ITC331 - Ethics and Professional Practice Session 1 2013 Faculty of Business School of Computing and Mathematics CSU Study Centre Sydney Internal Mode Subject Coordinator Chandana Penatiyana Withanage Subject Overview Welcome to a new session of study at Charles Sturt University. The aim of this subject is to understand and examine a wide range of ethical and professional practice issues and concepts in the information and communication technology (ICT) field. The different types of widely used
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Good or Bad? : How Ethics Can Help Us Decide Frances M Gierbolini PHI208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: Victor Reppert March 12‚ 2013 Good or Bad? : How Ethics Can Help Us Decide One of the more popular approaches to determining good from bad is to apply utilitarian ethics. This essentially means that if given a choice between two acts the act that benefits the majority should be chosen. Philosophers use the term “utility” to express this idea‚ and “utility” is defined as the “satisfaction
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presents ETHICAL THEORIES SLIDE 1 – INTRODUCTORY SLIDE Ethical theories provide part of the decision-making foundation for Decision Making When Ethics Are In Play because these theories represent the viewpoints from which individuals seek guidance as they make decisions. Each theory emphasizes different points – a different decision-making style or a decision rule—such as predicting the outcome and following one’s duties to others in order to reach what the individual considers an ethically correct
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How the Grinch Taught Me Morals As a child‚ my favorite book was One Fish‚ Two Fish‚ Red Fish‚ Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss. At about 4 years old‚ I can’t imagine I saw anymore into that book besides the many different kinds of fish described. However‚ as a more mature adult‚ I can now see what Dr. Seuss was trying to impress upon children‚ the acceptance of diversity. Principles of ethics are shown to us frequently in picture books such as those by Dr. Seuss. However‚ as we get older‚ these medias
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Chapter-1 (Nature of Ethics) Ethical Dilemmas The quandary people find themselves in when they have to decide if they should act in a way that might help another person or group‚ and is the “right” thing to do‚ even though doing so might not be in their own self-interest. A dilemma may also arise when a person has to decide between two different courses of action‚ knowing that whichever course he or she chooses will result in harm to one person or group even though it may benefit another. The ethical
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students dont really need to learn cursive for things online. Its best if we keep cursive out of schools so we can teach students what they really need to know for life. We should let the students decide if they want to learn cursive or not. In conclusion students should learn cursive if they like but we shouldnt enforce them to. Their could be a class to learn
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Reason why people give up on ethics Self-interest sometimes morphs into greed and selfishness‚ which is unchecked self-interest at the expense of someone else. This greed becomes a kind of accumulation fever. “If you accumulate for the sake of accumulation‚ accumulation becomes the end‚ and if accumulation is the end‚ there’s no place to stop‚” he said. The focus shifts from the long-term to the short-term‚ with a big emphasis on profit maximization. For example‚ swaps (where two communication
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Since Pelton is a teacher at the high school in Piper‚ Kansas‚ why would the school not defend her actions? After all‚ the students are the ones that caused this incident. When one makes a choice that they know can come with a serious consequence‚ that individual is solely to blame for whatever punishment they might face. In the case of Christine Pelton‚ a teacher with outstanding character and moral was faced to stand up for herself by resigning‚ after a poor
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Learning Objectives After studying this module you should be able to: Understand the importance of ethics Know the history of ethics in accounting Incorporate ethics into your decision process Know ethical standards for accounting professionals Understand ethical implications of the U.S. transition to IFRS Appreciate lessons learned from recent business scandals SECTION 1 — THE IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS Ethics is an important part of your accounting education and it will play an increasingly important
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a company. It communicates to the employees what is considered right and wrong. It often plays a positive role in strengthening an organization. However‚ it can also have a negative effect on an employee’s conduct. I will explain below how organizational policies and procedures can have positive and negative impacts to organizational ethics. Most companies create organizational policies and procedures with the idea that it will help employees make the right decisions. Companies that create policies
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