Ethics Awareness Inventory Shawaun Cunningham PSY490 April 29, 2013 Jane Northrop Ethics Awareness Inventory Many individuals share different views on ethics, some believe that it is a moral, and immoral behavior, verses right and wrong. However, their views may vary based on beliefs and ethical decisions. To understand the ethical nature of individual’s decisions, would be to take a look at their personality other than passing judgment on their actions. The ethical perspective is based on the characteristics on an individual’s belief and ethical moral values as well as the perspective views that is impacting society today. The code of conduct plays an important role in ethic principals and professional psychology.
Kant’s Moral Philosophy vs. Utilitarianism As a human being hoping to live as a functioning member of the day to day social life there are certain things one must adhere to. One must abide to the constructs of social norms, one must obey the natural laws their respective societies have placed in order, and one must establish a guiding principle for these norms by understanding their moral obligations. These moral obligations are “action-guiding.” As posed earlier, they serve as the foundations of your day to day life. Whether you choose to adhere or abstain to the regulations of your surroundings is determined by the way they appeal to your distinct morals. There are many ways we develop our morals and how we come to develop them but two primary focal points seem to hold the most accurate depiction of the moral guiding process.
Caldwell et al. (2006) noted that the duties of stewards were fraught with a complex set of ethical obligations. Many professional codes of ethics or rules are supposed to govern the ways and actions or conduct of laws given by the professionals within a professional business for you. Group of professionals generally sets these rules so that their professional peers see anyone who violations one of these rules of conducts are in violation of this rule as disapproval. The moral ethical standards of a society provide the basic guidelines for corporate ethical stewardship existence and allow us to resolve conflicts by social existence and allow us to resolve conflicts by appeal to shared principles of justification.
This essay will first look at two different influential theories of social scientists Goffman (1959, 1971, 1972) and Foucault (1972, 1977, 1978) on how social order is made. This will enable us to then link these theories to the approaches of Buchanan and Monderman to provide better understanding on how each design creates order, highlighting contrasts and similarities along the way. Goffman developed the idea that social life is constructed by the everyday encounters and actions that take place between people. Repetitive interactions produce
My Personal Code of Ethics First we need to consider what ethics is and what it means to us as individuals. Ethics is basically the study of morality and moral issues. It helps us understand how wrong and right relate to human behavior. Giving us a much better understanding of why people react the way they do in many different situations. I believe that ethics are very important in creating the moral fiber of each and every individual.
The Similarities and Differences of Ethical Theories Mike Dyer ETH/316 November 18, 2013 Michelle Clark-Washington The Similarities and Differences of Ethical Theories There are many types of theories that coincide with virtues, values, and moral concepts to help one decide on what is right and wrong. I will be discussing the similarities and differences between three types of theories and how each theory addresses ethics and morality. These theories are virtue theory, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics. Similarities Society, and we as individuals, want to achieve a common goal with ethics and morality. That goal is to do what is morally right, if it be through pleasure to avoid pain.
David Hume and Immanuel Kant on Morality When discussing the morality of ethics there are many different schools of thought by which we can attempt to justify why we think or do things the way we do; why we value the things we value; and what makes our actions right or wrong. In this essay I will address the flaws in the assumptions of Immanuel Kant’s theories on morality by reason, using David Hume’s beliefs on morality by feelings and material from the Subjectivist school of thought. The Kantian view on morality places extreme emphasis on reason rather than what we desire as humans. In other words, people act in accordance to what is their duty, not by how they feel or what they personally believe to be right. This is in direct violation with David Hume’s stance on morality.
Ethics can be influenced by one’s culture, background, and environment. Ethical behavior can be taught but that does not mean one is ethical. I believe how an individual conducts himself when faced with an ethical dilemma is what makes him who he is. An ethical dilemma is defined as “Situations concerning right and wrong where values are in conflict” either for the individual or for the organization (Trevino & Nelson, 2007, p. 3). Through these interactions people can learn and continue to grow in respect to their ethical beliefs.
(2) Explain and assess Locke’s account of personal identity. Personal identity within philosophy directly looks at the moral questions that concern us by the virtue of being a human being. The moral questions which often arise directly from personal identity ultimately question the role we play as human beings within our society. Personal identity concerns our own existence and it is unique in the retrospect that we as individuals have our own personal identity which provides a direct moral grounding for us to follow and justify. Locke’s own writing within his account of personal identity begins with the quote; “This being premised to find where in personal identity consists we must consider what persons stand for”[1].
It also defines your personality or identity. Ethnic identity is a multidimensional, dynamic construct that develops over time through a process of exploration and commitment (Phinney & Ong, 2007, p. 271). According to the Ethical Lens Inventory, my preferred lens is the rights and responsibility lens. The inventory suggests that I use reasoning skills (rationality) to determine my duties as well as the universal rules that each person should follow (autonomy). The Ethical Lens Inventory also implies that my blind spot is that I believe that motive justifies method.