Business ethics are not as complicated or abstract as one might think. A simple way to evaluate whether or not a practice is ethical is to determine the ultimate effect of that practice. For example, if the manager of a store paid his cleaning employee less than the going rate to clean his store, knowing exactly what the going rate is, several things could happen to damage the business. The employee could suffer serious financial implications or the employee could leave and find another position where she does not feel exploited. The subject of ethics is often considered abstract or relative by those who believe that rules do not always apply to them. Rules and laws apply to everyone. It is unfortunate that some employees in the upper echelons of the corporate ladder decide to act unethically, but it is a fact of business and of life. For this reason, it is best for a business to be careful of who they promote within their company. Corporate responsibility is a phrase heavily used in the business world. Often mentioned to enhance the image of an organization, corporate responsibility does have a true meaning. Businesses that use energy efficient lighting and offer their employees a fair pay rate are practicing corporate responsibility. Corporate responsibility is an integral part of business ethics and should be practiced by all entities, whether large or small. Corporate responsibility simply means that each individual within a company is practicing personal...
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...Aigerim Karimova Marketing, 11.816 Essay What are the opportunities in ethically dealing with customers? Do we really need ethically dealing with customers? Why? Can we have a deal with client without ethic? Where will it lead? I will try to give answers on these questions that you have read above in my essay. I would like to describe short stories which happened with my mom in the past. First story is about her job in travel agency as Tourism Manager. She worked in big company that had a lot of clients. A big amount of clients means high salary. Everybody knows that. There were a competition between workers; everyone wanted to have one or two rich clients according to whom they could not be afraid about salary and profit from selling. So, these travel agents forgot about ethics and openly told to poor or medium clients that they had nothing to offer them. It was awful. They fended off them as if from annoying flies. There was such situation as client came and worker cast him out just glancing at him. This client came to my mother and told her about such attitude. She was a top-manager and she was obliged to solve the problem. When I heard about this attitude to clients, who did not have enough money to order “VIP” tour, I was outraged. It’s unfair. I think that any kind of business it’s first of all service. These workers has a job, they should serve clients and earn money. Elementary, if they understand that client cannot pay for expensive journey, they should have...
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...13-Antonakis.qxd 11/26/03 5:38 PM Page 302 CHAPTER 13 Ethics and Leadership Effectiveness Joanne B. Ciulla T he moral triumphs and failures of leaders carry a greater weight and volume than those of nonleaders (Ciulla, 2003b). In leadership we see morality magnified, and that is why the study of ethics is fundamental to our understanding of leadership. The study of ethics is about human relationships. It is about what we should do and what we should be like as human beings, as members of a group or society, and in the different roles that we play in life. It is about right and wrong and good and evil. Leadership is a particular type of human relationship. Some hallmarks of this relationship are power and/or influence, vision, obligation, and responsibility. By understanding the ethics of this relationship, we gain a better understanding of leadership, because some of the central issues in ethics are also the central issues of leadership. They include the personal challenges of authenticity, self-interest, and self-discipline, and moral obligations related to justice, duty, competence, and the greatest good. Some of the most perceptive work on leadership and ethics comes from old texts and is out there waiting to be rediscovered and reapplied. History is filled with wisdom and case studies on the morality of leaders and leadership. Ancient scholars from the East and West offer insights that enable us to understand leadership and Author’s Note:...
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