This document discusses different types of ethics including business ethics, environmental ethics, medical ethics, work ethic, and animal ethics. It also discusses manners, defining them as how people are supposed to behave. Manners involve being proper, polite, and refined without punishment for bad manners other than disapproval. Manners change over time and differ depending on location. Table manners in particular vary significantly around the world.
Topics covered:- Introduction, Historical aspects of Ethics, Correlation between values and behavior, Ethics at work place, objectives and benefits of ethics at work place, problems associated with unethical practices.
Legality is only a first step
Questions to ask: When faced with a potentially unethical action.
Management’s role
Compliance/Integrity based codes
Corporate social responsibility
A definition and stakeholders
Module 3 Code of Ethics (Professional Ethics)Nancy Girdhar
Principle of Ethics
Compliance based and values based code of ethics
Professional obligation
Role of regulatory authority
Respect for Privacy
Confidentiality
Inform Consent and debriefing
Business ethics can be defined as written and unwritten codes of principles and values that govern decisions and actions within a company.
In the business world, the organization’s culture sets standards for determining the difference between good and bad decision making and behavior.
Lecture to students at the SOCRATES / ERASMUS INTERNATIONAL COURSE 2003, ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht,The Netherlands
Topics covered:- Introduction, Historical aspects of Ethics, Correlation between values and behavior, Ethics at work place, objectives and benefits of ethics at work place, problems associated with unethical practices.
Legality is only a first step
Questions to ask: When faced with a potentially unethical action.
Management’s role
Compliance/Integrity based codes
Corporate social responsibility
A definition and stakeholders
Module 3 Code of Ethics (Professional Ethics)Nancy Girdhar
Principle of Ethics
Compliance based and values based code of ethics
Professional obligation
Role of regulatory authority
Respect for Privacy
Confidentiality
Inform Consent and debriefing
Business ethics can be defined as written and unwritten codes of principles and values that govern decisions and actions within a company.
In the business world, the organization’s culture sets standards for determining the difference between good and bad decision making and behavior.
Lecture to students at the SOCRATES / ERASMUS INTERNATIONAL COURSE 2003, ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht,The Netherlands
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Chapter 15
Healthcare Ethics
Learning Objectives (1 of 2)
Describe the concepts of ethics and morality.
Describe how an understanding of ethical theories, principles, virtues, and values is helpful in resolving ethical dilemmas.
Explain the relationship between spirituality and religion.
Learning Objectives (2 of 2)
Discuss situational ethics and how one’s moral character can change as circumstances change.
Explain how one’s reasoning skills influence the decision-making process.
Discuss the purpose of an ethics committee and its consultative role in the delivery of patient care.
Any Good I Can Do
I expect to pass through the world but once.
Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show to any creature, let me do it now.
Let me not defer it, for I shall not pass this way again.
—Stephen Grellet, French-American Religious Leader (1773–1855)
Words Are “Tools of Thought”
The following is true of the study of any new subject:
New vocabulary and an understanding of abstract theories and principles of ethics will be necessary.
Such knowledge will arm the decision maker with the information necessary to help make difficult care decisions.
Ethics
Ethics is the branch of philosophy that deals with values relating to human conduct with respect to rightness and wrongness of actions and goodness and badness of motives and ends.
It involves the study of morality, virtues, and values, and how they affect one’s character.
It involves how individuals decide to live within accepted boundaries and how we live in harmony with one another and nature.
Scope of Ethics
Micro-ethics: Individual’s view of right and wrong
Macro-ethics: Global view of right and wrong
Ethics from Various Perspectives
Ethics is used in different but related ways.
Philosophical ethics involves inquiry about ways of life and rules of conduct.
Ethics may also be a general pattern or way of life (e.g., religious ethics).
Ethics may refer to moral codes.
Why Study Ethics?
To recognize healthcare dilemmas
To provide tools for constructive deliberation and conflict resolution
To make sound judgments
To better understand the goodness and badness of motives and ends
Morality
Aim above Morality.
Be not simply good;
be good for something.
—Henry David Thoreau
What Is Morality?
Morality is a code of conduct.
It implies the quality of being in accord with standards of right and good conduct.
It describes a class of rules held by society to govern the conduct of its individual members.
Morals
Ideas about what is right and wrong
Guides to behavior that rational persons put forward for governing their behavior
Moral Judgments (1 of 3)
Judgments concerned with what an individual or group believes to be right or proper behavior in a given situation
Involve assessment of another person’s moral character based on how he or she conforms to moral convictions established by the individual and/or group
Moral Judgments (2 of 3)
Lack of conformity ...
2. What are ethics? Ethics are when a person decides what is right, wrong, good or bad. Then they choose what to do in a situation. Ethics are similar to morals: people’s ideas about what is good or bad.
3. Different Kinds of Ethics Ethics are important in many ways because they are a big part of human life and the world. Ethics help people make good decisions at work and in life. Business Ethics Environmental Ethics Medical Ethics Work Ethic Animal Ethics
4. Business Ethics Business ethics is how a business works every day in the world. A lot of business ethics is about money. Big corporations may pay a lot of money to bosses and not much to lower workers.
5. Environmental Ethics Environmental ethics are concerned about the world we live in and the environment. For example: cutting down forests, energy efficient vehicles, oil drilling, etc. Environmental ethics are very important as humans continue to use the world’s natural resources too quickly.
6. Medical Ethics Medical ethics is how medical professionals (doctors, nurses, psychologists, etc.) decide what is right or wrong for their patients. The Hippocratic Oath.
7. Work Ethic Work ethic is the most famous type of ethic. A person with a “good” work ethic: works hard, keeps trying, is not lazy, and thinks hard work is good for you.
8. Animal Ethics Popular as “animal rights.” Animal ethics means animals should be treated as good as people. Many people think animals should not be used for food, clothing, entertainment or research subjects.
9. What are manners? Manners are how people are supposed to behave. Good manners mean you are proper, polite and refined. Manners are similar to laws but there is no punishment for bad manners other than people may disapprove of you.
10. Manners change over time. What used to be considered “good manners” may be happen today. Also, manners are different depending on where you live in the world.
11. One popular type of manners is “table manners.” This means how you eat meals at home or in a restaurant. Table manners are very different depending on where you live.
12. What are some examples of ethics in our book? What are some examples of manners in our book? What are some examples of manners in Korea? How are some countries different? What manners and ethics do you think are important?