how do you define ethics?
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Ethics (from the Ancient Greek "ethikos", meaning "arising from habit"), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of value or quality. It covers the analysis and employment of concepts such as right, wrong, good, evil, and responsibility. It is divided into three primary areas: meta-ethics (the study of what ethicality is), normative ethics (the study of what ethical truths there are and how they are known), and applied ethics (the study of the use of ethical knowledge).\n\nEthics is a general term for what is often described as the "science (study) of morality". In philosophy, ethical behavior is that which is "good" or "right." The Western tradition of ethics is sometimes called moral philosophy. This is one part of value theory (axiology) – the other part is aesthetics – one of the four major branches of philosophy, alongside metaphysics, epistemology, and logic. It is a study of right  and wrong, good and bad, moral judgment, etc.. It is a set of moral principles or values.
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Very critical...good for all of us?  I am hesitant to agree to your code, as it may be best for one of us to break it at some point.  Fairness and justice are intrinsic concepts to most people, and they are not the domain or invention of religion, but they are still not real.  An ethical code is imaginary and is the seed of a religion.  A responsible individual should consider murder, rape, and lying as viable actions in a given situation, and then choose action based on desired outcome.  That is responsibility.
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Here is the dictionary's definition of integrity using http://dictionary.com :\nhttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=integrity
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You will probably need to specialize on something. Ethics seems to be a field that is getting a lot of attention lately and lots of corporations, hospitals and organizations are hiring Ethics officers to oversee their policies.
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Ethics\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nJump to: navigation, search\nFor other uses, see Ethics (disambiguation).\nEthics (from Greek ἦθος "ethos" meaning "custom") is the branch of axiology, one of the four major branches of philosophy, which attempts to understand the nature of morality; to distinguish that which is right from that which is wrong. The Western tradition of ethics is sometimes called moral philosophy. Ethics in plain words means studying and analyzing right from wrong; good from bad.\n\nmor·al [ máwrəl ] \n\n\nadjective  \n \nDefinition: \n  \n1. involving right and wrong: relating to issues of right and wrong and to how individual people should behave\n\n \n2. derived from personal conscience: based on what somebody's conscience suggests is right or wrong, rather than on what rules or the law says should be done\n\n \n3. according to common standard of justice: regarded in terms of what is known to be right or just, as opposed to what is officially or outwardly declared to be right or just\na moral victory.\n\n \n4. encouraging goodness and decency: giving guidance on how to behave decently and honorably\n\n \n5. good by accepted standards: good or right, when judged by the standards of the average person or society at large\n\n \n6. able to tell right from wrong: able to distinguish right from wrong and to make decisions based on that knowledge\n\n \n7. based on personal conviction: based on an inner conviction, in the absence of physical proof\nmoral certainty\n\n \n\n\nnoun  (plural mor·als) \n \nDefinition: \n  \n1. valuable lesson in behavior: a conclusion about how to behave or proceed drawn from a story or event\n\n \n2. final sentence of story giving advice: a short precise rule, usually written in a rather literary style as the conclusion to a story, used to help people remember the best or most sensible way to behave\n\n \n\n\nplural noun mor·als  \n \nDefinition: \n  \nstandards of behavior: principles of right and wrong as they govern standards of general or sexual behavior\n\n \n[14th century. < Latin moralis < mor-, stem of mos "custom," in plural "morals"]
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Integrity.  In the big things and the small things its integrity that tells us whether a person will act with honor when the big things happen.
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I would say that ethics are governed by those around you. In other words a general consensus is arrived at by the cumulative agreement of many...whereas morality is decided within the hearts of each of us...we alone decide what is and isn't morally right. Others may have an opinion but ultimately the final decision on morality is our own..~
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Usually, business ethics is a contradiction. In this day and age, ethics and standards for quality are a huge impediment being successful working for most corporations and medium-sized businesses. More than reliability and performance concerns, concerns about whether you'll be too much of an idealist are at the fore when companies interview employees. I think we've got Rome all over again lately.
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Right Based Ethics\nContractarianism (right-based ethics) is "a family of moral and political theories that make use of the idea of a social contract" (Hampton 1995). The social contract notion rooted in Hobbes and Kant. In Hobbes opinion people are rational and want to live out their lives in peace and security. \n"Kant proposed that the 'idea' of the 'Original Contract' could be used to determine what policies for a society would be just" (Hampton 1995). Only the consent of 'real' people can be legitimating and their make-believe agreements have moral force for us. "The process by which these people reach agreement is morally revealing" (Hampton 1995).\n\nGoal based Ethics\nConsequentialism or Goal-Based ethics say that we ought to do whatever maximizes good consequences. It doesn't in itself matter what kind of thing we do. What matters is that we maximize good results.\nOne popular kind of consequentialism is classical (hedonistic) utilitarianism. This view says that we ought always to do whatever maximizes the balance of pleasure over pain for everyone affected by our action. This view could be based on the golden rule, which leads us to be concerned about the happiness and misery of others. Or it could be based on God's will, self-evident truths, or our own personal feelings.\nWe can apply utilitarianism directly (by first estimating the likely consequences of each option and then picking the option with the best consequences) or indirectly (by applying a "rule of thumb" about what kinds of action tend to have good or bad results). Many utilitarians reject exceptionless rules. They think that any rule should be broken when it has better consequences to do so. So they see moral rules only as loose "rules of thumb."\n\nHuman Based Ethics\nAccording to the human-based ethics, all, and only, humans count or are valuable in themselves. Human beings are both the actors and the proper subjects of morality. \n\nDuty Based Ethics\nIn ethics, deontological ethics or deontology (Greek: Deon meaning obligation or duty) is a theory holding that decisions should be made solely or primarily by considering one's duties and the rights of others.\nOne of the most important implications of deontology is that a person's behavior can be wrong even if it results in the best possible consequences. In contrast to consequentialism, a philosophy infamous for its claim that the ends justify the means, deontology insists that how people accomplish their goals is usually (or always) more important than what people accomplish
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Integrity i feel, is just staying true to ur self and never indulging in anything with reluctance or due to pressure of any kind. integrity is to stay satisfied and not necessarily doing the right thing, but the right thing to yourself, may be the world disagrees, but that is how i feel.
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respect 1st and foremost FREEDOM respect other opinions be kind and generous work hard and be honest. love life / get involved vote take stands maintain good morals. and always demand this of others
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answer as a moral question
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.\n\nMy Meaning: Live a good honest life and treat everyone with respect, until they do something morally or ethically wrong and no longer deserve your respect.  If they say they are sorry, and they REALLY are, and they do what they can to fix/repair/make amends, then forgive them, and give them respect...again.  Then Repeat.
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Morality as in?\nIf you tell me I can help.
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Workplace Ethics are defined by kind of work that is in hand apart from Ehtics that are applicable in CIVIL society. There are many organization that offer workplace ethics training and while browsing some of their values I tend to believe in following.\n\n1. Professionalism, \n2. Accountability, \n3. Avoidance of harassment and discrimination, \n4. Occupational health and safety, \n5. External communications to shareholders, clients and the public, \n6. The balance between transparency and openness on the one hand and confidentiality on the other, \n7. Community relations, \n6. Responsible business practice (prohibitions on bribery, gifts, nepotism, self-dealing), and even \nbusiness goals (such as becoming market leader). \n\n\nGo to following link to read nice article.
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Both are about values and right and wrong, but ethical usually is more related to professional behavior where morality is more personal.  Government, to me, should act ethically.  When government gets "moral", I feel like they are taking on more personal beliefs.  As a government, I think we need to be ethical about right and wrong, as long as those definitions are universals instead of those related to a scripture.
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definitely yes...think about ethics