ethics and culture

• Ethics is the systematic study of the principles and methods for distinguishing what is right or wrong and good or bad.
• For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
• Ethics deals with the question of how people ought to act, and with the search for a definition of right conduct and the good life.
• The term ethics is derived from the Greek ethos meaning 'custom or 'habit'.
• Ethics as the Theory of Right Action: Theory: Ethics provides a framework, a set of principles or guidelines, for determining what is right and wrong in various situations.
• Morals as the Practice of Right Action: Practice: Morals involve how individuals actually behave in their day-to-day lives based on ethical principles.
• Ethics: The disciplined study of the rational justification of moral principle and moral behavior.
• Components of ethics: Criteria of judging right and wrong, good and evil.
• Morality: Human behavior towards any situation and its moral judgment.
• Moral behavior: Justification of a matter from different point of view in a deliberate way.
• Rational Justification: Different ethical perspective.
• Utilitarianism: The consequentialist ethical framework states that an action is morally right if it maximizes overall well-being and happiness.
• Jeremy Bentham, the founder of Utilitarianism, studied law and wrote on ethics, politics, economics and the law.
• Patterns of culture exist and persist because they continue to satisfy human needs.
• Elements of culture include criteria for judging right and wrong, rule of guideline that says how to behave in a particular situation, gestures and different sign that express a particular meaning, verbal and written symbols that can be used for communication with body facts and practical skills that people accumulate over time.
• People tend to habitually use systems that satiate their basic human desires in all aspects of life.
• Culture is integrated and certain features or elements that make up a particular culture are not random-they are integrated.
• Culture is a product developed by many persons interacting in a group.
• Xenocentrism refers to a preference for the foreign and is the exact opposite of ethnocentrism.
• Ethnocentrism is the tendency to perceive and judge others according to one's cultural standards.
• Culture gratifies human needs.
• Cultural relativism is the idea that a person’s beliefs, values and practices should be understood based on that person’s own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another.
• Culture is a social phenomenon.
• A cultural relativist does not judge other people’s practices and understands that there is no such thing as right or wrong nor good or bad when it comes to culture.
• The components of culture- attitudes, values, ideals, and moral norms are integrated into a whole system for individuals in the same social environment to share.
• Culture is dynamic and not static.
• Culture is social due to the natural tendency of human to be social, whether voluntary or not.
• Culture: Edward B. Tylor defines culture as the complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, capabilities and habits.
• Cultural practices and beliefs are shaped through the interactions of individuals living in the same social environment.
• Changes in culture may come in the form of discoveries, inventions, or cultural adoption.
• Culture is shared and transmitted, it is a collective and shared phenomenon that shapes the behavior, beliefs, and values of a group of people.
• Culture is learned and acquired, not all things shared generally by people in a particular group are cultural.
• Culture is not automatic, it is acquired through experiences.
• No one is born equipped with a particular language, values, or knowledge.
• Organizational culture is described as an intangible force centered on a company's values and beliefs.
• Ethical considerations contribute to the formation and evolution of cultural norms, reinforcing a reciprocal relationship.
• Leaders are highlighted as key influencers in shaping organizational culture.
• The importance of align
• The importance of aligning the reward and punishment system with ethical values is emphasized, urging leaders to prioritize values over purely profit or performance-oriented metrics.
• Organizational culture significantly influences the behavior and decisions of employees.