Ethical Theory Examination Ethical Theory Examination An action can be considered ethical or unethical depending on the perspective. There are three main theories of ethics: virtue‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontology. Each theory uses different criteria to determine if an action is ethical. Although the idea of performing ethical actions is similar‚ each theory follows a different approach. The virtue theory of ethics determines what is right and wrong based upon how it will affect one’s character
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Teaching Background Students discuss an ethical dilemma that is readily comprehensible – who to save in a lifeboat. The various ethical perspectives can be derived in students’ own words. Alternatively‚ each group can assume one perspective and analyze their choices through that lens. Student Handouts: Ethical Group Discussion – The Lifeboat Discussions about the lifeboat are influenced strongly by how the question is posed. Be sure to allow room for solutions that maximize fairness (i.e.
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employee counselor responsible for ethical concerns of the employees. Every employee is required to read the ethical guide and maintain high ethical standards. Every employee must continue to maintain high ethical standards‚ honesty‚ impartiality‚ integrality and conduct. The use of position for private and personal gain is forbidden by ethics. “Public service is a public trust‚ requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution‚ the laws and ethical principles above private gain.” Therefore
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Within the court system‚ bias and prejudice exists. The courts take measures to try to prevent these biases and prejudices from affecting their proceedings and the outcomes of the cases. Even with the courts best prevention efforts many ethical issues arise. One area where many ethical issues are present is in jury selection and within the jury itself. The process of jury selection is called voir dire (Starr & McCormick‚ pg. 21). However‚ it is not as much of a selection process as it is an
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Identify ethical issues: It is is importnat that these accusation are facts and not on suspitions. The ethical issue regarding Amelia’s situation is whether or not she should or shouldnt be charged personal expenses to society. We are told that Amelia has paid for societies items on her personal account and believes that these expenses are equal. Some may regard these actions as stealing of society funds which would resuly in a criminal offence charge‚ however there are some people that tend to
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Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a philosophical theory that believes that right thing to do comes from a measurement of the amount of pleasure over the amount of pain‚ and decides that the right thing to do results in what will be the greatest pleasure for the majority of the group. In other words by calculating happiness you will be able to decide what the right thing to do is as long as it is right for the majority of the people. This seems as if it will only help the people that agree on the
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The activities in class this final week helped each student further practice ethical decision making. The EthicsGame Dilemmas provided the class with a couple of additional unique scenarios that invoked more thought and decision-making principles. The first dilemma that required action was The Mysterious Roses scenario. This particular issue involved a couple of different things. Based on several different perspectives that were shared by employees it seemed as though one of my team members was
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Financial accountants and independent auditors commonly face challenges Abstract Financial accountants and independent auditors commonly face challenging technical and ethical dilemmas while carrying out their professional responsibilities. This case profiles an accounting and financial reporting fraud orchestrated by the chief financial officer (CFO) of a major public company and his subordinates. The CFO‚ who was a CPA‚ took extreme measures to conceal the fraud from his company’s audit
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beyond its mental and physical limitations that currently exist. This is definitely a difficult slippery slope of a belief. There are benefits for mankind that could emerge from these enhancements and also there are problems that could also emerge especially from an ethical standpoint. When discussing this topic several things come to mind. Do humans have the right to tamper with our genetic make up to create a new form of human being‚ if this happens what will happen to the unmodified humans when they
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arrested for attempted robbery because I was black and out late at night. In “Right Place‚ Wrong Face” by Alton Fitzgerald White‚ the stage is set for racial prejudice against an innocent man. Racial prejudice is not rare based on someone’s race or color. The way society provides a certain image for a particular set of people decreases their opportunity of showing their true character. Unfortunately White was caught in the right place at the wrong time‚ which led to his unjust arrest at his Harlem apartment
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