CHAPTER 2

• • IS A CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH THE AUTHORITY IN POWER PRESCRIBES FOR SOCIETY.
  • IT BASICALLY DIFFERS FROM ETHICS IN ITS OPTION TO USE FORCE IF AND WHEN NECESSARY AND BY THE FACT THAT IS BACKED BY POWER.
  • TELLS US WHAT WE ARE PROHIBITED FROM DOING AND WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO.
  • it must be followed
  • Collection of rules and regulations
  • universal
  • Enforced
  • written form
  • liable for penalties/punishments

  Laws
• • IS A SET OF STANDARDS, OR A CODE, OR VALUE SYSTEM, WORKED OUT FROM HUMAN REASON AND EXPERIENCE, BY WHICH FREE HUMAN ACTIONS ARE DETERMINED AS ULTIMATELY RIGHT OR WRONG, GOOD OR EVIL.
  • Social guidelines
  • Not universal
  • Not enforced
  • not in written form
  • not liable for penalties/punishments

  Ethics
• Professional codes of ethics

  • Be i- nclusive
  • Be c- onsiderate
  • Be r- espectful
  • C- hoose your words carefully
  • D- on't h- arass
  • M- ake d- ifferences into s- trengths
• The 4 Ethical Principles:

  1. R- espect for A-utonomy
  2. B- eneficience
  3. N-on M- aleficence
  4. J- ustice
• can be defines as "self-rule"

  Autonomy
• IT IS ABOUT RESPECTING OTHER PEOPLE WISHES AND SUPPORTING THEM IN THEIR DECISIONS.

  Respect for Autonomy
• • THIS CAN BE DEFINED AS THE PRINCIPLE OF DOING WELL AND PROVIDING CARE TO OTHERS.
  • PROMOTION OF WELL BEING

  Beneficence
• • OBLIGATION NOT TO INFLICT HARM ON OTHERS.

  Non-maleficence
• • SIMPLY DEFINED AS “EQUAL TREATMENT OF EQUAL CASES”.
  • TREATING EVERYONE THE SAME
  • IS ABOUT MEETING EVERYONE’S INDIVIDUAL NEEDS FAIRLY.

  Justice
• The Ethical Frame Work (F.A.I.R)

  • F- airness
  • Respect for A- utonomy
  • I- ntegrity
  • Seeking the most beneficial and least harmful r- esult
• • LINKED TO THE IDEA OF JUSTICE
  • PROVIDING BENEFITS (SOCIAL WELFARE, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, PROTECTION, OPPORTUNITIES)

  Fairness
• • MEANS THAT ONE’S ACTIONS ARE THE SAME AS YOUR PROFESSIONAL VALUES.

  Integrity
• TWO AIMS:

  • PRODUCING AS MANY BENEFITS AS POSSIBLE
  • AVOIDING CAUSING, OR PREVENTING, AS MUCH HARM AS POSSIBLE

  SEEKING THE MOST BENEFICIAL AND LEAST HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES OR RESULT
• Step process model for Ethical Decision-Making

  1. S- top, t- hink, and i- dentify the situation or problem
  2. C- onstruct a d- escription
  3. W- hose problem is it?
  4. I- dentify courses of action
  5. S- elect course of action
• • COMES FROM THE FRENCH WORD "ESTIQUE," MEANING TO ATTACH OR STICK.
  • DESCRIBES THE REQUIREMENTS OF BEHAVIORS ACCORDING TO THE RESOLUTIONS OF SOCIETY.
  • IT HELPS US TO BE AWARE OF THE FEELINGS AND RIGHTS OF OTHERS
  • HELPS US TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS, IT PROMOTES RESPECT.
  • PROMOTES RESPECT FOR PEOPLE OF OTHER CULTURES
  • IS CULTURALLY BOUND.

  Etiquette
• • BEGINS BY SHOWING RESPECT FOR OTHERS, BEING HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY, PUTTING OTHERS AT EASE, AND SHOWING KINDNESS AND COURTESY TO OTHERS.

  Proper Etiquette
• ETIQUETTE SERVES SEVERAL IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS:

  • ETIQUETTE PROVIDES P- ERSONAL S- ECURITY
  • IT P- ROTECTS THE F- EELINGS OF O- THERS
  • IT MAKES C- OMMUNICATION C- LEARER
  • IT WILL E- NHANCE YOUR S- TATUS AT W- ORK
  • IT MAKES G- OOD F- IRST I- MPRESSION
• • THE GOLDEN RULE IN HAVING A GOOD MANNER “ALWAYS DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD WISH THEM TO DO TO YOU IF YOU WERE IN THEIR PLACE.”
• • ARE IMPORTANT FOR CONSIDERING THE FEELINGS OF OTHER PEOPLE AND BEING THE KIND OF PERSON THAT OTHERS WILL LIKE AND RESPECT.
  • ARE IMPORTANT TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON OTHERS IN EVERYDAY LIFE. IT ALSO HELPS YOU TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR IDENTITY.
  • YOU ARE SHOWING THOSE AROUND YOU THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERATE TO THEIR FEELINGS AND ALSO RESPECT THEM. YOU ARE ALSO SETTING STANDARDS FOR OTHER’S BEHAVIOR AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO TREAT YOU WITH SIMILAR RESPECT.

  Manners