Descriptive ethics

Publications in the Fields of Ecology and Environmental Ethics.” The authors, Daniel Gregorowius, Petra Lindemann-Matthies, and Markus Huppenbauer, discuss the ethical issues present in a multitude of academic articles in regards to the use of genetically modified crops. The authors of this article are all staff members at different universities and specialize in the field of science, specifically in biology and ecology, and what those have to do with ethics. Therefore, these authors are very…

accounting to have Ethics. This will be a qualitative research since it will be descriptive about ethics in accounting. Ethic is a term that refers to a moral system, and code that provides criteria evaluation. An ethical dilemma describes when an individual or group experiment by testing their own ethics. Many of these dilemmas are easily to be identified and resolved. For example, by calling your boss when falsely claiming to be ill is a temptation that will risk your personal ethics. As…

reaction. In the former case the nurse changed the question for patients to respond with another positive response. Another area of expertise is the natural science like physics, chemistry or biology, if we know these fields can be defined as a set of descriptive statements normally and objectively verified by a team of people. It comes in first as a free and independent ground in the neutral questions that may arise, without intent to persuade or condition the response of the other. This…

Ethics and Social Justice Code of Ethics According to Cooper (2012), codes of ethics are what provides the external controls for the organization. The beliefs, mission and vision are the guiding force for the employee’s professional behavior. Schein (1985) is an identified group (organization) having shared history and long standing tradition (Kurtz, 2003). Within a faith based organization, the assumption is that the creation of policies and practice will be of the highest ethical standards.…

Moral advertising is important to understand, not only to understand the right and wrong of business ethics of advertising, but to ensure that the public is not misinformed of the advertised product or service. For this unique ethical issue, the ethical challenge and dilemma of advertising will be analyzed. Also the traditional theories will be suggested to discover the potential resolution of the dilemma of moral advertising. The purpose of this paper will be to explain the ethical dilemma and…

Philosophical Journal #2 Chapter four is about Egoism, Altruism, and the Social Contract. Egoism is defined as someone who is primarily concerned with their own well-being. There are two kinds of Egoism, Descriptive Egoism and Psychological Egoism. Descriptive Egoism holds that people are basically self-centered or selfish; that is, people primarily pursue their own self-interest. This is true at birth, we are all born as a self-centered baby. We cry when we need something and we don’t…

Why business should be concerned about social sustainability? I was going over the Internet and I received on social sustainability and in particular, regarding its meaning. It is about a process for creating sustainable, successful places that improve wellbeing, through understanding what people need form the places in which they live and work (Wikipedia.com). Social sustainability includes many aspects such as labor rights, social responsibility, human rights and so on. So I started…

Introduction: The chapter “Sexual Morality” focuses on the ethics surrounding many topics including sexuality, sex education, and STD’s. It also discusses some topics about the prevalence of sexual activity in different cultures and some more weighted topics like teenage pregnancy and rape. The first question asked in the chapter is a significant meta ethical question concerning the nature of things that are sexual. What is an accurate definition we can use to define what sexual means so that…

The ninth standard applicable to the contribution of the performance ratings based on the FFT evaluation approach relates to professionalism, leadership and advocacy (Illinois State Board of Education, 2012). In this case, the teacher evaluation should assess the model professional behavior reflecting the honesty, integrity, confidentiality, respect and personal responsibility. Importantly, the evaluation is required to assess the maintenance of accurate records, effective management of data…

Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean can be found in his works referenced in the second book of his Nicomachean Ethics. Though the doctrine seems to be simplistic at face value, it’s complexity is quite intriguing. I believe that Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean doesn’t truly help us make particular moral decisions because of how vague it is. Yet, it guides us in our approach to the moral decisions at hand. The Doctrine of the mean is often referred to as the “Golden Mean.” The mean is a virtue…