The document provides an overview of professional ethics and values education at the National College of Science and Technology (NCST). It discusses the brief history and vision, mission, and mantra of NCST. It then defines ethics and discusses the origins of ethics in Greek philosophy. It outlines different approaches to ethics such as atheistic and theistic, and discusses general and special ethics. Finally, it summarizes the key points from a reading on what ethics is.

1. Professional Ethics with Values
Education
Prepared by: Anne Lauriz C. Aclan
For the National College of Science and Technology
1st semester 2012-2013

2. Brief History of NCST
• The National College of Science and History was born in the historic
and progressive town of Dasmarinas Cavite in 1998. As a brain child
of then 23-year old visionary entrepreneur, Emerson B.
Atanacio, the college has slowly yet steadily carved its niche in the
fast growing and very competitive educational arena not only in
Cavite but also in the entire CALABARZON region. With an initial
enrollment of 550 students in 1998, the College has now increased
ten times from its original number in all its regular programs
• The college has been faithful in its mission to produce industry
responsive graduates; thus it has ventured into its “first
institutionally developed course offering” in 2005 – the Certificate
in Manufacturing Technology and the Diploma in Production
Technology being offered by the NCST Institute of Industrial
Research and Training (NCST IIRT). The said course apply the dual
training modality that trains the students in two areas of learning –
the school and the industry
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3. Vision
• The National College of Science and Technology
envision of becoming one of the nation’s leading
technological education institutions with the campuses
in various areas in the country. The National College of
Science and Technology in response to the commercial
and industrial sector’s need of highly professional and
skilled manpower provides advanced technology and
industry-based education. It also sets the standards of
proficiency and competency compatible to the
demands of industry, enduring positive work
values, competitiveness and quality among its
graduates
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4. Mission
• The National College of Science and Technology
undertakes the responsibility of providing the country
with quality graduates, who are equipped with industry
responsive knowledge and skills and are founded with
underpinning values of love, justice, mutual respect
and peace. As the Philippines achieves its newly
industrialized country status, the National College of
Science and Technology is committed to provide Total
Quality education and Skills Enhancement programs in
the field of science and technology that serves as an
instrument in improving the Filipino’s quality of life.
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5. NCST’s 5Ms
• MAKADIYOS
• MAKABAYAN
• MAPAGMALASAKIT
• MAY PAGKAKAISA
• MAKAKALIKASAN
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6. NCST MANTRA
“I am Proud to be a member of the NCST Family.
I will excel for God, for Country and for NCST.
Gagawin ko ang tama may nakakakita man o
wala. Tutulungan ko ang aking sarili at
tutulungan ko rin ang aking kapwa”
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7. Ethics - Origin
• Ethics is derived from the Greek word ethicos
or that which pertains to ethos the English
translation of which is
“custom”, “characteristic way of acting”, or
“habit”
• The Latin equivalent is mos, mores from
which come the word moral and morality
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8. Ethics - Origin
• It was the Greek Philosophers who started the study of Ethics.
Among those notable are
 Socrates – “knowing what is right is doing what is right”; a person can
act correctly and well if he knows what is a good life; evil is done out
of ignorance
 Plato – the life of reason is the happiest and the best form of life; if
one wants to be happy, one should be a harmonious man: a man of
virtue; ethics is a matter of nature --- virtues are innate to us
 Aristotle – ethics is a matter of planning, purpose and decision: a
matter of character
 Socrates was regarded as the Father of moral Philosophy
 Aristotle has greatly influenced ethical thinking with three important
treatises – The Nicomachean Ethics, the Eudemian Ethics and the
Magna Moralia (Great Ethics)
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9. Definition of Ethics
• There are several definitions of Ethics
• Ethics is defined as
– The practical science of the morality of human conduct
– The philosophical science dealing with the morality of
human acts
– The science of the morality of human acts
– The study of man as a moral being, one who is rationally
able to distinguish between right and wrong
– Ethics is concerned with morality, the quality which makes
an act good or evil, correct or wrong
– Ethics is concerned with the norms of human behavior
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10. Ethics: The science of the Morality of
Human Acts
 Human act – are actions done intentionally and freely like
walking, reading, working, playing, shopping, joining a
contest or signing a contract
 Acts of man – are instinctive, such as the physiological and
psychological movements like breathing, feeling happy, or
falling in love
 Ethics does not study what man cannot control, but they
look at acts of man as factors affecting man’s judgment
and violations
 Ethics examines how man is accountable for his actions
and its consequences.
 Ethics proposes how man ought to live his life -
meaningfully
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11. Ethics: The Art of Correct Living
 Art provides what is orderly and harmonious in an art
work, Ethic does the same for our everyday lives
 Ethics is the art of correct living for Ethics teaches us how
we may put order and harmony in our lives.
 It is a practical science – it is beneficial only when its truths
are put into practice as rules of conducts
 Every one is expected to be decent and
trustworthy, deviating from it causes chaos and disarray
 Morality is not only necessary to a person but also to a
society “Without civic morality, communities perish;
without personal morality their survival has no
value”(Bertrand Russell) – when people do not accept the
rule of law society crumbles
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12. Ethics and Religion
 Ethics and religion are both concerned with moral
education but they differ from each other
 Ethics is a science and relies on reasons for its
conclusion
 Religion is a system of beliefs and practices based on
faith and revelation or truths revealed to Man by God.
 Ethics teaches the value of religion, presenting it as a
duty of man towards the Supreme being
 Religion as an organized church or
institution, contributes to the development of ethical
thought.
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13. Ethical Norms and Laws
 Laws
 Human laws regulate external actions, but not thoughts
or feelings
 Sometimes legalizes immoral acts hence “what is legal
is not necessarily moral”
 Ethical norms
 Covers thoughts and feelings thus a person could sin
because of what he thinks or desires.
 It is not sufficient to do good, one must be sincere in
doing what is good
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14. Ethical Approaches
 ATHEISTIC APPROACH
 Assumes that only matter exists and man is responsible only
to the State since there is no God who rules the universe
 Morality is an invention of man to suit his requirements and
to preserve the society
 Moral truths are temporary and changeable depending on
the situation
 Some of its tenets are as follows
 Matter is the only reality
 Man is a matter and does not have spiritual soul
 Man is free and must exercise his freedom to promote the
welfare of society
 There is no life after death
 Man is accountable only to the state
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15. Ethical Approaches
 THEISTIC APPROACH
 Assumes that God is the Supreme Lawgiver
 Everything must conform to God’s Eternal Plan of creation
 Man must exercise his freedom in accordance with God’s will
 There are absolute principles of morality which are not
changeable
 Man is accountable for his actions and deserves rewards or
punishments in this life or the next
 Some of their tenets are as follows
 God is the Supreme Creator and Law giver
 Man is free and must use his freedom to promote his personal
interest among with that of others
 Man has an immortal soul
 Man is accountable for his actions, both good and Evil
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16. General and Special Ethics
 General Ethics – about the principles of morality. It
explains the norms with which the moral
significance of human act is determined
 Special ethics – the application of the principles of
General ethics into the problems and issues
confronting a person on account of his
circumstances in life, for instance as a
citizen, neighbor, worker, wife, husband or child
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17. Reading: WHAT IS ETHICS
by: Jovito R. Salonga
 Points raised
 Ethics is the discipline dealing with the right and wrong
 Common sense tells us that things that are right are the things
that help the people and the society at large
 It has a practical dimension – reciprocity; as reflected in the
Golden rule “Do unto other what you want others to do unto you”
or its negative “Do not do unto others what you do not want
others to do unto you”
 It has a spiritual dimension – why we feel shame or guilt ;
conscience
 Abe Lincoln said “ When I do good I feel good. When I do bad I feel
bad”
 Our best moments are not the times when we are a lot of money
but moments when what we did meant a lot good to others
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