Tiffany Zelaya Word Count (1000) Aristotle: The Three Types of Friendship If there is one thing that can be used to describe human beings aside from intelligence and the power of destruction it would be that we are entirely social beings. No person is to live a life without being social. It merely would be impossible and for those who do find themselves in the state of rejecting society and a social lifestyle, it would be those who have psychological disorders. With us being social it leads
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effective in determining the best ethical decision available to you, and others. They will help you more productively communicate the ethical choices you make. Character Fairness Integrity Honor Exemplary reputation Commitment to virtue and decency Focus on what it is good to be, rather than to do Justice Respect for ideals/values Equal goodwill toward others Personal excellence
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Applying Ethics in Practice Ieesha Dixson BSHS335 05/20/2013 Teresa Levesque Applying Ethics in Practice A situation that I might find myself, as a human service professional, where my personal values could become an ethical issue would be if someone began to bash the LGBT community or saying anything negative regarding the “lifestyle”. As a person that is a part of this community I would be offended. I would try to defend my community to the best of my ability because it is hard enough
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SOCRATIC Based on excerpts from The Expert Educator (Jones, et al. , 1994) Definition and Description The Dictionary of Education describes the Socratic method as "a process of discussion led by the instructor to induce the learner to question the validity of his reasoning or to reach a sound conclusion." The strategy derives its name from the approach used by Socrates as he assumed the role of intellectual midwife. The Socratic approach was built upon the assumption that knowledge was within the
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an important role in one’s social, spiritual and organizational issues. Personal Summary of EAI My personal conclusion is I view ethics based on character (Williams Institute, 2006). My personal view points are based on personal virtue. I place high regard on honesty, wisdom, justice, personal integrity and benevolence. I try and see the good in everyone until proven otherwise. It is important to me that staying true to your own beliefs is more important than the outcome of any
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Values those are most important to me. Values are something that is important in life. Values can’t be exchanged in any way or form. Everyone has something that they value and of course that includes me as well. A value is something that a specific person or groups respects and affectively regards it as something important in their life. An example would be my values, I, personally, have many values. Some of my most important values consist of my family, my ethnicity and my memories. Something
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paper analyzes how many of the eight steps toward integrity proposed by Stratford Sherman can be respected in this case. The Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2013) states: "Integrity is one of the most important and oft-cited of virtue terms”. Though, is difficult often to distinguish between acting with integrity and acting morally. According to Sherman (2003), integrity is uniquely concerned with individual wholeness and conscience. For the company, it is a situation when the
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study about myself. I use the reasoning skills to determine my duties, that the universal rules and systems will ensure the fairness to everyone. I also listen to my intuition to determine what the greatest good for each individual, as well as the virtues will be the best service to the community. (“The Ethic Game”, 2012) My values and the resultant behaviors: My values I have learned are
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Alcoa’s Case Study 2 1. How would you classify Alcoa’s ethical climate? Which ethical criterion, as shown in figure 5.1., was used by the company: egoism (self-centered), benevolence (concern for others) or principles (integrity approach)? Or, using Professor Paine’s two distinct ethics approaches, as discussed in this chapter, was Alcoa’s approach more compliance or integrity? Alcoa since its inception had a very strong values and the people itself enforce these values, all the employees knew
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ETHICS ASSIGNMENT Telling the truth is considered by some to be the bedrock of ethics. But a long-lived question that continues from generation to generation is, in certain situations, is it more beneficial to withhold the truth or even lie? To narrow this enormous question down, consider the thought that it can be better for a doctor and loving family members to withhold a diagnosis from an individual who will eventually succumb to a fatal illness. Basically this ethics situation boils down
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