• Describe any pivotal experiences or situations in your life that profoundly changed your ethical/ moral perspectives or that served to strengthen the perspectives that you already held.
One of the most pivotal experiences or situation that I had that profoundly changed my ethical/moral prospective to strengthen the perspective that I already have is when I was a manager at a fast food restaurant and we /I had an incident that took place. The incident was a missing deposit. It all started when I made the cash sheet for the daily run for the Dunbar Courier. The report said that the cash sheet was supposed to have two deposits. One was present the other one was not in the safe. One of my most ethical statement was to be open and honest as possible. When you work as a manager you are in the eyes of all the many people, costumers and businessmen that perceives you as a sound ethical person who does the business by the books. I can really vivid the points that occurred on that particular day, because that say will forever play over and over. What could have I done differently to prevent this from happening?
The day was on a Tuesday morning, and we had just finished a rush of people ordering food of the menu. when Dunbar, a service courier transportation that safeguards money while it is being transported to the bank, came in and was ready to receive the deposit. the courier gave me the key and I opened the safe, only one deposit was in the safe. I immediately called my owner-operator and explained what the situation was. He told me to just give the money to Dunbar courier and he will deal with the matter. I immediately acknowledge his request and proceeded to seal the bag, have the courier sign the book and let him leave wi...
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...ces that are the most likely to result in the long-term from following this philosophy.
Finally, the final vision when I complete this class is to reflect on my ultimate goal; strengthening my moral ethical code of business manners, conduct and prosperity. When I complete this class, I will use a smart method that will motivate me to use all of the philosophies that business used to make a sound decision whether it be a teleology, an egoism, a Utilitarianism, a Deontology, a Relativist, a Virtue Ethics or just plan justice. Philosophy that will work in the near future. IN long term thinking, these philosophies will enable me to make a sound business decision, both on an off the records of the judicial system when it comes to being right or wrong. I will also use the SMART method that will enable me to keep using goals and motivation that I will use prosperity.
When speaking about morals and ethics, every single individual will have their own opinion. Some will agree with your own, and some may not. Yet, when being a social worker it is not what your ethics and morals stand for, but it is our code. Code speaking for the NASW (National Association of Social Workers) code that we follow and stand by helping any client with any kind of circumstance.
Ferrell, O. C., Fraedrich, J., & Ferrell, L. (2011). Business ethics: Ethical decision making and cases: 2011 custom edition (8th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
Sometimes in life there are instances in which and individual must make a decision that will question their moral fiber. These instances could vary from whether or not to help others in need, decide whether an action is right or wrong or even when deciding who should live and who must die. How does one logically reason to an ethnical conclusion to these situations?
Ethical judgements limit the methods available in the production of knowledge in both the arts and the natural sciences. Discuss.
The word “Ethics” has its root in the Greek word ‘ethos’, which means character, spirit and attitude of a group of people or culture. Ethics is defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary as: a system of moral principles, by which human actions may be judged good or bad or right or wrong, and the rules of conduct recognized in respect of a particular class of human actions.
Many people may think that a being a paralegal is just like being a lawyer, but that is not the case. In fact, there are different types of paralegals just like there are different types of lawyers. These are some of the different types of paralegals that are out there: intellectual property (“IP”) paralegals, family law paralegals, and bankruptcy paralegals (“What Are The Different Types Of Paralegals?” n.d.). According to, “What Do Paralegals Do? (n.d.),” the duties of a paralegal are, “Conduct client interviews and maintain general contact with the client, locate and interview witnesses, conduct investigations, statistical and documentary research, conduct legal research, draft legal documents, correspondence and pleadings, summarize depositions, interrogatories and testimony, attend executions of wills, real
Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the moral principles and values that govern our behavior as human beings. It is important in the human experience that we are able to grasp the idea of our own ethical code in order to become the most sensible human beings. But in that process, can ethics be taught to us? Or later in a person’s life, can he or she teach ethics the way they learned it? It is a unique and challenging concept because it is difficult to attempt to answer that question objectively because everybody has his or her own sense of morality. And at the same time, another person could have a completely different set of morals. Depending on the state of the person’s life and how they have morally developed vary from one human
This concern of integrity and organizations like Wells Fargo to do what is right stems from our personal ethical framework. We all have one which helps us decide what is right and what is wrong. It is this decision that is a concern for organizations that must be managed on a day to day basis. Company’s such as Wells Fargo are so big that bad ethical behavior may be overlooked and not dealt with until the damage has already been done. Other organizations need to learn from Wells Fargo and start addressing their own organization ethical framework. This would include the organizational culture, business strategies, employee ethics concerns and the overall ethics and decision-making
We human beings live in a society. The society or the social world we live in is based on human cooperation. In other words, the individuals in a society do not live in an isolated self-centered world. The human interactive system presupposes ethical and moral standpoint from which we operate. My personal ethical system is based on “service before self” and “love your neighbors as yourself”.
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As a child, you probably don’t consider the meaning of such phraseology as “Code of Ethics”. In fact, I don’t recall that phrase ever coming into play. However, there were guiding principles that were modelled daily, and by extension we were expected to adopt and incorporate into our daily lives. I could not have imagined how her lessons, her modelling, her guiding principles would become such a solid foundation upon which I could build my personal and professional life. Respect and honesty were givens. It was something you practiced daily, no matter how challenging the moment might have been. These were gifts you gave yourself, for they made you the better person. As I matured, I came to realize that other
...have enabled me to understand what actions are clearly right or wrong and which ones are controversial. Critical reflection analysis of my ethical journey has empowered me to distinguish between actions that are obligatory, permissible, and wrong. Now, I have a better understanding of how to develop an approach to resolving ethical dilemmas. Indeed, it has been a challenging, but interesting journey.
Personal ethics play a crucial role in the life of everyone around us and it represents specific features and characteristics that have been formed through our family and society. Our personal ethics are influenced by cultural, beliefs, morals, and spiritual values. These decisions can have positive or negative impacts on society. In our daily lives, each and every person is responsible for making decisions that can influence those around us, such as people we work with, our family, and even those we go to school with. The focus of this paper is to identify my personal ethical values, indicate the primary influences, values that guided my decision, and the progress of my ethical goals.
Ethics is the branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. The term ethics derives from the Ancient Greek word ἠθικός ethikos, which is derived from the word ἦθος ethos . The branch of philosophy axiology comprises the sub-branches of Ethics and aesthetics, each concerned with concepts of value.
Every day we are confronted with questions of right and wrong. These questions can appear to be very simple (Is it always wrong to lie?), as well as very complicated (Is it ever right to go to war?). Ethics is the study of those questions and suggests various ways we might solve them. Here we will look at three traditional theories that have a long history and that provide a great deal of guidance in struggling with moral problems; we will also see that each theory has its own difficulties. Ethics can offer a great deal of insight into the issues of right and wrong; however, we will also discover that ethics generally won’t provide a simple solution on which everyone can agree (Mosser, 2013).