Ethics Essay Examples and Topics. Page 6

One of the ethical concerns that arise in this case is obtaining the subjects' consent for conduction of the experiment and distribution of the results: due to the linguistic differences, between the languages that the [...]

Thus, to describe the phenomenon of public corruption, four major hypotheses exist the concept of "slippery slope," the society-at-large hypothesis, the structural or affiliation hypothesis, and the rotten apple hypothesis.

To be able to become a rational person, it is essential to think critically about the concepts and domains that the individual faces and the way it will be sensible to react to them.

Organizational managers should be aware of the constructs of moral, ethical, and legal standards to develop adequate models to address emerging problems.

The presented group is opposed to the idea of renting to the local mental health department to establish a group home.

The purpose of this paper is to provide arguments that a moral justification of war is impossible based on a critical discussion of theories supporting the ethical justification of warfare and prove that they have [...]

The main goal of this paper is to discuss the SAQ, taking into consideration the ethical use of this type of assessment.

This theory is similar to the virtue theory in the sense that both insist on careful consideration and assessment of a decision before embarking on it Nicholas and Paul, 2000).

Due to the nature of technology, people are taken out of the loop of the operation of these technologies. Due to the automation of machines and their ability to change their code to adapt to [...]

One of the reasons why the killing of any human being is wrong is "the loss of his or her future".

Since it is morally wrong to kill human being, it is in order to argue that it is equally wrong to terminate a potential person in the form of a fetus.

On the basis of the act-utilitarianism, as an oncologist, I would give the trial drug to the genetics researcher since her recovery would benefit many people under the Malaria research.

In the law, as well as in the moral life of society, it is considered that concealment, non-disclosure, and connivance are the types of implications to the crime.

This essay seeks to highlight Stance's argument that absolutism has and still is the backbone that provides the standard used to measure human behavior.

Both the personal and professional life of a law enforcement officer should align with the principles of morality, law, and ethics in order to serve the community.

The management of the government resources, citizenry, and right to access to social services was skewed to the disadvantage of the Aboriginal community because of their unique ethnocultural identity.

Despite the common fallacy that there is colorless contractarianism within citizenship and role in the Canadian society, the reality is that racial contract has defined the political, decision, and social aspect of the society, as [...]

In conclusion, I would like to note that moral and ethical principles are a result of culture and people's own experiences.

Rule utilitarianism can be described by questions like "What would the majority of people do in that case?", "What decision would be best in that case?" Based on the concept of rule utilitarianism, the officer [...]

In the meantime, it is important to note, that the theory's key principle resides in the fact that a person is free to act by the inner desire that does not necessarily imply neglecting the [...]

This essay examines the CII's operations in the context of social work values and the administrative and micro-level steps for resolving any conflict between the CII's policies and professional values.

Abortion is aimed at the destruction of blastocyst, foetus, embryo or zygote and in the process kills the innocence any life that would be there.

First and foremost, the majority of people will not abide by her since abortion is considered to be an immoral act of human murder.

Overall, the argument against the morality of abortion using the premise that the fetus has a right to live just like the mother is self-defeating in nature. It would be beneficial for the opponents of [...]

The first fact refers to the idea that there is nothing more natural than hunting, and that is why it is normal.

The book "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?" by Michael Sandel is a masterpiece trying to explore the major ethical and moral issues affecting humanity. The purpose of this essay is to describe the [...]

In the position of a district-level administrator, I should strive to avoid conflicts of interest by separating my personal preferences and my professional responsibilities.

The present paper aims to discuss the applicability of confidentiality and privacy provisions to prison research by addressing both the general rules regarding confidentiality of information in research and the specific considerations that apply to [...]

Many futurists believe strongly that new laws will be needed to tame the behaviors and actions of robots. That being the case, autonomous robots might take advantage of their rights to control human beings.

One of the most efficient types of leadership is transformational leadership that provides members of the group with a clear vision of the group's goals through enthusiasm and commitment. As can be seen, ethical leadership [...]

Thus, the ethical principles provided in the definite articles of The Canadian Tri-Council Policy Statement concerning the issue of the participants' consent can be discussed as the moral protection for persons against the inappropriate usage [...]

The principle of moral relativism and its application in moral decision-making suggests that universally lawful moral principle is nonexistent. The principle of moral relativism maintains that the establishment of moral standards that apply to their [...]

According to the National Society of Professional Engineers, one of the key concerns of the latter must be the well-being of people and the environment in relation to the engineers' work.

Utilitarianism involves the assessment of the consequences of any action taken by the business since it involves a common good for the majority.

Many analysts have argued that the events of September 11 catalyzed the US-led invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. The issue of global terrorism is widely used by many Americans to explain why the invasion and [...]

The researchers, Osmo and Landau, sought to examine the relationship between the prevailing ethical theories, the existing ethical dilemmas, and the increase in ethical issues, the idea of ethical decision-making, and the existing problems in [...]

Is friendship possible in the modern world dominated by pragmatism and will it exist in the future? For instance, Cicero takes the point of view of the social entity, in other words, he defines friendship [...]

John is also likely to create lower pleasures of food and entertainment to his family compared to the higher preferences that can be offered to the veterans. Kant might probably suggest that John should use [...]

One of the possible objections to my idea is that Jean already tried to stay moral and honest, but there is still something that led her to the situation she is in at the moment.

Sources reviewed to support the proposition that killer whales should not be used for entertainment and sports. However, I need to do additional research from sources that support the use of killer whales for sports [...]

The two players in the podcast 'Al Dura - What really happened?' are the FR2 Television Network who showed the raw video clip and the Palestinian government.

The public opinion has been unequivocal as well: the greed deserves the scorn; it is unacceptable in the context of the social propriety.

The development of medicine brought the issue to the fore in the late 19th century. Therefore, it is but natural that it is the right of a woman to make the choice.

The author also supports the use of virtue during moral reasoning and decision-making. The approach also promotes the use of moral reasoning.

One of the strengths of the NCCP is its ability to bring happiness to the clients and reduce the chances of evil doings meaning pleasure is given an intrinsic value.

The ethical consideration, in this case, is to either report the patient to the authority to prevent him from being discharged from probation or not to report him.

It takes account of the happiness is an end and not a means. It is a way of thinking with the set intention in mind; deliberation determines the end and not the means.

The last part of this paper discusses the role of religion and spirituality in changing the situation of non-humans caught in human webs of self-interest.

Although viable reasons for the justification of the practice varied for different communities, one of the main concepts that were agreeable at the time was the abortions before the 'quickening' period, which is the time [...]

The theory of Ross is founded on the opposition of the argument by Moore, who sought to justify actions based on the impact and not the factors that motivate an individual to engage in such [...]

Among the most wide-spread reasons the society applies to the explanation of disenfranchisement, one might point out the fear of the voter fraud increase and the risk of the negative law changes.

In the second section, the paper discusses the personal opinion of the writer on the effects of the course on personal worldview, self-concept, and other behaviors and activities.

To gain a comprehensive understanding of torture, it is vital to incorporate Levinson analysis of torture when he says torture involves deliberate physical harm to get information from somebody, or to influence a person's action.

The fact that the rural area is different from the urban one has resulted in the creation of rural criminology. The ethical dilemmas that can arise in the process of working in rural areas for [...]

The first concept is about the presentation of ethics and values in the art scene. Change in ethics and values, as depicted in the exhibition, shows that society is a dynamic concept.

This article offers some of the best ideas towards dealing with racism in our society. The article "Dealing with Institutional Racism on Campus: Initiating Difficult Dialogues and Social Justice Advocacy Interventions" explains how different institutions [...]

Therefore, the concept is based on the fact that reality felt by an individual is bound to the culture or societal beliefs.

The Ethics Awareness Inventory describes the subject as a person who is ethical out of obligation and not equity. This essay describes the author's perspective and understanding of the role of ethics in the field [...]

The diversity that is seen among the individuals affects the values and guidelines that are considered ethical by the individuals, resulting into various ethical issues and problems in the society.

Abortion, if legalized would curb unnecessary maternal deaths, in that, it would be done in the open and mothers would not be afraid of consulting qualified personnel for the same.

Although this is the case, one thing that most of these individuals fail to recognize is that some medical conditions are irreversible; hence, prolonging individual's live means increasing their suffering and hopelessness.

The aim of this paper is to establish the implications of cloning on society and understand the theologians are saying about cloning.

It is necessary to mention that Stephan, feeling the pang of conscience, has been trying to persuade the other members of the hiking to transmit the Sadhu either to the village or at least to [...]

In order to promote the common good for the public, engineers are supposed to uphold the safety, health, and welfare of the public.

The fact that in the present-day society, human life is put at the top of the entire list of values is a major achievement of the civilization and the fact that the current society is [...]

Moreover, under such circumstances, the consequence of the action is the main criterion according to which the morality of a person's behavior can be evaluated.

In journalism, a story with significance to the news organization changes the roles of the media from that of informing, educating, and entertaining to that of making people bored.

According to Reich, many of the proponents and antagonists of racism are merely playing their part in a bigger game that they are unaware of and the inherent nature of the capitalist system will always [...]

Importantly, all key nursing organizations must coalesce to advance nursing practice with relevance to the nursing shortage and to drive the profession in resolving issues of entry into practice.

Based on the above facts, Jonathan Moreno in the article Bioethics after the Terror analyses the possible implications of bioethics that could result in tension in the field that has never witnessed major changes in [...]

Importantly, the philosopher emphasizes that it is people's nature to be interested in the life of other people. Adam Smith also points out that people's ability to sympathize is closely connected with people's judgment and [...]

In other words, it is observed that an individual has a duty of ensuring that the law is followed while the government is expected to provide the basic rights and freedoms.

The ethical principles to be covered in this essay include the sanctity of life, noninterference in the affairs of other people and gossip.

Despite the fact that cultural relativism seems the most applicable approach to be undertaken for communicational purposes, as well as the means to shape the world media and entertainment sphere in the light of the [...]

This is where ethical decision-making must be applied to be fair to the nation and my friend. In conclusion, one has to stress that the military is expected to act in a good and ethical [...]

The bad is thought to be caused by a lack of information about the outcome. The bad is also linked to the wrong information about the outcome of good.

The Peace Corps is an agency run by the United States government that train and send volunteers to work and live in communities worldwide.

Florida Blue The foreseeable good of the health care reform in Florida Blue is that it will increase the number of patients and thus improve its growth.

Therefore, it is quite unfair to deny a woman her natural right to get an abortion on the grounds of the dignity of the unborn child.

The use of the big data is to create a pattern that can lead to specific individuals of interest to the government.

With respect to the arguments proposed by the pro-life group, it seems that the act of abortion is absolutely unacceptable, irrespective of whether or not the life of the mother is in danger.

Based on Kant's argument, the thesis of this case study is "We should act based only on those maxims for which we would be happy if the actions were to become universal laws" The first [...]

Thus, the profession of social workers is directly connected with the issue of following ethical principles and norms in the everyday life, and the Code of Ethics is important to regulate the social workers' behaviour [...]

For example, the author uses a movie analogy to demonstrate the assigning of authorship to scientific works and gives examples of various types of authors in the paper.

This essay focuses on strengths and or, weaknesses of trying to propose moral goods for a society based on human rights, universal natural law, and claims of Christian faith.

The right thing to do in this case is not to achieve perfection in terms of following the guidelines set by the National Museum but to involve the members of the community so that they [...]

According to Rigg and Caruso, the actions of the fellow prison guards were unwarranted and amounts to unethical behavior as well as contrary to the mission and values of the California Department of Corrections and [...]

The book's main goal is to present the benefits of abstinence to young girls, and show how this abstinence can be achieved. The authors are able to sustain this tone throughout the book and this [...]

The rule of utilitarianism focuses on the result regardless of the nature of the action. It foresees the possible outcome of the action and calculates the benefits and the costs.

Greenberg further gathers the opinions of various military leaders on the application of different forms of torture and the effectiveness of the techniques.

This research paper will generally focus on the application of waterboarding as a form of torture, the implications of war relative to the executives in Governments and the soldiers in the field and eventually provide [...]

Additionally, it will look in to the liberalization of abortion laws and their effects to the society. 4 The restrictive abortion laws in the developing countries results to inequitable access to safe abortion resulting to [...]

As the theory asserts, an organization has to decide what is convenient for it to sustain integrity and remain unique among the others besides fulfilling the needs of its clients.

On top of that, it is irresponsible for one to avoid the duty of care that should be extended to the infant, who even after being born still requires the mother's care to survive, and [...]

To begin with, Washington Rules and Regulations together with the revised codes of Washington contain insufficiencies in definition of the level of service delivery.

Proponents of pragmatic ethics argue that, ethical theory and moral practice are integral components of ethics in that, either of them cannot give a satisfactory definition of morality in society.

In the case of predictive genetic testing for HD, clinicians and other health care team members must consider the benefit to the patient.

These are the steps that a research or team should take to make sure the principles of openness or integrity are not violated. The main principle that should be followed is the avoidance of harm [...]

This implies that our ethical reaction to enhancement is a comeback to the weakened agency of the individual whose success is enhanced.

The process of balancing the desire to protect research participants from potential harms posed by the research, while allowing the participants to benefit from the research results is overwhelming.

During those times capital was any form of assets or finances but in the modern world things have changes and the definition of capital has broadened to not only including assets and finances but also [...]

In deontology, morality is judged through examining the nature of the actions and the will of the individuals to do the right thing.

Kant's moral theory on the other hand argues in Business Ethics that "we are morally obliged to act in accordance with a certain set of principles/rules regardless of the outcome".

The answers, usually four, are given and classified ranging from the most ethical decision to the least ethical decision an individual can make to show the type of ethical perspective an individual belongs.

The question of the right ways of ensuring that the rules that govern the society accomplish justice is an intriguing one even to the most advanced civilizations all over the globe.

Ethics in religion may be defined as acting according to the beliefs and practices of a given religion. However, ethics may be a source of punishment to the believers.

The paper will focus on personal and social changes in the lives of two characters, Hem and Haw, and how the changes that take place depend on morality and ethics.

Both Chuck, the head of engineering department, and Dominique, the head of the parent company in France, were interested in immediate construction of chemical plant in Mexico to produce a new product and capture new [...]

In the article Why Abortion is Immoral, Marquis asserts that abortion should only be permitted when a rape case is involved, within the first 2 weeks, and when the pregnancy has been proved to be [...]

In the traditional engineering enterprise, when analysis is done between the engineer, engineered individuals and the engineering process, the engineer used to predominate.

Ethically and scientifically speaking, the experiments in project Cyborg have a number of similarities with the 'self-experiments' by William Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle".

The volunteers have the right to accurate information of the risk they are taking and how it is going to be managed and fill consent forms.

It is needless to mention, of course, that the Blake's suggestion, in this respect, implies that contrary to the assumption that the American economy's functioning has very little to do with the principles of a [...]

This consent may be written or verbal depending on the nature of the study and the relation between the participant and researcher.

In the old days, people used to have local governments that focused on a small group of people which led to a better understanding of the group's needs, unique to the conditions and general environment [...]

The media refer to people with disability as to persons with special needs, which reveals the inappropriate use of terminologies to refer to them.

This essay had sought to identify the point of convergence between ethics and the genre of music that is the blues.

Kant then concludes that there is one thing that meets the qualifications to be labeled as truly good, and that is the good will.

In this regard, if by any chance one happens to have knowledge of an event, either happening or about to happen, which can cause destruction to the society, the person is bound to reveal the [...]

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