Essays on Ethics

The Websters dictionary defines the word ethics short and simple. It states that ethics is the system of moral values; the principal of right or good conduct. When I began to research ethics in the civil engineering profession, I was amazed to find that it …

Humans have evolved from lawless creatures whose daily struggle included getting food and staying alive, to people with culture and intelligence One thing remains the same; our nature. Are we naturally good, or evil? Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were on different sides of the …

The concept of a soft drink has evolved significantly over the past few decades. Over a period of time, the industry’ has broadened by offering more of a variety to its consumers. With health issues on the rise, the industry has made healthier beverages available …

Henrietta Lacks is, one of the greatest contributors medical science and research in the past century. Albeit, she never knew of her contribution. In fact, it took twenty years for her family to be informed about the extensive number of cells that had been produced, …

The two novels, The Life and Loves of a She-Devil and it’s senior Medea, tell a story of a double-edged sword, like two mirrors facing each other in a corridor. These stories of women and the privation they face(d) are the only thing intertwining them …

One of the main arguments against torture is that it is immoral. There are plenty of arguments to whether torture should be legalized or not. Alan Dershowitz believes that torture should be legalized for life saving events. This may be true; however, Phillip Heymann believes …

The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, tells the story of a woman trapped in her own life. Set in the 1800s, a time when women and mens roles were strictly defined by society, the woman reveals her true to desire to break free from …

Feminine, a term used as both a noun and an adjective, refers to the characteristics of a woman. Feminism dates back to the late eighteenth century. The meaning of the word has altered due to social change. I will show how the word transformed into …

In a remote shepherd’s cottage in the hills of England, a celebration of a baby’s birth unto Christ takes place. With nineteen or so players, including the shepherd and his wife. A band that refuses to stop playing, and most importantly three influential strangers, a …

HRE 4M1: INDEPENDENT STUDY UNIT This -A clear explanation of the issue -various ethical positions in society. (minimum -> 2 opposing positions) -consequences of each position (results of adopting this position) -underlying beliefs of each position (why this position is right) -explain why some positions …

If one looks at the purpose of ethics/morality and the common conception of the purpose of sales, one can make a fairly good case that sales ethics is an oxymoron. Morality or ethic is incompatible if following the rules of business practices inevitably to the …

O Springer 2009 Journal of Business Ethics (2010) 91:299–311 DOI 10. 1007/s10551-009-0084-2 The Ethics of Food Advertising Targeted Toward Children: Parental Viewpoint ABSTRACT. The children’s market has become significantly more important to marketers in recent years. They have been spending increasing amounts on advertising, particularly …

THE PROFESSIONAL ROLE OF A NURSE, THE CORE VALUES AND THE ETHICAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE. The outline of this essay will be in six parts, (1) an introduction, (2) the main body which will explore the role of a nurse, (3) conduct and …

Regardless of what our future holds, it will be based on the decisions we make today.  Those decisions can be made using the Utilitarian Theory which states that we are doing good for the greatest number of people.  Using Rule Utilitarianism “which maintains that a …

Negotiation is a method in which people with different ideas and ideologies settle their differences. Therefore, it’s a process by which both parties compromise or reaches an agreement while avoiding escalation of the argument or dispute [ CITATION Har14 I 1033]. In the event of …

The basis of civilization as we know it goes along with the pretense of justice. Justice allows us to live together in unity, interact with others and exist in a society. However, there are many different societies that spread across the earth. Each has their …

In the late eighteenth century, two significant movements emerged in the United States: the federalists and the anti-federalists. While both groups were prominent during a time of change for the young nation and valued unity to spread their ideas, their views on the necessity and …

In his book The Fault in Our Stars, John Green deals with the themes of death and love. The cancer-struck teenager Hazel Grace Lancaster is diagnosed with cancer at the young age of 13. As her mother forced her to attend a cancer support group, …

Morality is the basis for determining and evaluating right or wrong or good and bad conduct. However, it is difficult to quantify the value of goodness and badness since there is no scale of comparison. Often morality is interchangeably used with ethics, though ethics is …

Diversity Diversity in management is a major task. There are many aspects related to diversity, such as: culture, religion, and gender, just to name a few. It is important to remember that different people have different values and morals. Treating each person as an individual …

Anthony B. FieldingUtilitarian, Deontological, and Virtue ethics The concept of utilitarianism is closely related to the philosophy of consequentialism. Basically this means that the moral and ethical value of a person’s action should be judged by the consequence of that action. Utilitarianism is believed to …

Reading Enron’s code of ethics, on first impression, you would expect nothing but excellence from a respectable company. Their code of ethics relied heavily on effective communication, a high level of integrity, and nothing but excellence. Through this code they portrayed a business that was …

The Comic that I recall was Hank Ketchum’s Dennis the Menace strip in a newspaper. Although I could not find it to reprint, the memory stays with me perfectly. Alice, Dennis’ mother was folding laundry when Dennis cries out from the kitchen “Mom! Does the …

The movie entitled Coach Carter have shown more than just the simple approach on presenting leadership as a way by which the situations are treated by someone who is expert in a certain field of leading the people. As for this movie, the focus was …

Introduction The Health South Corporation is a public company based in Birmingham City of Alabama, and at the moment, enjoys the status of one of the US’ largest dealers in the business of health care services provision. Presently, the Health South Corporation remains renowned for …

As a college student for the last 2 years, if there is one important thing that I have learned, it is to follow the ethical guidelines of your school. Moreover, maintain the ethical code throughout the semester and more specifically for every course. Now, as …

Kentucky Fried Chicken is very keen about ethical standards both within and without the company as asserted by their company representatives. For instance the company is strict about is vendor engagements. Before a supplier can secure a contract with Kentucky Fried Chicken, they have to …

Modern scholarship typically differentiates utilitarian ethnic cleansing from ideological ethnic cleansing. Pre-twentieth-century acts of ethnic cleansing typically. Were of the utilitarian type, in which perpetrators were pursuing land, economic wealth, slaves, or simply settling old scores. Modern ethnic cleansing, however, tends to be ideological, whereby …

As a nurse it is common knowledge that patient confidentiality is of up most importance. We learn this in nursing school as it is part of the Nursing Code of Ethics and it is a nurse’s duty to keep patient information confidential. (American Nurses Association, …

Introduction: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is always an on-going issue that companies have to cope with. What are the responsibilities that companies should take other than the maximization of return to shareholders and by taking such responsibilities, how it may affect the operation of the …