This document discusses various concepts related to professional ethics including what professional ethics entails, its goals and principles. It provides definitions of ethics, discusses ethical decision making and values. It outlines the statement of ethical values and standards of Baddi University as well as principles of community and care. It also discusses ethical principles, checklists and models for ethical decision making and reflection. The golden rule is presented across various religions and cultures.

1. Theories, Models, Practices, and Standards
SORAB SADRI
Dean Research
Lovely Professional University
Professional Ethics

2. What Is Professional Ethics?
Professional ethics concerns the moral issues that
arise because of the specialist knowledge that
professionals attain, and how the use of this
knowledge should be governed when providing a
service to the public
Anyone who promises to deliver and delivers as
promised without giving up his/her own values is a
professional.
Professional ethics is about the code of conduct on
moral issues pursued by persons sharing the same
skill, trade or occupation.

3. When Used In In this context ETHICS
Is:
1.a. A set of principles of right conduct.
b. A theory or a system of moral values: "An ethic of service is
at war with a craving for gain" (Gregg Easterbrook).
2. ethics (used with a sing. verb) The study of the general
nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made
by a person; moral philosophy.
3. ethics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The rules or standards
governing the conduct of a person or the members of a
profession: medical ethics

4. Goals and Intentions
Participants will…
Practice and discuss ethical decision making
Explore the process of decision making
Recognize interactions of multiple personal and
professional values in making decisions

5. Ethics Rank Order Exercise
Do on own first (10 min)
Come to consensus with small group of 5 people (15
min)
Large Group Discussion (15 min)
Outside Influences/Own Experience?
Rules/Laws/Regulations?
You decide.

6. Baddi UNIVERSITY
Statement of Ethical Values
We At Baddi University are committed to:
 Integrity. We will conduct ourselves with integrity in our
dealings with and on behalf of the University.
 Excellence. We will conscientiously strive for excellence in our
work.
 Accountability. We will be accountable as individuals and as
members of this community for our ethical conduct and for
compliance with applicable laws and University policies and
directives.
 Respect. We will respect the rights and dignity of others.

7. Baddi University Standards
Fair Dealing
Individual Responsibility and Accountability
Respect for Others
Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations
Compliance with Applicable University Policies, Procedures
and other forms of guidance
Conflicts of Interest or Commitment

8. Baddi Univeersity Standards
Continued…
Ethical Conduct of Research
Records: Confidentiality/ Privacy and Access
Internal Controls
Use of University Resources
Financial Reporting
Reporting Violations and Protection from Retaliation

9. Baddi University Principles of
Community
Baddi University is committed to promoting and protecting an environment that
values and supports every person in an atmosphere of civility, honesty, cooperation,
professionalism and fairness.
Baddi University expects that every campus member will practice these Principles of
Community.
Baddi University aims to give back to society more than what it has received from
society.
We strive to be:
* Diverse: We embrace diversity in all its forms and we strive for an inclusive
community that fosters an open, enlightened and productive environment.
* Open: We believe free exchange of ideas requires mutual respect and
consideration for our differences.
* Purposeful: We are a participatory community united by shared commitments
to: service to society; preservation and advancement of knowledge; and innovative
teaching and learning.

10. Baddi University Principles of Community
Continued…
* Caring: We promote mutual respect, trust and support to foster bonds that
strengthen the community.
* Just: We are committed to due process, respect for individual dignity and
equitable access to resources, recognition and rewards.
* Disciplined: We seek to advance common goals through reasonable and
realistic practices, procedures and expectations.
* Celebrative: We celebrate the heritage, achievements and diversity of the
community and the uniqueness and contributions of our members.
We accept the responsibility to pursue these principles in an
atmosphere of personal and intellectual freedom, security,
respect, civility and mutual support.

11. Community Ethics
 Baddi University , the largest University in India is a diverse
community of students, faculty and staff dedicated to the pursuit of
knowledge in an atmosphere of open discussion and mutual respect.
In the embracing of this diversity, we find stimulation, freedom, and
strength. Freedom to express one’s opinions and beliefs is of the
utmost importance.
 We respect friendship, honesty, community, individual freedom,
individual responsibility and academic integrity. Individual freedom
in a community requires respect for one another as well as for the
beauty of the college and the campus. Academic integrity fosters a
positive learning environment and is essential to the functioning of
the university. Responsibility for personal actions, regardless of
circumstances, is required of every member of our community.
 We believe that the institution is greater than the individual

12. Ethic of Care
Gilligan’s Theory of Moral Judgment
Conflict between Self and Others
Level One: Centered on Self: Transition is Selfishness to
Responsibility (semi-teleological)
Level Two: Goodness as Self Sacrifice: Transition is
Goodness to Truth (semi-deontological)
Level Three: Care as Universal Obligation: Transition is
Self and Others Independent (semi-praxis)

13. Ethic of Justice
Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Growth
1. Pre-Conventional Level
 Punishment and Obedience Orientation
 Instrumental-Relativist Orientation
2. Conventional Level
 Interpersonal Concordance Orientation
 Law and Order Orientation
3. Post-Conventional Level
 Social Contract, Legalistic Orientation
 Universal-Ethical-Principle Orientation
(Smith, 1978)

14. Five Ethical Principles
Respect Autonomy It is assumed that individuals
have the right to decide how they live their lives, as
long as their actions do not interfere with the welfare
of others. One, therefore, has the right to act as a
free agent, and has freedom of thought and choice.
Do No Harm The obligation to avoid inflicting either
physical or psychological harm on others may be a
primary ethical principle.

15. Five Ethical Principles (cont’d)
Benefit Others There is an obligation to improve and
enhance the welfare of others, even where such may
inconvenience or limit the freedom of the person
offering the assistance.
Be Just To be just in dealing with others assumes equal
treatment of all, to afford each individual his or her due
portion, and in general, to observe the golden rule.

16. Five Ethical Principles (cont’d)
Be Faithful One should keep promises, tell the truth, be
loyal, and maintain respect and civility in human
discourse. Only in so far as we sustain faithfulness can
we expect to be seen as truly trustworthy.
LET THE PARTICIPANTS NOW ADD ONE MOR
THAT IS GENERIC TO LPU
Kitchener, K.S. (1985). Ethical principles and decisions in student affairs. In H.J. Canon
and R.D. Brown (Eds.). Applied ethics in student services (pps. 17-20). San Francisco:
Jossey Bass, Inc.

17. Kitchener’s Ethical Principles
Karen Kitchener observes that ethical principles are commonly in
conflict with each other as we apply them to real-life
dilemmas. Consequently, there are no absolutes. Further, no
one principle is absolute, and there are times when a higher
standard of ethical conduct requires the violation of one or
more principles. Nonetheless, Kitchener notes that violating
any of these principles -- whether because they are in conflict
with each other or because a “higher moral purpose” might be
served -- places a strong burden on the individual to provide a
rationale for rejecting the principle.

18. Ethics Check List
Is it Legal?
Will I be violating any civil law or institutional policy?
Is it balanced?
Is it fair to all concerned?
Does it promote win/win situations?
How will it make me feel about myself?
Will I be proud?
Would I feel good if my hometown newspaper published my decision?
Would I feel good if my family know about my choice?
Blanchard, Kenneth and Peale, Norman Vincent (1988). The Power of Ethical Management, page 20. New York: William Morrow Co.

19. Bell, Book and Candle Test
1. Listen for the bells warning you of an ethical issue.
2. Check to see if there are any laws, regulations or rules
which restrict your choices.
3. How will your decision look in the light? Could a
reasonable fair-minded person conclude you acted
improperly?

20. Action
Integrity Model
Priorities
Values
Beliefs
Integrity
Self-
Reflection
Evaluation
Decision
Making
Role
Modeling
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2
3
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21. REFLECTIONBeliefs Values Actions Priorities
What messages
did you get
growing up
about yourself
or others?
Who did those
messages come
from (individuals
or groups)?
I believe…
Based on your
beliefs, what
standards or
principles do
you hold for
yourself?
What do you do
(how do you
behave) that
would
demonstrate
your
values?
List the people,
activities or
things
you spend your
time
(or money) on…

22. The Golden Rules
 Confucius: What you do not want done to yourself, do not do unto others.
 Aristotle: We should behave to other as we wish others to behave to us.
 Judaism: What you dislike for yourself, do not do to anyone.
 Hinduism: Do nothing to thy neighbor which though wouldst not have him do
to thee thereafter.
 Islam: No one of you is a believe unless he loves for his brother what we loves
for himself.
 Buddhism: Hurt not others with that which pains thyself.
 Christianity: Do unto other as you would have them do unto you.
 Social Justice: Do unto others as they would like to have done unto them.

23. Rule of Thumb
We judge other people by their actions and we judge
ourselves by our intent.
Never judge others by your values and allow others to judge
you by theirs.
Ref: Jayashree S, Sadri S and Dastoor D S (2008) The Theory and Practice of Managerial Ethics,
Jaico Pub. Co., Mumbai