Ethics

Question 1

Ethics is derived from the word

Answer 1

Ethos “ characteristic way of acting’

Question 2

Latin equivalent

Answer 2

Mos , mores “tradition or custom”

Question 3

The Ethos of man as man is revealed in the following

Answer 3

1. He is able to distinguish between good and evil
2. He feels within himself an obligation to what is good and to avoid what is
   evil
3. He feels himself accountable for his actions

Question 4

Importance of Ethics

Answer 4

1. It satisfies basic human needs
2. It creates credibility
3. It unites people and leaders
4. It improves decision making
5. It brings long term gains
6. It secures the society

Question 5

Without moral perception, man is only an animal.

Answer 5

Ethics is an indispensable

Question 6

those actions performed by man, knowingly and freely

Answer 6

Human acts

Question 7

the quality of human acts by which they are constituted as good,
bad, or indifferent.

Answer 7

Morality

Question 8

Art, in general, is the appreciation of beauty. It implies order and harmony of
parts in given whole

Answer 8

The art of correct living

Question 9

Ethics is a science and depends upon rational investigation of its truths.

Answer 9

Ethics and religion

Question 10

Ethics studies human motivation

Answer 10

Ethics and law

Question 11

The practice of a profession cannot be regulated entirely by legislation.

Answer 11

Professional ethics

Question 12

Ethics behavior among workers in an organization ensures that employees
complete work with honesty and integrity

Answer 12

Employee ethics

Question 13

Leaders and employees adhering to a code of ethics create an ethical
organizational culture.

Answer 13

Ethical organizational culture

Question 14

Why Should Students Study Ethics?

Answer 14

1. It allows you to live a meaningful life
2. Ethics makes you more successful
3. Ethics allows you to cultivate inner place
4. Ethics provides for a stable society
5. Ethics may help out in the after life

Question 15

those moral actions which are within the moral sphere
and are thus objects of moral judgments.

Answer 15

Moral standard

Question 16

those actions devoid of moral quality
and thus excluded from the scope of moral judgment.

Answer 16

Non-moral standard

Question 17

Three Levels of Moral Dilemma

Answer 17

Individual
Organizational
Systemic

Question 18

experienced by individuals who have a hard time
to choose the right action from two or more actions

Answer 18

Individual dilemma

Question 19

administrative decisions are
characterized as having routines, and challenges.

Answer 19

Organizational dilemma

Question 20

occurs in the ordinary conditions of life.

Answer 20

Systemic dilemma