Essays on Ethical.

Morality has been defined as “The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct.” (thefreedictionary). The morality of capital punishment is a contested issue that frequently polarises people’s views. Nevertheless, in 2011 with the world moving towards global civilisation and human rights, it is arguable that it can never be acceptable to sentence an individual to death.

A chief argument against capital punishment is based around the value of life. Most people think human life to be of value and many abolitionists believe it to be so treasured that even the most ruthless murderers ...

There are differences on the correctional systems in different countries. For instance, some countries openly advocate for death sentence while others do not. For instance countries like Mozambique, Cape Verde, Namibia, Angola and south Africa have abolished death sentence for all crimes. Others which enable death sentence are In the US crime, for which the death sentence can be imposed include; murder related to smuggling of foreigners, murder as a result of a drug shoot-out, killing a congress member, murder associated with the transportation of explosives, among others.

Death sentence in the US serves two main purposes; “retribution” and “deterrence” ( ...

Enron’s Case Study

Enron was one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of natural gas, oil, and electricity. Before 2002, it was considered one of the most profitable limited companies whose shares value rose from $19.10 in 1999 to $90.80 at the end of 2000 financial year. These successes is attributed to the board of directors and the top management team who always look for new ventures, partnerships, and make crucial decisions of the company. On several occasions, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Fastow had many investments for the company and the board of directors never questioned his decisions, little ...

Introduction and general statement.

The action of applying rationality in handling certain pertinent issues in life and especially in the world of business has proved to be a vital step in ensuring learning and improvement. Exercising a critical analysis of a document, journal or any literary work helps one to come up with varied ideas on top of those presented in the material or materials being reviewed. In connection to the above introduction, this paper shall comprise a critical review of two journals. The journals both handle the same issue or topic but then, they have a considerable amount of differences based on a number of aspects. Such ...

Introduction Psychology is simply defined as the study of the behavior of human Psychology is simply defined as the study of the human behavior and mind. Research in this area is geared towards explaining behavior, thoughts and emotions. Human identity is one of the major components of behavioral psychology. This forms the core of discussion in this article. Identity is one of the key issues dealt with in the study of psychology. Behavioral scientists have developed several approaches to the study of identity. This article discusses two f the major theories of psychological approaches to identity and ...

Vividly, it is the right of the employer to make sure that employers are at work without drug in their systems. The fact that there should be privacy pertaining drug use isn’t a guarantee for workers or employee to report to work with drugs in there systems. The employer definitely has power over the employee when it comes to the work place. If their is an ethical area in the work place in which the employees can differ with the employer, it’s the area of drug consumption. Many are the workers who report to work with alcohol ...

Introduction

Ford Company is renowned company that deals with the manufacture of automobiles and has been operational since the year 1913. Ever since the time of its establishment it has gained popularity in United States America where it was first situated and across the world where there many outlets for its motor vehicles due to the fact it has been producing high quality vehicles. Fords Company has managed to make automobiles that are highly competitive in the motor vehicle industry that is quite flooded with numerous brands from different companies.

However this fame has at one time or another been ...

Thematic analysis refers to the process of identifying data, analyzing it and at the same time reporting the patterns that are found within it. It looks into detail several research aspects in a topic. Thematic analysis is a useful and a flexible research tool that is potentially used to get a detailed and rich but a very complex data. This method is very explicit and is majorly used in analyzing data because of its flexibility. Thematic analysis generally is carried out after some research has been conducted in form of interviews and the data recorded to allow for the analysis to take ...

China and India are the two biggest single countries with highest population in the world. Like any other country in Asia, the two countries are characterized by the rich cultures that have been clearly defined over centuries of traditional allocation of roles by gender. The women and men in the two societies have been assigned defined roles that are similar in some aspects while in some parts, the roles are quite different. The two cultures have had conspicuous role allocations that historically are defined by scholars and thinkers alike. The main question of this essay is what are the ...

The fact that archeologists play an important role in explaining the former lives of human beings cannot be refuted. The processes involved in extracting various information for the archeologists are numerous and diverse. However, in most cases, these processes do affect the people who reside in the given area where the archeological evidence is located. That fact not withstanding, archeologists have the obligation of ensuring past lives are comprehended and systematically explained. Archeologists have ethically been challenged in their activities regarding the discovery and explaining of past human lives in their respective environment and community. The vital question posed ...

1. Identify the main pros and cons of a virtue ethics approach? The virtue ethics approach is a theory that suggests that people are judged via their character, not specific actions. An individual who has developed good character traits (virtues) is judged as a morally good person. An individual who has developed bad character traits (vices) is judged as a morally bad person. Most of us have a mixture or virtues and vices. There are many pros and cons linked to this approach. The pros include a. Emphasis on pleasure and emotion – it is good that we should enjoy acting virtuously ...

As earlier discussed, we anticipated starting a casual Friday in our work place and we were promised that it will be put to effect. But our superiors are hesitant as they are not sure of the effect of casual Fridays on our clients, they are however yet to give us the green light on the matter. And just to enlighten those who do not know the difference, a casual Friday means wearing business casual. This means we can wear dress shoes, casual blouses, smart casual dresses, jeans or T-shirt.you can also come without ties; however Aloha shirts, sneakers, track jackets, ...

1.0 Introduction to underage drinking

Alcohol usage among the youth is becoming a drug of choice and this has resulted in the emergence of dire consequences to the society. The result of drinking at the tender age has also crated serious problems in the public health domain. This is because of the fact that the problem appears to be induced to occur rather than being spontaneous. When anybody below twenty-one years begins to consume alcohol there are potential risks right from altering the working of the brain. The depressant nature of alcohol tends to make the consumer irrational, alters body coordination, and makes one to ...

Utilitarianism is the notion that the moral worth of a given action is a determined by its general usefulness in ensuring that utility is maximized. Therefore, this theory asserts that a given action is right if in a given situation, it leads to a greater satisfaction of desires, taking into account all the affected individuals and the available alternatives. Application and relation of this theory with the widely discussed subject of abortion is possible. The subject of abortion has been widely discussed over the past years in various countries all over the world. It is a subject that continues to be controversial and brings about ...

Driving a vehicle while intoxicated with alcohol is one of the most treacherous things a person could ever attempt. This is mainly because a drunk driver is not only a danger to himself/herself but also to other road users and pedestrians. Unfortunately, alcohol is the most widely abused drug among the youth. When adolescents begin drinking they face a number of potential risks. Alcohol as a depressant slows down the reactions of the body and working of the brain. Some of the risks involved with drinking include violence and alcohol related accidents. There are also legal consequences to drunk driving such as going to jail, ...

Ethical Dilemmas

The issue of ethics deals with choices which are essential. The set standards for carrying out business are referred to as business ethics. These set standards in most cases characterize a system of values that guides the operation of a business in the marketplace as well as within the business. To be more precise, the principle of ethics entails finding out what can be said to be wrong or right and then choosing the right thing. Therefore, in the context of business, ethics is concerned with knowing what is wrong and right at the place of work and doing the right ...

We live in a time when more people refuse to believe in the existence of God. The ethical guidelines given in divine revelations are being implemented to much lesser degree than ever before. Yet, the religion of Islam is growing each year at an astounding rate and Muslims are known to practice their religion in day to day lives. The ethics and morality preached through religious texts can be considered as legitimate only if they are considered to be of divine origin. The same reasoning applies to the religion of Islam too. Muslims around the world believe that the laws ...

The Buddhist Eightfold Path defines the direction to the end of suffering, as described by Siddhartha Gautama (nobel).

The first, and the last, principle of the Path is Right View. This means to see and understand the world as it really is and to understand the Four Noble Truths. The second is Right Intention. This focuses on an individual’s mental energy that controls their actions (eight-fold) Right Speech is the first code of ethical behaviour in the eightfold path. The importance of speech is clear: “words can break or save lives, make enemies or friends, start war or create peace” (nobel). Essentially, the guidelines are to tell the truth, to speak in a friendly, warm manner, ...

Todd Seabrook’s opinion article; Slippery Ethics: The Tilikum Trap is a newspaper opinion that was intended for the general mass public. In the article, Todd argues that PETA lacked the moral pedestal in their demand for the release of the Orca called Tilikum. For Todd, it is immoral for people to demand the release of an animal that has killed while they would demand otherwise for a human person. He also blames PETA for their holistic generalizations on all animals as well as criticizing their theory of acting as per the perceptions of what is right or wrong uncritically. ...

Abstract

The Human Variome Project (HVP) is a global initiative to collect, curate and make accessible data on genetic variations that affect human health. The HVP was launched in 2006 following the recommendations of a meeting co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Melbourne, Australia. The meeting came up with at least 96 recommendations that were grouped in 12 categories. The idea of the HVP was prompted by the fact there was a lot of ongoing work on curation of the genetic variation data across the globe but the efforts lacked coordination often resulting in incomplete or inaccurate data. HVP is therefore a ...

Executive summary

In recent years, the issue of corporate governance and ethics has grabbed attention in the light of corporate scandals that have reported since the Enron scandal. Scandals emerge is environment where corporate governance is weak (Knell, 2006 pg 162). These unethical practices start at the accounting department or elsewhere but covered up during preparation of the accounting records of the company (Knell, 2006 pg 165). The possibility of fraud in accounts poses the single most corporate risk. This report will explore Classic Hotels Inc, its structure, internal and external environment and finally zero in on accounting systems and controls ...

Introduction

Human cloning is the creation of identical human being in the laboratory. It is an artificial process and is conducted with stem cell research and biotechnology. Reproductive cloning would give rise to human clones. Animal cloning is practiced from past few years and with the birth of Dolly, the sheep cloning has become the prime research area of many scientists. The reproductive cloning is dealing with many controversial issues and is banned in several countries including United States. The discussion on should human cloning be legalized or banned is a discussion issue among the bio-research communities and there are many ...

Overview/ Summary

The ‘Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Oncology Nurse’s Knowledge and Attitudes’ is a research paper whose main purpose is to describe the knowledge and attitudes of a number of oncology nurses on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The research paper takes the design of a description and also a cross- sectional design. The research used a sample of 850 of nurses picked at random from the Oncology Nursing Societies. All these nurses were RNs who were directly involved with health care. The setting of the research was at a national medical center and research institute. The main variables of the research were complementary and alternative ...

Leadership and People in an Organization

This paper logs observations I have made during my experience at the Thomas Embling Hospital and corresponds them with my academic learning. I will be identifying specifics of organizational structure by reviewing the mission and vision statements as well as values declared in the hospital’s Annual Report 2008 – 2009 with an aim to analyze the genuineness of the statements and the extent of their implementation in the organization. I will be discussing the present state of acceptance and adjustment to change in healthcare organization and will be backing up my observations with suggestions for understanding and managing change. ...

Nowadays the problem of poverty and limited resources becomes more and more urgent. The famous Hardin’s essay, “Lifeboat ethics” covers different aspects of this issue and gives strong but often disputable arguments against helping the poor in the worldwide, international sense. The fact that Earth’s resources are limited is undisputable, and Hardin’s metaphor comparing nations of people to lifeboats floating in the limited space of resources seems very neat. In this situation different ethical and moral problems come into play. The main ethical issue in current situation is helping the poor with the limited helping capacity and ...

Introduction

Many companies engage in corporate social responsibility engaging in charitable acts. There has been focused attention on this topic. Milton Friedman suggested that corporate social responsibility applies only to the shareholders of the company. Other parties should not be considered. The managers should only concentrate on maximising shareholder’s wealth and ensure the firm constantly makes profits. This concept goes against the widely held view that a company should practice social responsibility to several stakeholders such as the customers, employees, suppliers and the local communities. The concept proposed by Milton is known as the Shareholder Concept of social responsibility while ...

Introduction

To illustrate the various aspects of business ethics and religious perspectives, a study was carried out in a CPA firm. This company is owned by Myron D. Solomon who is a CPA and he was interviewed for purposes of this study. This is a small firm located along Dundee Road, Buffalo Grove, Illinois. His firm provides accounting services for small and medium sized companies. It is estimated that his business revenue is less than $ 500,000 annually. Myron D Solomon does not employ full time employees. He shares office space and employ with two other CPA offices and a third entrepreneur in a different line ...

Introduction

Medicaid, a program that is endowed with providing insured health care services to the poor, the old and the disabled in the United States can be debated as one of the most successful health care systems in the USA. The program is purely funded by the federal and central governments and is mainly aimed at providing medical funds to people with inadequate funds. Medicare programs in all the states are managed and controlled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which is responsible for overseeing that quality, accountability, funding and service provision is achieved to all Americans. New ...

Happiness is a state which many strive for; some achieve it and others don’t. However, the means and ways of attaining happiness are varied and can often involve questionable ethics. For instance, by taking an ecstasy pill, the side effect is to feel happy and as if you love everyone and everything; however, the purchasing of such a drug is illegal and the money goes into the drug trade which has links to countless un-ethical associations. It is also an unsustainable state which wears off after a few hours, so is that really happiness anyway? The pursuit of happiness is man’ ...

Ethics and Zimbardo

An important aspect of any psychological study is to assess how it will affect the subjects’ well-being. These considerations are referred to as ethics; and the British Psychological Society has strict guidelines to follow when designing your study and considering its ethical implications. In more recent decades, ethics have been much more widely measured as a result of human rights laws becoming more and more prevalent. In social psychology, it is generally more difficult to uphold ethical considerations because it sometimes detracts from the natural reaction required to ensure the study is as close to real life as possible. However, ...

Introduction

Business performance is one of the most significant components for the economic prosperity of any country. With this in mind, it is the obligation of any country’s federal government to ensure that the business strategies employed are beneficial in every way possible. Competitive Intelligence is a strategy that is common in the business market. However, its effectiveness in any business setting is dependent on a variety of factors including management.

Unlike Japan which is historically was but later shifted from being a communal system of government, Russia has maintained such traditions (Furet 2000). Japan is currently a capitalist country with only few ...

General Overview

As the world business becomes more competitive, companies are forced to adopt the new technologies that can help in improving the quality of their products. Competitive Intelligence is important in business as it provides very strategic ideas on how a company can improve its success. The company’s Competitive Intelligence gives it a very strategic vision that calls for the implementation of the changes in the business processes, the organizational and managerial systems, and the products (Bloom, 1997). For any positive change to be realized in a company, CI must be the requirement. The implementation of such changes calls for very effective ...

Abstract

This paper explores three articles dealing with the issue of the exploitative ethical issues in target marketing. The paper examines the ethical questions, the target groups susceptible to exploitation and how they are exploited and evaluates the regulatory mechanisms recommended by the three articles that are needed to provide solutions to the ethical issues raised in consumer marketing.

Target marketing can be an effective strategy which can be used by a business to increase its market share and ultimately its sales revenue. However, this becomes exploitative when the business targets a particular group of customers with harmful or potentially harmful products, ...

Leadership Skills in the Criminal Justice Profession

Just like any other organization, the criminal justice system makes use of leadership and management to guide the system. Today’s law enforcement is becoming more complicated the emergence of complex and dynamic criminal activities. For one to serve effectively in any field of criminal justice system, it is imperative that the person acquires and develops the necessary leadership and personal skills. Leadership in the field of criminal justice cuts across issues related to the styles of leadership, span of control and matters pertaining to command (Albanese, 2006). Each person should be able to understand their roles and responsibilities and ...

Meta Ethics

Meta according to the psychologists means ‘after’ or ‘beyond’ and the term Meta ethics may be demarcated as the study of the foundation and meaning of ethical concepts.It pursues the understanding of the nature of ethical properties, and ethical proclamations, approaches, and judgments.

This seems to be the base foundation of other branches of ethics such as normative and applied ethics. Because in itself it tries to understand, what ethics is all about, what are its areas of applications in the modern life. For example in law, Meta ethics can be applied to try to analyze a certain branch of ...

In truth, there are many publications dedicated to accounting and its history therefore there is a lot of interest in the accounting process. In addition, it is broadly known that accounting documentations, or their proxies, have been discovered from the era of the pyramids in Ancient Egypt in form of indentations on sticks. However, the most legendary accounting incident in history was the Father Luca Pacioli’s work publication He is regarded as the father of modern accounting and bookkeeping. With the expansion of trade and industry during the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, came the enlargement and augment in ...

The problem of chemical waste disposal has for a long time been a dilemma for the industrial sector. In ancient times, small industries, such as smelting and cloth making, had some wastes to dispose, and this was also a problem (Martin and Schinzinger 54). In modern industries, chemical engineering is a vital sector of each and every industry dealing with any chemical, either as a raw material, a byproduct, a product, or another item used in the production process.

Although several advances have been reached to improve chemical engineering in all industries, and laws are established to guide the processes of waste disposal, it is debatable ...

Dharma is under the teachings of Buddhism as a religion which was practiced by the Hindu people in Ancient India. To understand dharma we must first understand the religion itself. From the previous chapters of the book we realized that Buddha was the founder of the religion. Buddhism is a form of religion whose inception was in India. Buddhism as a religion gained followers who were supposed to follow certain regulation, and that’s where Dharma originated as a teaching under Buddhism religion. According to the teaching of Buddhism, Dharma is comprehended as the way of the living of the people who practice ...

Before its collapse in December 2001, Enron was ranked by Fortune as the 7th largest company in the United States and was viewed as one of the most innovative companies in the world. It initially started as a gas and utility company and grew quickly through innovative strategies to a leading trader in energy supply, steel, paper pulp and fiber optic bandwidth.

BACKGROUND

Enron’s rapid expansion required huge investment in assets which was mainly financed through debt. This debt was hidden by means of establishing special partnerships entities to effectively remove any negative effects to the company which may be evident ...

Ethical issues in psychological testing

One of the major ethical issues associated with psychological testing is the privacy issue. Any psychological test is carried out with the implicit understanding that the findings of the test will not be divulged to any other third parties (McIntire & Miller, 2007). A case on point is the use of employees’ results from psychological tests by employers. Teachers may also use the results of psychological tests from students without consent of the students.

Another ethical issue relating to psychological testing is the purpose for which the findings of the psychological tests are used (Beck et al, 1996). Ethical ...

New technologies provide people with enormous prospects and allow them to do several things in a more competent, opportune and expedient way. Simultaneously, they present people with harsh and difficult questions when we realize some of the ethical insinuations connected with the assorted technologies the world at present have or are probable to have at their disposal in the future. For instance, a New York Times online edition issued on 11 June 2006 disclosed that human resources managers are increasingly declining job applications because of material they found on them on social networking sites. However, one may appraise this development; it ...

Ethical dilemmas of data brokers.

Data brokers face ethical challenges. They share information that may be used wrongly. This damages the reputation of the public and causes privacy issues. There is information that if it landed in the wrong hands would cause even financial fraud in the public’s bank accounts. The data brokers have to ensure data is protected and the company has an efficient information security system. There are now laws to control the dissemination of the people’s information. On the other hand the public data can be used in the country to solve social problems for example improving safety or ...

Application of the Natural Law Theory in the Management of a Case in Relation with the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care

Introduction

Natural laws are principles with reasons used to examine the human nature and are set by the natural world. These natural laws in most cases use justification to examine the nature of humans and try to explain morality and ethics basing on the religious perspective. Additionally, natural laws often are joined with common laws and norms of the societies but in most cases these natural laws contend that specific rights and values are acquired genetically from parents. In addition, these natural laws are related to ethical and religious directives for catholic health care which actually stipulate the bioethics ...

Work ethics has had many definitions over time; however, we can conclusively say that it is a set of standards that is set and usually based on the level hard work and meticulousness that is expected. In other cases, for example when work is conducted voluntarily, as in the case of churches or community service, we view it as having a moral advantage or gain and posses the ability to enhance or produce good character. There are many attributes associated with good work ethics and include; having and keeping good social standings, being dependable and having a self-drive or not waiting to ...

Part one

The media has recently become profit oriented with more focus on profit-making news. The news director dilemma shows the current trend in today’s media. The director can either adopt a social responsibility view whereby he lets the public be aware of the intention of the city council to close the city park three days a week or highlight celebrity death. The city parks are places where children play and families spend time together. This quality of family time will be compromised for the sake of money. The celebrity death will fetch more sales but the question is what is the ...

Introduction

To begin with, code of ethics for nurses can be contented as being one of the universally and globally agreed set of laws and rules that are internationally applicable to all nurses all over the world. Basically, nurses can be debated as having four significant and essential responsibilities and duties in the medical field: First, they are responsible to ensure that patients, families and communities remain in healthy conditions all the time irrespective of color, age, locality, gender, political background, physical disability, nationality, sex and tribe. In addition, nurses are expected to prevent, avert and obviate illness, sickness, disease ...

According to Nordenstreng, Christians, Glasser and Mcquail, the role of the media can be argued within the frameworks of five paradigms (qtd. in Fourie 202). The five paradigms are; Liberal-individualistic paradigm, Social responsibility paradigm, Critical Paradigm, Administrative Paradigm and lastly Cultural Negotiation Paradigm (Fourie 202). Liberal-individualistic paradigm emphasises that the pertinent role of the media is to uphold democracy. This can be achieved through fighting for individual liberty and minimal media control by the state. Social Paradigm maintains that the media should strive towards societal development in terms of information and education. In other words, this paradigm emphasises the ...

Cloning As an Application of Biotechnology

According to Levine (2009), Cloning can be defined as the reproduction without sex. The basic definition of sex in this context is the joining of genetic material from two parents to form an embryo. Cloning, however, does not use the technique of directly joining the female and male gamete, but it uses the fact that DNA can be duplicated by inserting DNA into a host cell (Levine, 2009).

During cloning, a fragment of DNA extracted from a cell and containing the gene to be cloned into a vector (Brown, 2010). The vector in this case acts as a vehicle that is going to be ...

Wal-mart is one of the largest companies in the United States and its’ neighborhood. With diverse economic activities across the world, it has managed to overcome the many impediments that are always associated with smooth running of large corporations. The company is among the top firms holding the economy of most cities across the world. In business, one has to implement ways of survival and competing successfully with other investors. For this regards one of the major strategic plans that can give you an upper hand in this field is lowering prices of your products and services. this made ...

Ethical dilemmas of data brokers

Data brokers face ethical challenges. They share information that may be used wrongly. This damages the reputation of the public and causes privacy issues. There is information that if it landed in the wrong hands would cause even financial fraud in the public’s bank accounts. The data brokers have to ensure data is protected and the company has an efficient information security system. There are now laws to control the dissemination of the people’s information. On the other hand the public data can be used in the country to solve social problems for example improving safety or ...

The use of business ethics to assess business conduct in BP

In the recent years, there has been an expectation on companies to adhere to ethical standards. Every company desires to make profits and its known this is a goal that can compromise on ethics (Acheru, 2009). Employers are expected to take care of their employee safety, the environment and the public. When the ethical factors are not considered the results are catastrophic and company suffers many expenses (Flaxx, 2002). This was shown by the BP Texas city explosion. 15 workers were killed in the Texas plant explosion while 170 others were injured. There were trailers located to close to the ...

In the ever changing economy, and technology moving at a very high speed most world towns and cities are currently filled with street children who have no homes or shelter to keep them save. Most of these children have no means for live, their parents abandon them hence they sort refuge in the streets. Since all people belong to the government, the government should protect them and ensure they get all their basic amenities. However, these children have been neglected, and some senior officers in the government want to throw them out without provision for their needs. Since they have ...

Introduction of the Case Study

The BP Texas City explosion is among the world’s biggest catastrophic disasters that saw the loss of 15 lives of the BP workers and 170 workers being injured by the huge explosion. The accident was actually caused when a few workers tried to start up a splitter referred to as raffinate tower in the Isomerization Unit (Isom) after a repair shutdown (Mogford, 2005). Alarms and instrumentation gave misguiding indications since the 170 ft tower was actually overfilled discharging the liquid to the ‘blowdown’. This ‘was actually installed in the 1950’s and had never had any connections to the flare which ...

Are subprime loans an unethical financial instrument, or are they ethical but misused in a way that created ethical issues?

Subprime loans are not considered to be an unethical financial instrument. However, their misuse results in both ethical and legal issues. Original goal of subprime lending is helping borrowers with low credit ratings or those who cannot maintain their repayment schedule to receive loans at a rate above prime loans.

Subprime loans appeared in 1970s, when social activists mobilized President Administration and U.S. Congress to deal with social injustices in home ownership, and provide loan opportunities to people from low-income neighborhoods (Eastburn 14). Since then lenders could charge higher rates to this kind of borrowers due to added risk, and ...

Sociology research methods are very important as they allow sociologists to have a better understanding of sociological phenomena and to answer various questions regarding social issues. The ultimate aim of this paper is to explain how the topic ‘Effects of Home Work on Students Today’ can be investigated using sociology methods of research. A research method will be chosen and the research design will also be described in detail. The most suitable method for studying the question will be identified and explained. Possible weaknesses in the chosen method will be enumerated and explained. Key terminologies such as constructs and indicators, ...

We are now living in an era of materialism and sensual gratification from which most of us cannot escape. This has affected to a great extent the defining of one’s moral conduct. Henceforth, in the military’s environment, we cannot take for granted and assume that military ethics are given for the people who solemnly take their oath of office as military personnel. In order to serve our tenure as professionals, we have the responsibility of inculcating into our soldiers the importance of military ethics and by identifying it as a core value of our military profession.

A professional is a ...

Ethics has been a big problem to many people because it is not easy to define and to give a clear meaning. Everybody would like to live an ethical life but it is not simple as it sounds. Ethical dilemma comes in, where two contrasting ethical ideas, issues or situations are experienced; hence making a decision may be a big issue. Ethics therefore is concerned about distinguishing between what is bad and good, good or evil, fair and unfair or just and unjust human actions either virtuous or non virtuous person’s character and behavior (Kant 56).

The current event is about a corruption ...

According to Bruce N. Waller, a professor of philosophy in his book has managed to give us the general readings on ethics that affect our challenges in society. This book gives the reader an idea of what is right morally and what is wrong hence giving one the chance of seeking the values needed in handling debates over things like abortion. According to him, abortion is an immoral act that should be discouraged especially among the young children who are still developing. Various ethics and morals have been discussed in depth to give the readers a clear and conscience information on ...

Discipline may be described as the ways, means, and avenues or channels used by the managers of institutions, businesses or other corporations to identify, investigate and rectify or correct misconduct or infringements among its staff in order to ensure compliance to the laid down company rules and regulations. Discipline is critical in the work place; it makes an organization to be cohesive and better able to achieve its goals (Imundo 1993). Discipline can be thought of as observance of set rules that guides workplace conduct of employees. Because there must be cases of indiscipline in the organization, disciplinary mechanism ...

Ethical Arguments Against Capital Punishment

Morality can be defined as “The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct.” (thefreedictionary).

The morality of capital punishment is an heavily contested issue and one that often polarises people’s views. However, in 2011 and in a leading civilised nation such as the U.S. it is arguable that there can be no circumstances in which sentencing a person to death is acceptable. America is known around the world as being a well-respected, leading democracy. The act of punishing people by death is an ancient one; it is also one that no longer has place in society.

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