ethics final
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- professionalism
- professional character or spirit
- ethnicity
- the cultueral heritage or identity of a group, based on factors such as language or country of origin
- utilitarianism
- the morally right action produces the greatest good for the largest number of people
- business ethics
- that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct as it applies to business transactions
- citizenship
- the character of an individual viewed as a memeber of society; behavior in terms of the duties, obligations and fuctions of a citizen
- absolute moral standard
- a moral principle followed consistently regardless of the situation
- motives
- something, as a reason or desire, acting as a spur to action
- confidentiality
- to hold certain information in trust and not disclose without proper authorization or authority
- non-theistic
- a philosophy that does not focus on the worship of a god or gods
- deontological theory
- maintains that the morality of an action is determined by its motives or in accordance with some rules (non-consequentialism)
- mores
- customs; habits; ways.
- religion
- a culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of: sacred beliefs, emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs and overt conduct presumably implementing the beliefs and feelings
- ethics
- that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions
- normative ethics
- involves formulating moral standards of conduct
- moral
- refers to the customs, alues, and standards of practice of a group, age, or theory intended to be timeless
- theism
- a belief in god or gods
- honesty
- having a sense of honor, upright and fair dealing
- culture
- consists of abstract patterns (the rules, ideas, beliefs shared by members of society) of and for living and dying which are learned directly or indirectly
- situational ethics
- moral principles that vary with circumstances
- golden rule
- a rule of ethical conduct found in some form in most major religions and usually phrased, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
- law
- man made rules that govern society
- conventional stage
- a stage of moral development in which the expections of the social group (family, community, and nation) are supported and maintained
- teleological theory
- maintains that the morality of an action is determined solely by its consequences (consequentialism)
- situational ethics
- moral principles that vary with curcumstances
- post-conventional stage
- a stage of moral development in which the individual considers universal moral principles which supersede the authority of the group
- code of ethics
- a declaration or public statement of professional standards of right and wrong conduct
- pre-moral stage
- a stage of moral development in which the individual is characterized as not understanding the rules or feeling a sense or obligation to them. looking to experience only that which is good or pleasant or to avoid that which is painful
- values
- beliefs that are held in high esteem
- meta-ethics
- evaluates the meaning of ethical statements and the structure and reasons used at arriving at normative theories
- integrity
- fidelity to moral principles
- philosophy
- the set of values, ideas and opinions of an individual or group
- pre-conventional stage
- a stage of moral development in which moral reasoning is based on reward and punishment from those in authority