Ethics Flashcards
Pg 54-57
Aftercare (post funeral follow-up)
Those appropriate and helpful acts of counseling, personal and/ or written contact that come after the funeral.
Business Ethics
Values related to human conduct as applied to business.
Code of Ethics
A declaration or public statement of professional standards of right and wrong conduct.
Confidentiality
To hold certain information in trust and not disclose without proper authorization or authority.
Culture
The rules, ideas and beliefs shared by members of society or and for living and dying, which are learned directly or indirectly.
Discrimination
The act of making a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit.
Ethical (moral)
Conforming to accepted standards of conduct.
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.
Ethnicity
The cultural heritage or identity of a group, based on factors such as language or country of origin.
Funeral Service Ethics
Values related to human conduct as applied to the care of the deceased, family, funeral home operations and society.
Golden Rule
A rule of ethical conduct found in some form in most major religions usually phrased: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Harassment
To annoy continually or chronically annoy.
Informed Consent
A formal agreement provided after receiving complete and accurate information, including alternative choices and consequences in an understandable form.
Integrity
Fidelity to moral principles.
Law
Rules that govern society.
