what are some examples of ethics?

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Not Enron or MCI!!

What are “Ethics”?
Ethics are standards of right and wrong, good and bad. Ethics are concerned with what one ought to do to fulfill one’s moral duty. There are two aspects to ethics:

Being able to determine what is right or wrong, good or bad

Committing to doing what is right and good.

The latter aspect means that being ethical is more than understanding what the right thing is to do; it means that one must do ethical actions – one must “walk the talk.”

Being ethical means doing what is right and good and well as avoiding what is wrong or bad. The failure to be ethical can be construed as being unethical.

Ethics leads to a set of rules of conduct for specific situations. Basic ethical principles guide the development of standards for specific professions and groups.

Ethics are a subset of values. The definition of values applies to things that are desired as well as what one ought to do, and can include such concepts as wealth, happiness, success, and fulfillment. Ethics define how a moral person should behave; values include other beliefs and attitudes that guide behavior.

Just because something is desirable, it does not mean it is ethical. Using only a personal value system to guide behavior is not sufficient. Being ethical requires that decisions are based on ethical standards as well as being guided by one’s values. For instance, a person may hold a value that one religion or set of beliefs is superior to all others. That belief is a legitimate one for that person. However, persecuting or discriminating against others on that basis would be unethical—it would violate the ethics of respect, caring, and fairness. Some values and moral concepts that define the “oughts” of behavior (such as those related to gambling, dress, music, and some sexual practices), while valid for some people, do not equate to core ethical standards, described below.

What are core ethical values?

Two sets of core ethical values are described below, the first from Ethical Frontiers in Public Management by Kathryn Denhardt; the second from the Josephson Institute.

Public Service Ethics

Denhardt identifies three major ethical values inherent in public service: honor, benevolence, and justice. All three contribute to the moral foundation of public service—doing good not for personal gain but for the satisfaction of contributing to society.

Honor is having a strong sense of duty and pursuing good deeds as ends in themselves. Being honorable means having integrity, being honest and keeping commitments. Honorable trustees are committed to the public interest and to the principles of democracy. Promoting one's own interests at the district’s expense, engaging in manipulation, following hidden agendas, and making power plays are not honorable or ethical.

Benevolence is the disposition to do good and to promote the welfare of others. Public education is a benevolent act. Through providing for the education of others, the public welfare is improved. Benevolence as a trustee for a public institution involves seeking the common good or the well being of the entire community. The common good is a higher standard than serving a particular constituency or interest, and involves aggregating many diverse interests in the community.

Justice underlies fairness and regard for the rights of others. A commitment to justice asks public officials to be committed to respecting the dignity and worth of every member of society. They promote systems of laws and regulations that protect individual and group rights. Regard for the rights of others is a particularly important value in higher education, where diverse values and different ways of thinking are explored and discussed as part of the educational process.

“Pillars of Character”
Adapted from Making Ethical Decisions, www.josephsoninstitute.org.

The Josephson Institute calls its core ethical values the “Six Pillars of Character”. They are trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. Using these six values as filters or guides helps ensure that our decisions are based on ethical principles. Using all six helps ensure we do not sacrifice one value for another.

Note: The following description including excerpts from “Making Ethical Decisions” at www.josephsoninstitute.org.

Trustworthiness. When we are trustworthy, people believe in us. Being trustworthy requires honesty, integrity, reliability and loyalty.

Being honest means we are sincere, truthful, straightforward, and avoid deception. It does not mean, however, violating confidentiality or being uncivil.

Integrity refers to “wholeness.” A person who has integrity is consistent in decision-making and behavior, and firmly adheres to a code of ethics or values.

Reliability means we keep our promises. If we commit to a task, we follow through. This is one of the reasons why it is important to avoid making commitments to people prior to the public discussion in a board meeting on an issue: the discussions may identify issues that affect trustee positions on an issue.

Loyalty means protecting and promoting the interests of certain people, a group or organization. As a trustee, the primary loyalty is to the college and the public good—loyalty to friends and single interest groups is subordinate. The duty of loyalty also means maintaining the confidentiality of confidential information.

Respect. The second “pillar of character” is respect. It includes civility, courtesy, decency, autonomy, and tolerance.

Civility and courtesy are particularly important when engaging in discussions with other trustees and the president when we disagree with them. Autonomy means that we do not try to live others’ lives for them. Tolerance means we accept others’ perspectives and judge others only on their core ethical values.

Responsibility. Responsibility means being willing to make decisions and choices and to be accountable for them. Responsible people do not shift the blame to others.

Responsibility means doing the best one can, and being diligent, careful, prepared, and informed. It means persevering, following through, and finishing tasks that one commits to.

Responsibility also involves self-restraint, prudence, and recognizing the importance to set a good example. A responsible trustee recognizes that there are some limits on being able to say whatever one wants to, because people look to them as representatives of the college.

Fairness. The fourth pillar, fairness, involves equality, impartiality, openness and using due process. People say that “life is unfair,” and to be sure, it can be very difficult to define what’s fair in a way that all would agree. Exhibiting fairness involves using open and impartial process for gathering and evaluating information, so that even those who disagree with a decision can understand how it was made. It means seeking equity and avoiding favoritism or prejudice.

Caring. Caring means that we are genuinely concerned about the welfare of others. We are benevolent. Trustees are often asked to care about many different people–community members, students, faculty, and others. As public officials, we care about the common good and welfare of the community. Sometimes, supporting the welfare of one group of people may mean making a decision that is perceived as not beneficial to others.

Because we care about other people, we care about being ethical, about being respectful, responsible, and trustworthy. Being unethical is easier if we do not care about others.

Citizenship. The last “pillar” is citizenship, which involves how we behave as part of a community. Ethical citizens obey laws, contribute to the community through service and leadership, and protect the environment. Citizenship is concerned with the future health and welfare of society. Trusteeship is an expression of civic leadership, and the ethics of trusteeship reflect good citizenship practices.

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Ethics - when you set up values for yourself which are consistent with those set by public. For example, not cheating, or doing your job consiously for the best results for the company, or living the life in a style which does not impair others for your selfish needs, and etc.

Answer 6

Some good cases examples are the Union Carbide disaster at Bhopal (american division new there were problems with the factory but choose to ignore it), ford pinto cars, nestle baby food case (where they were giving 3rd world woman "free trials" of baby formula which by the time the free stuff ran out the baby wouldnt take it's mothers milk anymore so they had to keep buying the formula)

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Hi Most important to remember is that in the relative realm, this starry universe, the one we live in, right and wrong, morality and ethics are relative terms. Without acknowledging this, it's meaningless to say anything else. So then relatively, which means from a perspective. Moral and ethical development seems to be the movement from less to more, from less compassion to more compassion, from less love to more love, from less justice to more justice, from less rules to more rules, from less perspective to more perspective (truth) ... I am sure you get the picture. Any action of mine can be filled with less concern for others or more concern for others. So in judging morality we MEASURE another’s action or behaviour (individual, group or nation) in relation to its perceived 'level' of less to more AGAINST our assumed (where we think we are, which of course may or may not be where we actually are) 'level' of less to more (individual or group or nation) and then CONCLUDE 'right' or 'wrong', 'good or bad', 'moral or immoral', ethical or unethical' based on the differencial. Of course we can and do, do this with ourselves all the time. Now a personal code of ethics would require that i become very familiar with my own psycho-graph, depicting accurately my current levels of cognitive, emotional, spiritual, moral ...etc development OR of me adopting wholesale some very well thought out behavioural 'code of conduct' (sorry 10 commandments isn't enough, its quiet unsophisticated). Not only that BUT I would also have to be very familiar with my level of sustainable INTEGRITY (my ability to consistently manifest intention). Just because I value something does not guarantee that I would act according. This is actually what you asked for BUT any meaningful and accurate answer would just be to long and be to complex to go through here. It literally takes a lifetime to understand - hence why most people don't. Now, having this information, I would be able to be quiet specific on my current level (developmental trajectory) of ethics - Academically. In reality I would also have to take into account at a min, personality typologies and psychological shadow material and relationship to 'Freedom', three very big areas. So not having awareness of all of this, my own level of ethics would be more or less foreign, even to myself. Talking about global morality becomes far more problematic and I think your question seemed to be more a question of personal ethics, so I will restrain myself from writing a book here ... ((((sigh)))) I heard that sigh of relief. The entire concept of absolute morality (everything is love or everything is God), if you think about it for just a moment is a completely useless structure for guiding action in the realm of the relative (Give unto God what is God's and give unto Ceasar what is Ceasars - Ceasar is relative and that's where we live.) Thank you for such an insightful question and you are so right, VERY FEW, ever understand their own platforms of integrity and ethics.

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