...Personal Ethics Versus Professional Ethics Term personal ethics to mean one’s conscience and the term professional ethics to mean adherence to a professional code. Sometimes those two roles can conflict. For instance, we have cases of doctors who have refused to prescribe the morning after pill, because they believe it will terminate a human life. In this case the doctor has decided that his personal ethics will guide him or her. Personal ethics depends highly on personal beliefs and loyalties, and results in behavior in a person's life in his relationships, family and friends. It defines our stand on what is right or wrong.This branch of ethics gradually develops since our childhood and tend to emulate the things which are set as an moral value to us by our parents or guardians in the family. Professional ethics defines adherence to rules and regulation .Here the individual is expected to follow religiously, the code of ethics framed by the organization .It can be heavily influenced by the culture of the organization but it cannot change as frequently as the personal ethics. Also it depends highly on the requirements of the profession, looking out for the interests of the organization as well as the customers. We are often bound legally by our professional ethics, such as confidentiality and due diligence. Professional ethics are usually written and signed, and rarely change over time. There may be at times where our personal ethics can conflict with our...
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...rated Nursing to be the most ethical profession and expecting nursing professionals to illustrate the highest ethical standards from any industry. Nurses are held accountable for the patient and their family’s welfare. The ANA provides the Nursing profession guidelines to treat every patient with dignity, respect, and compassion also free from any personal judgment of race, social or economic status, personal disparities, or disregard to health status. The American Nurses’ Association illustrates how to carry out your professional practice with their primary focus on the patient and their family. As nursing we must respect professional boundaries, to include the privacy and confidentiality of the patient and family. Nurses must maintain a respect for human dignity, and hold in the patient as the primary focus. (ANA, 2015). The nurse’s duties include the responsibility to follow guidelines and regulations, acting only on duties within the scope of the professional practice. Also, any nurse who maintains licensure in any state must also adhere to the regulations and their respective boards. The ANA creates community for an ethical culture so that nurses can deal with the daily ethical decision-making, so knowing how the organizational culture will affect those decisions is important. Nurses have certain standards to go by and if they are not making the right choices he or she are violating their professional ethical culture. It was very surprising to me that the ANA did not make...
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...ENGINEERING ETHICS SENSES OF ‘ENGINEERING ETHICS’ The word ethics has different meanings but they are correspondingly related to each other. In connection with that, Engineering ethics has also various senses which are related to one another. Comparison of the senses of Ethics and Engineering Ethics Ethics 1. Ethics is an activity which concerns with making investigations and knowing about moral values, finding solutions to moral issues and justifying moral issues and justifying moral judgments. 2. Ethics is a means of contrasting moral questions from non-moral problems. 3. Ethics is also used as a means of describing the beliefs, attitudes and habits related to an individual’s or group’s morality. Eg. : Ethics given in the Bhagavat Gita or the Bible or the Quran. 4. As per the definition of dictionaries – ‘moral principles’ is about the actions and principles of conduct of the people. i.e. ethical or unethical. Engineering Ethics 1. Like the ethics, engineering ethics also aims at knowing moral values related to engineering, finding accurate solutions to the moral problems in engineering and justifying moral judgments of engineering. 2. Engineering Ethics gives a total view of the moral problems and how to solve these issues specifically related to engineering field. 3. Engineering ethics is also using some currently accepted codes and standards which are to be followed by group of engineers and engineering societies. 4. Engineering ethics also...
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...Professional EThics Professional Ethics Legal and ethical issues are frequently encountered in the health care setting and present unique challenges to health care professionals. Practicing nurses need to be knowledgeable with these concepts to ensure patient’s rights. In this paper, the author will describe the relationships between legal and ethical issues. In addition, the author will identify personal values and professional ethics and examine ethical theories and principles. Examples of applications of legal and ethical issues to current practice will also be provided. Relationships Between Legal and Ethical Issues “Ethics is the branch of philosophy concerned with evaluating human action” (Guido, 2010, p. 3). It is based on the principles of right and wrong and provides structure to behaviors and actions. Ethics are closely intertwined with morals and values. Morals are “personal principles that are acquired from life experiences, family and peer relationships, religion, culture, and the law” (Guido, 2010, p. 3). Values are “personal beliefs about the truths and worth of thoughts, objects, or behavior” (Guido, 2010, p. 3). Therefore, ethics are subject to an individual’s personal interpretation. In contrast, laws are rules and regulations established by some authority and enforced by judicial decision (Dictionary.com, 2011). The legal system governs actions and behaviors without regard to personal values, beliefs, and views. Laws are constantly evolving to...
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...Professional Ethics Paper Carolyn Smith HCS/478 August 15, 2011 Ann-Marie Peckham Professional Ethics Paper The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship among professional values, ethics, and legal issues. A person’s personal values and ethics can influence their professional values and ethics in the workplace. Finding the right balance between personal and professional views in the workplace will help foster a successful career. This paper will cover relationships between legal and ethical issues as well as personal values and professional ethics. Relationships between Legal and Ethical Issues According to Wacker-Guido & Watson (2010), there are eight ethical principles that nurses encounter when making decisions in clinical settings, autonomy, beneficence, no maleficence, veracity, justice, paternalism, fidelity, and respect or others. In other terms nurses have personal freedom, the right of self-determination, a duty to perform good actions, duty to prevent any harm for occurring to their patients, the obligation to tell the truth, treat all patients equally and fairly, allow others to make decisions for individual patients, keep promises and commitments they make, and to treat everyone with respect. Ethical values are influenced by personal feelings, and are interpreted differently depending on the beliefs of the individual. The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia defines the code of ethics for nurses as follows: The code of ethics for nurses was...
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...Running head: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Professional Ethics Paper Patrick Kelley University of Phoenix Health Law and Ethics NUR 478 Susan Lawson, RN, MS, CLNC July 18, 2010 Professional Ethics Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationships between legal and ethical issues, identify personal values and professional ethics, examine ethical theories and principles, and apply these to current practice examples. Nurses face an ever-growing complexity within their practice as professionals. Understanding the relationship between legal and ethical issues and how to apply that understanding to every day practice is paramount for today’s professional nurse. This paper will further explore these ethical theories and principles while discussing how personal values affect an individual’s nursing practice. The Relationship Between Legal and Ethical Issues Nurses, as with any job, face challenges in order to accomplish the tasks of their role. This is one of the reasons that it is important to have a description that serves as guidance as to how the role is to be accomplished. Without such guidelines, it is likely that there will be a breach of established rules along the way to performing duties and accomplishing the job duties. In situations where one person exercises authority over another, there are important guidelines that define relationship between the two parties. Legal and ethical principles...
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...Professional Values and Ethics Learning Team A University of Phoenix The purpose of this paper is to explain the impact of professional values and ethics can have on one’s career. It will explain how adhering to such values can lead to a successful career and how straying from those values can destroy both a career as well as an individual. This will be done by identifying three sources of professional values and describing their impact on a career. Values and Ethics Anytime a person speaks of ethics or values a myriad of definitions may flood the mind. This is because the terms have different meanings to different people. Webster defines ethics as “the discipline dealing with what is good and bad or right and wrong or with moral duty and obligation.”(Webster, 2009) As different people have varying ideas of what is right or wrong, one can easily see why it is difficult to come up with clear understandings of how to act in all situations. Usually, people think ethics and values come into play when making praiseworthy decisions. However, “all decisions-whether judged highly ethical, grossly unethical or anywhere in between are values-based.”(Urbany 2008, p 75) Looking closer at how ethics and values play a role in a professional environment one can define three sources of values: Professional integrity, academic integrity and personal values. Integrity involves a formal relationship one has with oneself. (Stanford 2008) For the purposes of this paper...
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...OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT COURSE CODE: OUMM 3203 COURSE TITTLE: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FATHIMATH ADAM S0942950 TUTOR’S NAME: MR MUSLIM ANEES LEARNING CENTRE: VILLA COLLEGE TRIMESTER: SEPTEMBER 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Identification of Ethical dilemma 3 2.1. Reasons why it is an Ethical dilemma 4 3. Analysis of Dilemma 5 3.1. Effects on Stakeholders 8 3.1.1. Deceptive Argument 8 3.1.2. Normative Argument 9 3.1.3. Instrumental Argument 9 1. Recommendation and Solution 9 2. Conclusion 10 Reference List 11 1. Introduction This study concerns ethical dilemma that is occurring in Muartoto Pvt Ltd. In addition the dilemma will be analyzed using all the relevant theories of moral reasoning and ethics. Moreover, a solution statement will be recommended by analyzing the problem in the perspective of economic, legal and ethical. Reduction in workforce due to economic downturn has become a biggest concern for the employee in today’s organizations. The matter has become the forefront of the legal and policy agendas in several countries of employment context. Downsizing the workforce is critically challenging for human resource (HR) professionals. HR professionals must be a concerned about designing and executing a workforce reduction strategy that is ethically balanced. (Ronald, 2007) 2. Identification of Ethical dilemma Muartoto Pvt Ltd is expanded into wide range of service...
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...Professional Ethics The Good Will: Kant claims that the only thing good in itself is the “Good Will.” Therefore, doing something just because you think it is good doesn’t make the act necessarily good. For example, your significant other asks you to go to the Dave Chappelle show with them. You either go because you know it will make them happy, or you go because you are a huge Dave Chappelle fan or you reluctantly go to the show even though you have tons of homework to do. According to Kant doing an act of good will means doing it strictly for the sake of duty. This means you are simply doing it because it is your job to do so. So in the situation with the Dave Chappelle show, if I were to go reluctantly to the show even though I have homework to do, I would be going out of good will. The other two reasons for going wouldn’t be considered good will because I would be getting some sort of pleasure or reward out of attending the show. You should feel no emotions other than “you must do this because it’s your duty.” The Function of Reason: Kant’s moral philosophy is largely grounded on practical reasoning. Kant believes that “Human reason is by its nature architectonic.” Meaning that reason allows us to identify grounds behind every truth. Generality helps explain the way things are by grouping things together in higher and higher levels from particular and contingent to the global and universal. Kant argues that the entire empirical world must be conceived of by reason...
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...Journal of Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy Volume 3, Number 1 (Winter 2003), pp. 1‐26 Ayn Rand and Contemporary Business Ethics Stephen R. C. Hicks Introduction: business and the free society Advocates of the free society think of business as an integral part of the dynamic, progressive society they advocate. In the West, the rise of a culture hospitable to business has unleashed incalculable productive energies. Business professionals have taken the products of science and revolutionized the fields of agriculture, transportation, and medicine. Business professionals have taken the products of art and dramatically increased our access to them. We have more food, we are more mobile, we have more health care, we have more access to works of fiction, theater, and music than anyone could reasonably have predicted a few centuries ago. The result of business in the West, and more recently in parts of the East, has been an enormous rise in the standard of human living. We have gone, in the space of a few centuries, from a time in which perhaps 10% of the population lived comfortably while 90% lived near subsistence to a time in which 90% live better than comfortably and 10% live near subsistence. And we haven’t given up on the remaining 10%. Intellectuals who study the free society have, in the fields of economics and politics, a good understanding of what makes this possible: individualism. In economics there exists a well worked out understanding of ...
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...MAY 2012 OUMM 3203 PROFESSSIONAL ETHICS MATRICULATION NO: : 861215566517001 IDENTITY CARD NO: : 861215-56-6517 TELEPHONE NO: : 017-2542131 E-MAIL ADDRESS : VICKY_BUISS@YAHOO.COM LEARNING CENTRE : PPNS ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN MANAGEMENT “A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world” Albert Camus “Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality” Albert Schweitzer INTRODUCTION 1. General. Management in general is a command function that requires detail and in depth research, planning, coordination, validation and implementation to ensure the desired Vision, Mission and Objectives of an organization is achieved both effectively and collectively. Therefore, management is an important tool towards the success and sustainability of any organization. As such, the need to have a clear understanding on the true meaning of management and other related subject matters in relation to this paper is as follows: a. Management. ‘Management’, generally means the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. Management in its broad sense comprises of planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing and controlling. b. Ethics. ‘Ethics’ also known as ‘Moral Philosophy’ can be defined as the principles of morally acceptable conduct of individuals. Ethics also means an individual’s personal...
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...Professional Ethics Karen Shrader AB230-01 Foundations of Conference and Event Planning August 25, 2013 In reading the scenario of Martha and Diane I find that there are some unethical decisions on Diane’s part. Because she was an old friend of Martha’s she used that to sway Diane into the expensive end of food versus a more reasonable price. $80,000 is a lot of money for a 3-day meeting providing that they are only have lunch two (2) out of the three (3) days, one (1) day they are on their own for dinner with Friday being there only day that the company would be providing meals all day long for the attendees. Diane should do what is in the best interest of her client and not what benefits her. She was hired to plan the event and it’s her responsibility to handle the situation in a business-like manner. Sure it would be nice to see her old friend Martha but she was taking advantage of that by pricing things way more expensive than they needed to be. And of course Diane thought her friend was looking out for her but reality is Martha was thinking about Martha and the incentive she was going to receive from the revenue of the event plus a bonus from the company. To be fair to both the company and Diane, Martha should offer her the same food on the menu she would for any other client if it wasn’t a personal friend. Business and friendship sometimes doesn’t always work out very well. As for the contract issue, the contract doesn’t appear to have been accepted by both parties...
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... Reference 16 1.0 Introduction The field of ethics or moral philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. Philosophers today usually divide ethical theories into three general subject areas; metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics (Fieser, 2013). Metaethics investigates where our ethical principles come from, and what they mean. Are they merely social inventions? Do they involve more than expressions of our individual emotions? Metaethical answers to these questions focus on the issues of universal truths, the will of God, the role of reason in ethical judgments, and the meaning of ethical terms themselves. Normative ethics takes on a more practical task, which is to arrive at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. This may involve articulating the good habits that we should acquire, the duties that we should follow, or the consequences of our behavior on others. Finally, involving in examining specific controversial issues, such as abortion, infanticide, animal rights, environmental concerns, homosexuality, capital punishment, or nuclear war. By using the conceptual tools of metaethics and normative ethics, discussions in applied ethics try to resolve these controversial issues. The lines of distinction between metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics are often unclear. For example, the issue of abortion is an applied ethical topic since it...
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...1. Based on the Value Paradigm as seen in fig.1 “Understanding Human Values” you are tasked to make some listing on how the following value indicators below truly make a difference in the values of people. Language – the way they speak Music, dance art and images of feelings – it gives sense of identity to every individual, creating in person uniqueness and a way of identifying oneself within a certain group. Food and the way they eat – distinguish an individual from the rest through the way that he/she chooses foods to eat. Foods that he/she chooses and eat define him or her through physical aspect and his/he belief in manipulation of foods. Recreation – activity or activities that allow an individual to spend his free time in a more constructive manner. This gives an individual immediate and inherent satisfaction. Dress – signifies somewhat an status symbol for a person because if he dresses in a way that is different from the others he becomes known to them. Beliefs – convictions of people that leads him towards the achievement of his goals and thus makes him successful. Likes – sense of having an interest towards certain people or things which makes an individual keener on his works or projects. 2. Figure 2 provides an understanding of how values are communicated, and who the Values Communicators are. Discussion on “Why do you think our parents are considered number one communicators of values?” Parents are considered number one communicator of values...
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...1. Professional Code of Ethics (Page 13, third paragraph): Every discipline has its own set of rules and regulations that need to be followed if one practices it. These are known as professional codes of ethics. These codes provide its professionals with the guidelines that must be followed in order to remain loyal and ethical with the respective profession. If one violates any of the stated codes, he/she may face serious penalty and can even get their practicing license cancelled. Many a times, these codes might be unwritten assuming that they would be too obvious to be written as a part of the code of ethics for that profession. For instance, to check the expiry date of the medicine before administrating it to the ailing patient would be so obvious that not all medical bodies would mention it. But it is the duty of the doctor or nurse to do so. Not all the times can one expect to get every single and minute detail to be written and be a part of the professional ethics. Many a times, it becomes too natural to be followed. Thus not following such duties and later on blaming the code of ethics would be lame and inexcusable. It often happens that not all the code of ethics appear moral. We might even face conflicts in certain cases and find it difficult to practice our profession remaining within the boundary of ethical codes. In such cases, it is always permissible to assess the situation and try to work out in a way that would give an outcome which would be in favor of all...
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