Applied ethics

moral issue is then arisen whether or not the torture of the innocent fourteen year old would be ethical. To properly investigate the morality of the issue at hand, one must look at the current moral theories; specifically, utilitarianism and Kantian ethics. The first moral theory, utilitarianism, is a subcategory of the popular moral theory consequentialism (64). As a general rule, utilitarianism finds that the results of actions matter, and that the moral thing is the…

The Development of Ethics and Integrity in the Law Enforcement Filled As technology has become a large part of the everyday world. Ever moment, decision, and or action is captured in order for it to be shared via a social media arena. Law enforcement is often scrutinized by the “Monday Night Quarterback” those individuals who analyze the police response by the few seconds video. Often passing judgment based on slit second decisions that has brought into the national conversation whether or not…

Ethics is very important for any organization or for any kind of business. Organizations with high ethical values achieve success where as the ones with no ethical values don't go far in terms of success. There are three factors which affect ethical behavior (Lussier, R. N., & Achua, C. F. 2013 Pg. 55-57) those are as follows: • Personality Characteristics: It depends on individual's personality to react ethically or unethically to situations. People who think about ethics positively tend to be…

Ethics is said to be the source of morals; a treatise on this, moral principles, recognized rules of conduct. The Character of a man is expressed in terms of his Conduct. Ethics thus can be considered as the source of character of a person expressed as right or wrong conduct or action. Business Ethics is not a special set of ethical rules different from ethics in general and appropriate only to business. The three terms used to define ethics are “Right, Proper, and Just” and the question is…

1. Last semester I took an Applied Ethics class and one of the philosophers we discussed was Peter Singer who is a utilitarian who believes in maximizing good and minimize harm and suffering. While Singer holds no firm religious belief in his adult life, he understands not all evil can be prevented but as humans we can do our part by at least minimizing it. His theory is, if you see a child drowning in a pond you should save the child. Like Singer, David Hume struggled with the idea of God…

helped to seek and understand how ethical theory plays into the idea of media and communication. In addition, this book presents case studies, which displays ethical theories as well as ways of ethical thinking. The author of the book believes that ethics is a public issue and a personal matter since teachers have the obligation to help their children to see the potentiality of rationality as well as objectivity in…

First Term Paper My Senior Enlisted Leader, Senior Chief Medina, stressed that even though he believes there is a clear right answer to this case study, but it is not an easy decision to make. The mission is very important, and in the Constitutional Paradigm the mission falls just below the Constitution. Accomplishing the mission would make the Skipper look good and in doing so make me, the Division Officer, look good. Great measures must be taken to accomplish the mission, but the mission is…

In life, society’s common goal is to be a successful person. But, to what extent will a person go to fulfill this need of success. Does success justify a person intentionally going against his/her morals/ beliefs or doing what deems necessary to be successful? Some may say this would be selfish, others would say this is what it takes to fulfill their dreams. This essay will focus on an upcoming lawyer who is faced with a big responsibility that could possibly hinder the start of his success. It…

to established ethical standards. The standards are generated in consideration of the principle of ethics. It is quite important to understand the different ethical principles because they stipulate the best way to conduct reliable research (Paul & Elder, 2006, p. 43). Ethical principles also play the role of guaranteeing the better treatment of the subject in research. Most importantly, ethics guarantee the human dignity of subjects by ensuring that participating in research does not…

Article #4 Abstract. The article reviewed was Revised AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. The key of the abstract is to demonstrate the improvements in AICPA Code of Professional Conduct that provides details on ethics for public accounting firms and business entities (p. 62). Introduction. The author studies sections of the revised code that provides an assistance on ethical rulings and violations of the conduct to interested groups. The main objective of the research is to describe processes…