ETHICS

• Fidelity is an ethical principle in nursing that emphasizes fulfilling commitments and being loyal to agreements and responsibilities.
• It examines the rational justification for our moral judgments; it studies what is morally right or wrong, just or unjust. 


  Ethics
• In a broader sense, - reflects on human beings and their interaction with nature and with other humans, on freedom, on responsibility, and on justice.


  ethics
•  is the implementation of policies and procedures regarding topics such as fraud, bribery, discrimination, and corporate governance.


  BUSINESS ETHICS
• are..norms that individuals 

  1. or groups have about the kinds of actions believed to be morally right or wrong, 
  2. as well as the values placed on what we believe to be morally good or morally bad. 

  MORAL STANDARDS
•  promote what is “the good”

  like the welfare and well-being of humans as well as animals and the environment.

  • Thus, it prescribes what humans should do in terms of rights and obligations.


  MORAL STANDARDS
• •  the sum of combined norms and values.
  • norms plus values equal


  MORAL STANDARDS
• Moral standards deal with matters that can seriously injure or benefit humans, animals, and the environment, such as child abuse, rape, and murder.
• Moral standards are not established or changed by the decisions of authoritative individuals or bodies.
• Moral standards are overriding, taking precedence over other standards and considerations, especially of self-interest.
• Moral standards are based on impartial considerations, making them fair and just.
• Moral standards are associated with special emotions (such as guilt and shame) and vocabulary (such as right, wrong, good, and bad).
• One analysis found that while stages one to four could be seen as universal in populations throughout the world, the fifth and sixth stages were extremely rare in all populations.
• Ethics examines the rational justification for our moral judgments; it studies what is morally right or wrong, just or unjust.
• In a broader sense, ethics reflects on human beings and their interaction with nature and with other humans, on freedom, on responsibility and on justice.
• Business ethics is the implementation of policies and procedures regarding topics such as fraud, bribery, discrimination, and corporate governance.
• Moral standards are norms that individuals or groups have about the kinds of actions believed to be morally right or wrong, as well as the values placed on what we believed to be morally good or morally bad.
• Moral standards promote what is “the good” - like the welfare and well-being of humans as well as animals and the environment.
• Moral standards prescribe what humans should do in terms of rights and obligations.
• Norms are understood as general rules about our actions or behaviors.
• Moral standards deal with matters we think can seriously injure or benefit humans, animals, and the environment, such as child abuse, rape, and murder.
• Moral standards are not established or changed by the decisions of authoritative individuals or bodies.
• Personal Dilemma or Individual Level is a moral dilemma where a person is required to make a difficult choice.
• Moral standards are overriding, that is, they take precedence over other standards and considerations, especially of self-interest.
• Business-related dilemmas pertain to the social responsibility of businesses, employee rights, harassment, labor unions, misleading advertising, job discrimination, and whistle blowing.
• Government leaders and employees have a moral duty to act in a manner that is fair and unbiased, putting public interest before personal gain, and fulfilling duties of competency, integrity, accountability, and transparency.
• Organizational Dilemmas are ethical cases encountered and resolved by social organizations, including moral dilemmas in business, medical field, and public sector.
• Religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.
• Moral dilemmas also arise in professional work, for example, administrative bodies in business are confronted with situations in which several courses of action are possible but none of them provide a totally successful outcome to those affected by the decision or actions taken.
• Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the principles of beauty and artistic taste.
• Structural Dilemmas are the dilemmas that affect the entire society, such as climate change, poverty, and war.
• A dilemma is a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones.
• Moral standards are based on impartial considerations, hence, moral standards are fair and just.
• Moral standards are associated with special emotions (such as guilt and shame) and vocabulary (such as right, wrong, good, and bad).
• Non-moral standards refer to standards by which we judge what is good or bad and right or wrong in a non-moral way.
• Etiquette is the set of norms of personal behavior in polite society, usually occurring in the form of an ethical code of the expected and accepted social behaviors that accord with the conventions and norms observed and practiced by a society, a social class, or a social group.
• Law is a rule made by a government that states how people may and may not behave in society and in business, and that often orders particular punishments if they do not obey, or a system of such rule.
• Aesthetics is a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art.
• Public officials may encounter foreseeable moral dilemmas in fulfilling these ideals.
• A moral dilemma involves a conflict with the very core of a person’s principles and values.