Ethical consumerism

Ethical, Legal, and Socio-Cultural Practice in Group Counseling The subject of Suicide has provoked copious ethical, moral, and social deliberations and examinations (Harris & Hawton, 2005). Civilization has fought with the notion of suicide as well as attempting to make coherent logic of the behaviors that proceed (Harris & Hawton, 2005). In managing such a multifaceted individual and social subject, therapists may come across an abundant amount of ethical trials which must be resolved in…

Functional and Ethical Responsibilities of Leadership Paul Peterson Western Connecticut State University The functional and ethical roles of a leader are a vital part of today’s business model. The ability for an individual to achieve success throughout an organization is strongly related to how well he or she can achieve these responsibilities. The quality of an individual’s work and the ethics they apply toward achieving their goals make for strong characteristics of a leader. A…

during our formative years (Willard, n.d.). Although we can’t always pick the people we grow up around we can certainly choose the good traits and characteristics they possess. Ethical leaders use the body, mind and soul to provide internal direction so they can be at their best. As I reflect on my ethical body and leadership, it becomes clear that I am a combination of a participative and servant leader. Considering the importance of being a good leader, one of the most important…

Payment System The payment of Soldiers in the Brazilian Army presents another ethical conflict between officers and NCOs. The Payment Center of the Army is responsible for the payment of all personnel of the Brazilian Army. It uses a system where the officers receive more due their responsibilities and the other ranks follow receiving less and so on. Nonetheless, the ethical dilemma is in the mandatory assignments, in the financial assistance when the family has children under six years old,…

When being employed, more than likely one will have to interact with other individuals. In a perfect world, all that are involved in an organization would have ideal characteristics. If you were to rank co-workers on a scale, what factors do you think would be involved? Try to think of how results may be based off of leadership. Although Fielders’ LPC scale is subjective and characteristics are relative in contexts, the contingency theory is vastly well researched given the stated parameters…

In this paper I will use the views and theories of Ayn Rand on altruism, James Rachels’ view psychological egoism and Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative in order to propose a moral theory on how we ought to behave both individually and as a society. As a frame of reference, I will first present a case on why psychological egoism applies to humans which will tie in with both individual and global morality. In the same way, I will state reasons why I believe Rand was precise in pointing out…

Short Term 12 was a very interesting movie. It had hints of being realistic, but with aspects where you knew it was a movie. It’s about a group of workers who work in a foster care residential facility setting. The main character, Grace, deals with her own personal struggles while she supervises the children at the facility. I have a short bit of experience at a facility like Short Term 12 in some aspects; I can see where parts of the movie are realistic and where are some are an exaggeration…

The ethical dilemma was between the family of the Kids for Riches and Judge Ciavarella. Judge Ciavarella create a program in 2009, which he was to house juvenile delinquents and accepted and two-million-dollar finder’s fee to do so. Families accused Judge Ciavarella was happy to tear families apart for exchange for a payoff. Judge Ciavarella sentenced around 3,000 children. If, Ciavarella was to attempt to do the ethics of care then he would not have put himself and his greed before the…

Working for a law enforcement agency whether you are a certified officers or a civilian supervisor. All personnel take an oath and have a duty to protect and serve. We as Americans tend hold law enforcement personnel higher standard because we hope they have the moral virtue to do what is right and lead by example to make a unit run efficiently. However, when a leader is a psychological egoist with a utilitarian view, many times he/she tips the scales of right and wrong in order to give their…

These are the words spoken by Sumner Kimball when asked to describe the type of man that he wanted to staff his lifeboat stations. Sumner Kimball was an ethical and visionary leader. He established and championed a simple yet revolutionary plan for developing the country’s professional maritime lifesaving service. According to the book The U.S. Lifesaving Service (Heroes, Rescues, and Architecture of the early Coast Guard) by Ralph Shanks “he was concerned with acquiring quality personnel,…