Ethics

Ethics can be defined as a branch within the wider field of philosophy whose main concern is addressing the issue of morality. Morality as a concept seeks to justify actions as good or bad, right or wrong and whether such actions are justified and virtuous. Ethics in itself is divided into many categories which normally vary to suit the issue at hand. From a general perspective, ethics can be widely grouped into theoretical and practical ethics. The theoretical aspect is concerned with theoretical...

The understanding of the notion of morality is always different to different people. To many people and societies, morality is the obedience and respect to the authority, either parents or leaders in the society. This notion is very dangerous and has led to abuse of authority and other social evils. This essay seeks to highlight the dangers that prevail out of this understanding. Morality is a code of conduct. It is a behavioral system that has been established among social animals so as to regulate...

Code of conduct is a set of policies aimed to conserve a just and affirmative behavior among individuals. It is a fact that without moral values, man cannot work harmony with each other, and without morality, man as rational creature is a breakdown. Morality is the basis of every human organization and it can be lessen to code ethics and conduct that should go hand in hand to uphold civic morality because in an organization, without civic morality is said to no value for the business organization. ...

The burning question that corporations face today is with respect to their responsibility towards the society. Many stakeholders believe that the modern corporations have become large institutions that are stronger than most societies they serve in. Hence they rationalize that the modern corporations owe to the society and must play an active role in community development. Taking an orthodox economic perspective and going back to the basic purpose of an organization, however, I believe organizations...

When was the first US census conducted and why The first U.S. census after the American Revolution was conducted in 1790. This original census was undertaken to solve a myriad of issues including the problem of finding proper political grounding for executive authority, how to distribute government power among the unevenly sized states and redistribute that power in the event of additional states and population growth, and finding a proper basis for levying taxes. How many races were there in the...

It is hardly a novel observation to note that the relationships between and among such notions as the rule of law, democracy, public policy and employee behavior are often bogged down in a tangled web of competing values and priorities.  What is surprising, however, is the difficulty faced when trying to establish a democratically-legitimate rule of law in which ethical considerations assume primacy over minimum legal compliance.  Because government policy makers and the private sector...

Digital Rights Management is a systematic approach to copyright protection for digital media. The purpose of employing DRM is to prevent unauthorized redistribution of digital media and to restrict consumers from copying content theyve purchased. DRM is used to stop the exchange of digital media content illegally. The exchange of digital media files via the internet or other sources without paying for it has obstructed all copyright laws and even though many users see Digital Rights Management...

Every society runs on certain principles. These principles act like threads whose intertwining makes that society thrive. Various authors have offered a lot of theories explaining why this is so. One thing that is clear however is that, when these threads break loose, society runs into a kind of crisis. There is no society that can function without a set of ethical principles that govern the interaction of members within that group of people. In our contemporary society, the fabric that once held...

Recruiting or hiring of staff is a very sensitive phase in the running of any organization. This is the phase in which business ethics need to be observed the most. It is also the same phase where unethical acts occurs the most. This paper seeks to identify an ethical dilemma in work situations and then applying ethical theories to analyze the situation. The situation identified is unethical acts of a recruiting leader and the theories applied are Utilitarianism Kants Categorical Imperative Rawls...

There are many ethical issues to be considered in the field of medicine where treatment of a patient is concerned.  We are encouraged to seek out advanced medical directives, do not resuscitate orders, and pre-planned funeral arrangements at the advice of well paid attorneys on television at every turn. The problems concerning medical ethics do not usually present until we find that we are the patient.  Our level of competency becomes questionable as does our true understanding of what...

This essay reflects upon ethics, which can be defined as the capacity to reflect on values in the corporate decision-making process, to determine how these values and decisions affect various stakeholders groups. Moreover, the main or central idea of this essay is to discuss corporate social responsibility in detail as well. Corporate social responsibility is the managerial obligation to take action that protects and improves both the welfare of the society as a whole and the interests of the organization....