Ethics

The objectives of a company cannot be achieved without adherence of employees to the code of conduct. Managers in companies are usually charged with the responsibility of ensuring adherence to this code of conduct. To do this, they usually have to make decisions. This is not always easy and sometimes they find themselves in a dilemma especially when actions with good intentions have other bad consequences. Theories of ethics such as deontological and utilitarian can be used by managers to help them...

Academic honesty is counted as an act of providing the detail of certain circumstances with proper reasoning and proper evidences, in such a way that the listeners believe in the truth being presented.  The circumstances should be realistic and factual. Newton, (2001) argues that the academic honesty is also counted in terms of the biased truth but the fact remains that the truth should be realistic, factual, and believable. If an importance of academic honesty is established in the educational...

1). Cloning Cloning is the new technology that has found room in reproduction and can be used to create two or more genetically identical organisms. Reproductive cloning can be carried out through what can be referred to as nuclear transplantation or somatic cell nuclear transfer. Since the much publicized cloning of the sheep, Dolly in 1997 by the English researchers, the concept of cloning has been viewed as a controversial undertaking especially when it is viewed as aimed at cloning humans. A...

The many Hispanic American communities in America have a number of similarities and differences in their way of life. Though most of the communities share much in common like language by virtual of their origin, their reasons for coming to American as well as their adherence to traditions are different. This paper is a discussion of the linguistics, politics, social-economics, religion, and family aspects of four Hispanic Americans namely Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans and the...

The paper is devoted to the discussion of the environmental ethical issues. The history of environmental ethics is discussed. The current state of environmental issues is evaluated. The paper provides a general evaluation of the future tendencies and directions in the development of the environmental ethical science. Environmental issues are fairly regarded as the most controversial and the most important issues in present day society. Environmental issues are everywhere in business, in politics,...

Most people usually fail to distinguish between a Muslim and an Arab, this is due to the fact that Islam started in the Middle East, Prophet Mohammed and the early Muslims were Arabs, and the Holy Quran written in Arabic. Difference comes in that a Muslim is a person professing the Islamic religion while an Arab can be affiliated to any religious group. It is noted that Arabs predominantly come from Middle East and they follow the Arab Culture, a Muslim originates from any community all over the...

Same sex partners in a committed relationship do not have the same rights as heterosexual partners and allowing gay marriage is one possible solution to that problem. However, the consequences of allowing such unions demand that homosexuality be rejected. In a society where homosexuality is exceedingly ubiquitous, it is almost illogical not to acknowledge gay marriages. Nonetheless, there are many who still deny it. This subject is one that has been in controversy for many years. The federal government...

In recent times, various crimes have shocked the citizenry that have again raised calls for the imposition of the death penalty as a deterrent to the instigation of other crimes of a similar nature. But the opponents vigorously defend the position that the imposition and the execution of another to halt crimes from being committed is not the answer to the problem, rather it will create a new one, violating of the rights of the accused to life, and that state sponsored executions is tantamount to...

The recent economic crunch has eventually led to international marketing culture consequently leading to the MTV network to target the Arabian market. News about MTV in Arabia came at around 2006 when Faisal Abbas revealed that they will be in the Arabian market within two years given that they will get the right local partners. MTV Arabia has since been launched in the cultural conservative environment of Islam. In attendance, during its launch in the year 2007, there were such renowned artists...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was established to prevent employers from discriminating employees on the basis of race, sex, color, religion or nationality. According to the Act, it is illegal to hire, fire, compensate or provide other conditions in a discriminatory manner. All employees must be provided with equal opportunities in the work place. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has the mandate to administer the Act and to ensure that all employees are given their rights....

In todays era, the computers play a very vital role, however there are some ethical issues that are associated with it. The computers differ from the other kinds of technologies that are available for us today and so does its ethical considerations. Computers today are extremely important and interesting as well. The social impact of computers and its use is what we can call computer ethics. However, this consists of both the hardware as well as the software issues that arrive when we talk about...

This post is an ethical analysis of the information technology market featuring an analysis of the case study regarding the so-called e-business. The case study analysis mentioned is concern about the standards of the ethical practice by which an IT practitioner should reflect in order to conform to the ethical standards of the Australian Computer Society. The paper also discuss about the IT employment market wherein this writer surveyed two IT streams and the range of opportunities offered in terms...

I feel that measures should be taken to eliminate job discrimination against women and minorities. The measures of affirmative action, reverse discrimination and the use of comparative worth criteria are remedies that are positive steps towards correcting discrimination. Women that were being paid less than men of equal standing in the same job are now being awarded equal pay because both genders are being evaluated using equal criteria of worth. Affirmative action programs work in a similar way...

Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is widely defined as a branch of philosophy that constitutes codes and core values pertaining to human norms and conduct, in relation to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions, as well as to the goodness and badness of the motives, means, and systems of ends of such taken actions.  Ethics is not exclusively used for medical field and practice, and of religious means, and other major institutions, but also in business  by this it means, anything...

The right to privacy every person have the right to privacy, and this includes withholding information from employers that can be used against a person and be a basis for employment such as drug use. However, there are certain lines that have to be drawn. Companies as business entities also have the right to protect their businesses and their employers. Firms need not wait for exceptional cases for them to deny employment of people who are found out to be drug users either through tests or confession....

Transparency International (TI) has come up with a clear and comprehensive definition of the tem corruption Corruption is defined as the misuse of the entrusted authority for ones private gain. Transparency International distinguishes according to rule corruption from against the rule corruption. Facilitation payments where s bribe is offered to acquire privileged treatment for something that the one who received the bribe is needed to do by law, constitute the former. The latter alternatively,...