Compared to rule utilitarianism, act utilitarianism appeals to some as being the more agreeable theory since the alternative option prescribes that everyone must follow given rules that will ultimately result in the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Hence in a rule, utilitarian point of view the choices are limited to a finite number of possibilities due to the constraints of the aforementioned rules. ... In society act utilitarianism is not appropriate since rules and boundaries are needed in order for society to move forward and be able to coincide. ... An objection faced...

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If the vast majority of people wish to have agent centered, self focused, projects, then surely that is human nature, and to deny that which is natural, must naturally be wrong. ... The majority of people, whether they agree that it is morally impermissible to kill other people or not, believe that they have a right to life and to not be killed. ... This right best forms into a rule, or better stated as a guideline, that no person should kill another person through action nor inaction except for in circumstances where a person has either given consent to be killed. ... This distinction can be ...

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Does it mean that it is enough just to know the general rules to run the business? ... Norms, which are based on the absolute values, shared by the majority of people, are called the moral norms. ... From the above-mentioned one can conclude that the norms, rules and values are closely interwoven. ... Making a conclusion, it is worth saying that business is a set of rules. Every country has its own rules and values. ...

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He proved this by paralleling a "just man" with that of a "just society"; wisdom, the mind or to rule and make decisions, courage, the heart, enforces the decisions, and temperance, the body, the people who follow the rules. ... When I say that "justice is to the advantage of the stronger", what I mean is that; he ruler of a society makes the rules and standards in which justice is practiced. ... Government or Parents) do not necessarily follow those rules, making them unjust rulers and therefore creating an unjust society. ... Therefore whatever the majority of the people are happy with, w...

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In order to maintain discipline & order in the professional realm, rules of ethics are not satisfactory enough to ensure the integrity of Accountants. Education and training in ethical matters should be mandatory for Accountants; evaluation and monitoring of their adherence to these rules is climacteric for maintaining standards. ... "Educators should address ethical issue beyond mere emphasis on the rules and educator should allow more use of live client and staff ethical dilemmas- (Warth, 2000 pg. 69). ... Number Percent Agree 9 90 No opinion 0 0 Disagree 1 10 ...

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This concept is validated since the majority of people disagree to this notion (Gensler, 1986). ... On one hand Aristotle recognises abortion as permissible if it is due to serious deformity or maintaining family size: "As for the exposure and nurture of infants, let there be a law against nourishing those that are deformed, but if exposing offspring because the number of children one has is prohibited by the customary rule, then a numerical limit must be set upon procreation.... The teleological nature of this rule is evident in the fact that the means is just as important as the ends. ...

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I think that from that we can see that the majority of people are in an abortion - middle ground, yes it does exist, but how to define it is the nest step. ... In what is now considered "civilized" society, it is unethical to kill others for religious sacrifice, to kill those who are in severe pain, or to kill for the good of a majority. ... Until that moment comes, I think that we must rely on set rules that every person has and on governmental enforcement in order to survive in this world. ...

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This is golden rule theory in a bible, which states that, "do to others as you would have them do to you" (Luke 6:31) and to Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative that we treat others as ends in themselves and not as means to an end. ... Code of Conduct for Members of Stuff The university institution should provide and formulate the rules and laws that lecturers or other stuff should follow and behave. ... Conclusion This paper has focused on the unethical conduct of sexual harassment that involves the lecturers and the students, it is immoral to behave unethical to the society...

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He feels that as far as politics are concerned the actual actions of the ruler need not be morally sound, if the outcome benefits the state, the actions of the ruler will be judged honorable by the majority of people and praised by everyone because "people are impressed by appearances and results " and pay little attention to the wicked deeds that may have been done as a means to an end. ... Another instance, for which Machiavelli feels that it is necessary for a prince to venture beyond "properly human means" and act beastly, or cruel is the way a prince must rule his military. ... However...

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Kant's golden rule states "Do on to others as you would have them do on to you". ... These actions also go against Kant's golden rule because "Tom" wouldn't want someone to rob him no matter what the reasoning. ... There is much conformity to stereotypical images of what is majority or "natural" behavior". ...

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With the vast majority of social media sites ranging from your average sites like Facebook or LinkedIn to the less known, Tumblr or Second Life, people are logging on at the office. ... Gamage, the court ruled that an injunction be granted after 4 senior employees from Whitmar Publications left the company. ...

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Utilitarianism provides the solution with the greatest utility, but often tied to great moral difficulty, while the theory of natural rights provides a set of moral rules for solutions without focusing on overall sums. ... According to modern experimental psychologists, experimental tests show that the vast majority of people think it is right to pull the lever but it is wrong to push the fat man, even though they have the same outcomes ("Philosopher's Toolkit: The Trolley Problem"). ...

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In recent months corporate America has found itself placed under the microscope of scrutiny and interrogation in regards to their chosen behaviors surrounding selected accounting practices and ethical standards regarding violations opposed to federal accounting laws enforced by the Securities Exchan...

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Human Resource Management has over the years been propelled as a primary business function for continued organizational competitiveness by such factors such as changing societal values, global nature of competition, constant revisions of employment law and new and ever dynamic employee expectations ...

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However the majority of the workforce is still women, especially women with little education and even the one's that migrated into cities from rural areas to get better employment opportunities. ... They should set rules and proper practice that is related with ethical and moral code. ...

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In order to maintain ethical standards and set the rules in animal research, two societies i.e. association for the study of animal behavior and the animal behavior society have setup joint committees. ... It typically consists of at least five people majority of which is faculty members from various departments, at least one social community and one non-scientific community representative. ...

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Business Ethics Ethics in Business From a business perspective, working under government contracts can be a very lucrative proposition. In general, a stream of orders keep coming in, revenue increases and the company grows in the aggregate. The obvious downfalls to working in this manner is both h...

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Authority rules and commands with fear like a bully or in Smilla's case a police officer. ... In the decisions we make Mill would say that we need to weigh the outcomes and make our decision based on that outcome that benefits the majority. ...

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