...Responsibilities Danielle Carter SOC 120 Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility (ACG1417K) Professor Ravenelle May 11, 2014 Applying Ethical Theories to the Media and its Responsibilities Media is best defined as a means of communication that reaches and could possibly influence people widely through radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and most recently the internet (media, n.d.). Malcom X stated it best when he said, “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses” (Malcom X, n.d.). No matter if you are young or old, rich or poor, or what race you are, media can influence a person both positively and negatively. The media has the ability to make a person that no one knew one day to the most talked about person in a country and they are also capable of running a person’s life in the matter of seconds. The main responsibility the media has is to present unbiased, fair, and accurate information to the public. The media typically reports on local weather, local traffic and traffic related accidents, local, nationwide, and sometimes worldwide crime, sports news and scores, government issues and news, entertainment news, and anything that would be of high public interest or controversies. Many ethical theories such as utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics can be applied to the topic of the media and its responsibilities...
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...Ethics Paper FIN 310 Due: December 18, 2013. Please locate one news story, dated on or after September 1, 2013, having to do with business ethics as they may apply to finance professionals. Attach the story and discuss it more-or-less along the following lines: If it describes a problem, propose your own solution. If it proposes a solution, critique it. If it describes a situation as non-problematic and therefore requiring no solution, state whether or not you agree, and why. Your analysis should include a discussion of applicable legal rules and ethical codes, of any. It also should identify competing viewpoints and address international variation if relevant. The rubric for grading this question is as follows: Task Description Deficient Below Expectations As expected Identify at least one current issue that involves business ethics as they relate to financial professionals (30%) Fails to identify any genuine issue. (0 – 4 points) Identifies one genuine issue explicitly listed in the article. (5 – 10 points) Identifies at least one genuine issue not explicitly listed in the article. (11 – 25 points) Discuss applicable ethics codes or legal rules; identify competing viewpoints; address international variance if relevant. (40%) Fails to identify applicable ethics code or legal rules, fails to identify competing viewpoints and/or fails to address relevant international variation. (0 – 6 points) Fails to advance a ...
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...The Deception by the Investigating Officer paper 544 3/21/2016 Melba V. Pearson The Deception by the Investigating Officer paper In life, there three parts of a story, in the criminal justice field there is law enforcement's part of the story. Then there is the person in questions part of the story, and then there is the part, which holds the truth in the story. People are naturally born, to do everything in their power to make sure they can safeguard their existence. Despite, anyone found culpable with committing a criminal act or also not found guilty, of doing criminal acts likelihood of them meeting consequences for their conduct will likely be all the time. People will refute actions as such, to avoid consequences from being done to them. Police officers employees walk on eggshells with considering the use, with deception to discover the truth in the matter. This paper will discuss, Is it moral to lie to acquire the truth and do the ends justify the means of it, there a contention between the codes of ethics how police officer indeed led, the parts do physical conduct and nonverbal communication play in identifying deception also the conclusion. Is it moral to lie to acquire the truth and do the ends justify the means of it The ethical also moral behavior is personalities, which people contain even if many people cannot contain the similar level of the moral ground. Each person does have the free will to pick what he or she want to also the...
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...Running head: HOW PERSONAL CAN ETHICS BE 1 BUS520 Organizational Leadership October 20, 2011 HOW PERSONAL CAN ETHICS BE 2 Abstract Business ethics in an organization have become extremely relevant in today’s business society. Graduate schools teach business ethics to prepare leaders and managers to be more responsible. Although ethical issues often arise out of business relationships many companies strive to implement a code of ethics that eliminates room for doubt and place emphasis on the expectations for the company’s culture. HOW PERSONAL CAN ETHICS BE 3 Discuss how personal differences and preferences can impact organizational ethics. A profound quote that is used by so many is “to thine own self be true,” though this is easily spoken it is not easily able to be done. Being true as defined by moral principles involve character, integrity and self-awareness, this is one reason why many organizations develop core values and policies as their foundation. Hellriegel and Slocum (p. 10, 2011) define ethics as the values and principles that distinguish right from wrong. Personal differences and preferences are based from one’s experience and frame of reference that is developed from birth and linger long into our lives as adults. It is who we are and it’s symbolic of a woven masterpiece handed down from many generations. This impact on organizational ethics can be positive and allow the company’s culture to embrace diversity...
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...The Deception by the Investigating Officer paper 544 3/21/2016 Melba V. Pearson The Deception by the Investigating Officer paper In life, there three parts of a story, in the criminal justice field there is law enforcement's part of the story. Then there is the person in questions part of the story, and then there is the part, which holds the truth in the story. People are naturally born, to do everything in their power to make sure they can safeguard their existence. Despite, anyone found culpable with committing a criminal act or also not found guilty, of doing criminal acts likelihood of them meeting consequences for their conduct will likely be all the time. People will refute actions as such, to avoid consequences from being done to them. Police officers employees walk on eggshells with considering the use, with deception to discover the truth in the matter. This paper will discuss, Is it moral to lie to acquire the truth and do the ends justify the means of it, there a contention between the codes of ethics how police officer indeed led, the parts do physical conduct and nonverbal communication play in identifying deception also the conclusion. Is it moral to lie to acquire the truth and do the ends justify the means of it The ethical also moral behavior is personalities, which people contain even if many people cannot contain the similar level of the moral ground. Each person does have the free will to pick what he or she want to also the...
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...Define values and ethics and how they relate Values and ethics go hand-in hand. Not possessing one or the other is like having a car with no gas. Keeping positive values and strong ethics or morals will give a person a full tank of gas in their car moving forward along their career path. Identify one source of professional values and ethics (Make sure to reference the source) Zappos.com was identified as one of top 100 companies to work for in 2009. They have built a working environment 100% built around their Core Values ("100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR," Febr). The 10 core values that Zappos employees use in every aspect of their day-to-day job are: 1. Deliver Wow through Service 2. Embrace and Drive Change 3. Create Fun and A Little Weirdness 4. Be Adventurous, Creative and Open-Minded 5. Pursue Growth and Learning 6. Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication 7. Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit 8. Do More With Less 9. Be Passionate and Determined 10. Be Humble References: Zappos.(2010). Core Values. Retrieved from http://about.zappos.com/jobs/why-work-zappos/core-values 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR. (February 02, 2009). Fortune, Volume 159(No. 2), 1.Retrieved from ...
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...This is someone trained about matters of ethics in the workplace and to involve other people in the lawful decision-making process. Another important way is to establish guides and principles for employees that educates them on desirable business behaviors. Ask yourself the questions whether or not it is ethical or legal (Kinicki & Williams,...
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...ABOVE THE BOARD ------------------------------------------------- How Ethical CEOs Create Honest Corporations A book report We have seen in recent corporate history a litany of corporate scandals that rocked the foundations of the business world. Huge corporations whose economic outputs are larger than most of the developing countries have suddenly imploded under the weight of stock manipulation, unscrupulous accounting procedures and deliberate enculturation of business competitiveness anchored on ‘doing whatever it takes to win’. Small ethical cracks in the business foundation had gone too many and had been widely ignored by all of their stakeholders – employees, board of directors, stockholders, regulators, auditors and analysts. In the aftermath, we are faced with a realization of how fragile our economic system is and how much of it depends on values that are both difficult to measure and, in the current world, even more difficult to acquire. These are not mere economic values of profitability; but values of integrity, of truth, and of plain and simple honesty. It is in this context that the three authors - Patrizia Porrini, Ph.D., Lorrin Hiris, D.P.S., and Gina Poncini, Ph.D. - wrote this book. They do not seek to expound on the voluminous literature available discussing why and how these corporate scandals happened. They seek to provide answers to how effective CEOs build an ethical culture within an organization by providing actual cases of ethical...
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...Media and Its Responsibilities Samantha Shuman Soc120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility David Strand June 7, 2015 Media and Its Responsibilities Growing up we are told that lying is bad and that telling the truth no matter the consequence is always the right thing to do. As we grow up we learn the difference between a bold faced lie, which always causes more damage than telling the truth, and a little white lie, which usually causes little to no harm. For example lying about stealing money from your dads’ wallet and blaming it on someone else is a bold faced lie and the other person usually faces consequences that they don’t deserve. Telling your three year daughter she looks beautiful when she has mismatched clothes and blue eyeshadow all over her face is a little white lie that is harmful to both parties involved. This is how the media portrays itself to the public whether it is on the internet, newspaper/magazine cover or on television. The whole truth is always told regardless of the outcome; the deontological approach, or half of the truth is told to benefit the greater amount of the public; the utilitarianism approach, just because the media feels that they don’t need to know the harsh reality of what is really going on. The reasoning behind the approach being used would be emotivism, which is basing ones moral decisions on ones feelings or emotions, so basically how that person feels about the given situation. The media is how people normally...
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...ABSTRACT: Incident at Morales is a story of the company that wants to quickly build a chemical plant and to be successful in this competitive world. It also includes a variety of ethical issues where every company has to consider while building a new plant and making a new product. In this story, Phaust Chemical manufactures old stripper, a paint remover that dominates the market. They made a decision to construct a new plant to develop a competing product. To design the new plant, Phaust recruits a chemical engineer, Fred Martinez, who had been a consultant to chemitoil. But, Phaust’s parent company in France, cuts budget 20% across the board. Chuck, the vice president for engineering at Phaust, pressurize Fred to cut down the construction costs. Due to that, many engineering decisions were confronted by Fred where ethical values are not considered. INTRODUCTION: Incident at Morales provides a number of chances for viewers to consider the resolution of difficult ethical issues containing international responsibilities, consequences of technical and financial decisions, and environmental concerns. This story teaches us many ethical values of the engineer that to maintain company secrets. Maria, wife of Fred Martinez and EPA compliance officer discuss about company issues in her house. Fred confronts several engineering decisions like using expensive controls manufactured by Lutz and Lutz, purchasing pipes and connectors which is made of stainless steel or a high pressure...
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...According53 to a Pew Research Centre study, about a third of U.S. adults get at least some of their news from Facebook. Experts stress that the public are more likely to trust information that comes from people they know. We use every social media outlet to find sources and track stories” According to Ward argues that journalism ethics too often falls back on simplistic appeals to general concepts such as “truth-seeking”, “freedom”, “serving the public” and “democracy”’, terms which are highly contested(Ward ,2008:304)12. Weezel (2000) also quoted Meto and Iglesias (2000) information quality begins with its truthfulness with the adaptation among the product that the media company offers and the reality that it tries to reflect”. In the matter of principle ethical of objectivism Aveseh from Nigeria noted that “One of the editorial values that journalists and their organizations must ensure to adhere to is objectivity, if journalists do not verify stories that appear on social sites, just carry such stories because they want to be the first to break them, then they compromise objectivity” Aveseh,...
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...University | The Omnivore Review As agriculture technology continues to advance in the new world most of us have lost our pre historic skills of basic survival when it comes to hunting and gathering. America’s agriculture logistics are so well developed that most Americans relay on this system to stay alive. A small portion of people out there still remain intact with their pre historic agriculture skills. That is what Author Michael Pollan writes about In Part 3, Chapters 15, 16, and 17 of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Michael Pollan talks about looking for different foods, the ethics of hunting animals and harvesting the meat as well as giving a brief look into what brought about the paradox of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Chapters 15, 16, and 17 bring up a lot of good points about foraging and hunting. Pollan provides in depth detail and research on the topics. The difficult part is staying focused on the story the author is illustrating. Pollan tends to bounce around on different topics and drags out details making it difficult to keep the reader entertained. Chapter 15 of Omnivore's Dilemma discusses how Pollan is preparing to make a meal from all of the foraging groups. Fruits, vegetables, fungi, and meat were the components that made up this meal. His goal was to find and gather enough from each group to make his first meal from nature. Pollan discusses his recent move to California and how his unfamiliarity with the area was a disadvantage. He gives a brief picture of his family...
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...Organization ethics play a substantial role in establishing and continuing any business. Ethic elements, such as honesty or integrity, trust, and loyalty have a big part in evolving the business images in the society. The corporate culture is built on the basis of the said accepted collective principles, outlooks, philosophies, and individualities of employees as well as management team members. It has also been found that, sound corporate culture and financial success is proportional to each other (Einar, 2010). However, it might also happen that strategic ethics may not meet the criteria of personal or real ethics in the real time. As, at all times, real ethics can be changed or altered, while business ethics or organizational culture is...
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...discussion of media ethics? Please use at least one example to illustrate the importance of the public’s right to know and one to illustrate the conflict this can sometimes set up for a journalist seeking to report the facts accurately. If we are to live in a society shaped and molded by virtue ethics, then the public has the right to know about what happens within our society, in order to make an informed consent. On the other hand, there are times that reporting information can cause more harm than good. The key concept to virtue ethics is balance; within ourselves personally and the society we live in. This balance cannot be achieved if we are prisoners in Plato’s cave of shadows. We would therefore be blind, basing our reasoning on false reality of the shadows we take as truths, which ultimately lead to flawed character development. We must maintain the ability to reason upon facts, being that what could potentially be kept from us might be detrimental in the development of our character and what we value as acceptable and not acceptable on a personal and social level. Sometimes there is a greater responsibility held by journalists than just informing the public, such as wartime situations where societies best interests and safety are involved. As it relates to media ethics, journalists hold the responsibility to uphold a virtuously high ethic of conduct when reporting information to society. Aristotle’s Golden Mean is a good tool to solve any media ethics problem because...
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...Media Ethics JMC 361 8 June 2010 Juvenile Media Coverage What we have here is a child, a child in the face and in mind. Children are not completely responsible for their own behavior. Where were the Jonesboro teachers? Did they notice any extreme behavior? Did Mr. Scott? Could this have been prevented with more guidance or behavior modification? Here stands a child who committed a deadly crime, defined by the media before he has had time to define himself. Here stands a child incapable of signing a check; here stands a child whom can’t drive a car, whom clearly can’t think for himself. Here stands a child whom requires a parental guardian at all times. Here stands a child, just barely. The prestige of an organization should never be sacrificed because of one story or case. If the prestige of The Chicago Tribune, whom named the children, partly relies on their ethical portrayal of unethical events, then it is just that which they must uphold. Whether the story is told with names or faces, if told well, the story will provoke the same feelings. Completely unnecessary is the rambling off of names of children whom just not long ago learned to write their full name, perhaps in cursive. The bottom-line is the tragedy that happen in Jonesboro could happen anywhere. Upon the breaking news of the initial crime, it is absolutely not beneficial to identify anyone by name, child or not. These names just allow for further prejudices to exist. In addition, protecting...
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