ethics Flashcards by Jhay Peñaloza

Greek word
meaning relating to
one’s character

Ethikos

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means character,
disposition

Ethos

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it is branch of
philosophy that studies
morality, rightness or
wrongness of human
conduct.

Ethics

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a code or
system of behaviour
in regards to
standards of right
and wrong behaviour

Morality

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Rules protect social
beings by regulating
behavior ( true/ false)

true

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Rules help to guarantee
each person certain rights
and freedom ( true/ false)

true

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Rules produce a sense of
justice among social
beings ( true/ false)

true

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Rules are essential for a
healthy economic system ( true/ false)

true

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Rules protect social beings
by regulating behavior ( true/ false)

true

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It build boundaries,
consequences who violate

People follows accepted
rules to avoid negative
consequences

Rules

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Concerned with or
relating to human
behaviour.

Moral standards

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The
distinction
between good
and bad or
right and
wrong behavior

Moral Standards

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When you truly
believe an act is
wrong , you will not
agree or consent
when other people
commit what you
consider a wrongful
act

Believed to be universal

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if you believe an
action is morally right
, then you will
support it

Believed to be universal

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Your action depends
on a universal
standpoint where
everyone interest is
counted as

equal

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Your action depends
on a universal
standpoint where
everyone interest is
counted as equal

Based on objectivity

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Feeling of guilty ,
remorseful or
ashamed

Associated with vocabulary
that depicts motion or
feelings

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Considered as
relative standards
by which something
or someone is
judged as either
good or bad

Non-moral standards

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it is standards
include rules of
etiquette , fashion
standards, rules in
games, various
house rules

Non-moral standards

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Set of rules on how individual
should responsibly behave in
the society ( Taylor and
Williams, 2017 )

Etiquette

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Is a clear, simple statement
of how an organization plans
to handle its services, actions,
or business

Policy

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Created and enforced by the
government and its agencies to
maintain order, resolves
disputes and protect a person’s
liberty and rights ( Robertson,
2008;Brickley and
Gottesman,2017)

Law

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Rule that is to be strictly
observed , set by the divine
entity ( Stahl, 2009

Commandment

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Refers to a situation
in which a tough
choice has to be made
between two or more
options, especially
equally undesirable
ones

Dilemma

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Situations in which a difficult choice has to be made between two sources of action , either of which entails transgressing moral principle.

Moral dilemmas

Involves conflicts between moral requirements

Moral dilemmas

Those experienced and resolved on the personal level.

Personal dilemmas

Refer to ethical cases encountered and resolved by social organizations

Organizational dilemmas

Dilemmas in business, medical field and public sector.

Organizational dilemmas

Refer to cases involving network of institutions and operative theoretical paradigms

Structural dilemmas

the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. "we do have some freedom of choice“

Freedom

it is having the ability to act or change without constraint. Something is "free" if it can change easily and is not constrained in its present state.

Freedom

Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character

Moral

You are born free and equal in rights to every other hu- man being. You have the ability to think and to tell right from wrong. You should treat others with friendship.

Article 1, Right to equality

You have all these human rights no matter what your race, skin colour, sex, language, religion, opinions, fam- ily background, social or economic status, birth or nationality.

Article 2, Freedom from discrimination

You have the right to live, to be free and to feel safe.

Article 3, Right to life , liberty and personal security

Nobody has the right to treat you as a slave, and you should not make anyone your slave.

Article 4, Freedom from slavery:

Nobody has the right to torture, harm or humiliate you.

Article 5, Freedom from torture and degrading treatment

You have a right to be accepted everywhere as a person according to law.

Article 6, Right to recognition as a person before the law

You have a right to be protected and treated equally by the law without discrimination of any kind.

Article 7, Right to equality before the law

If your legal rights are violated, you have the right to fair and capable judges to uphold your rights.

Article 8, Right to remedy by capable judges

Nobody has the right to arrest you, put you in prison or to force you out of your country without good reasons.

Article 9, Freedom from arbitrary arrest and exile

If you are accused of a crime, you have the right to a fair and public hearing.

Article 10, Right to fair public hearing

if you are accused of a crime, you have the right to a fair and public speaking.

Right to fair public speaking

You should be considered innocent until it can be proved in a fair trail that you are guilty.

Article 11, Right to be considered innocent until proven guilty.

You have the right to be protected if someone tries to harm your good name or enter your house, open you mail or bother your or your family without good reason.

Article 12, Freedom from interference with privacy, family, home and correspondence.

You have the right to come and go as you wish within your country.

Article 13, Right to movement.

if someone threatens to hurt you, you have the right to go to another country and ask for protection as a refugee

Article 14, Right to protection in another country.

You have the right to belong to a country and have a nationality.

Article 15, Right to a nationality and the freedom to change it.

When you are legally old enough, you have the right to marry and have a family without any limitations based on your race.

Article 16, Right to marriage and family.

You have the right to own things.

Article 17, Right to own property.

You have the right to to your own thoughts and to believe in ant religion.

Article 18, Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

You have the right to hold and express your own opinions.

Article 19, Freedom of opinion and information.

You have the right to meet peacefully with other people.

Article 20, Right to peaceful assembly and association.

You have to right participate in government and elections.

Article 21, Right to participate in government and elections

The society you live in should provide you with social security and the rights necessary for your dignity and development.

Article 22, Right to social security.

You have the right to work, to choose your work and work in good conditions.

Article 23, Right to desirable work and to join trade unions.

You have the right to rest and free time.

Article 24, Right to rest and leisure.

You have the right to the things you and your family need to have a healthy and comfortable life

Article 25, Right to adequate living standard.

You have the right to go to school

Article 26, Right to education

You have the right to participate in the traditions and leaving of your community, to enjoy the arts and to benefits from scientific progress.

Article 27, Right to participate in the cultural life of community.

You have the right to the kind of world where you and all people can enjoy these rights and freedoms.

Article 28, Right to Social order.

Your personality can only fully develop within your community, and you have responsibilities to the community.

Article 29, Responsibilities to the community.

No person, group or government anywhere in the world should do anything to destroy these right.

Article 30, Freedom from interference in these human rights.

derives from a French term, which in turn derives from the Latin "colere," which means to tend to the earth and grow, or cultivation and nurture.

Culture

it is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.

Culture

it Is linked with the elite, upper class society, those families and individuals with an ascribed status position. It is often associated with the arts such as opera, ballet, and classical music, and sports. High culture maintains its elite and exclusive position.

High culture

Is a concept relating to culturally embedded differences within society, it’s the fact that different cultures exist alongside each other

Cultural Diversity

Culture enjoyed by a small group within society. In this sense it is minority part of majority culture. They have distinct norms and values which make them sub-section of society.

Subculture

It borrows idea from high culture and popularizes it, making it available for the masses; a product of the media dominated world; it is a positive force for it brings people of different back grounds together in a common culture.

Popular culture

It is depicted to be very similar to cultural diversity, other definitions align multiculturalism with different ethnic groups living alongside each other.

multiculturalism

Types of non-moral standard

- Etiquetti - law - policy - commandment

Three levels of moral dilemmas

- Personal dilemmas - Organizational dilemmas - Structural dilemmans

Types of culture

- High culture - culture diversity - popular culture - multiculturalism - global culture

different types of freedom

- Freedom to be alive - Freedom of speech - freedom of press - freedom of religion - freedom of belief