Most of us would agree that it is ethics in practice that makes sense; just having it carefully drafted and redrafted in books may not serve the purpose. ... We serve the business welfare of our customers and company as long as they are reliable with the community good. ... According to Velasquez, Andre, Shanks, and Meyer, of Santa Clara University, (2008), "Ethics  is well based values of right and wrong that set down what humans should to do, generally in terms of rights, compulsion, remuneration to civilization, justice, or exact qualities." ... To set up moral principles means shaping ...

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In The Apology, Socrates sets about on a course to instil his moral mission. ... His own trial serves to prove his point. ... Almost certainly this vision could serve some significant purpose in addressing moral problems in our time. ... It is evident this view would serve little or no purpose in the society of our times. ... The fact he was put on trial at all serves to prove this point. ...

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From this perspective, the fact that incarceration of a young juvenile with adult criminals might only serve to increase recidivism, and does not generally serve to rehabilitate young offenders is not relevant to the fact that the overall good as been served. ... Another way of gauge the morality of an issue is to look to the example set by others, and the US is currently in the company of countries that are governed according to fundamentalist, medieval standards that deny civil rights to much of their populations. ...

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Fergus, James's mother set up a website on the World Wide Web to discuss the injustice of the decision. ... Fergus, in her website states: "If Thompson and Venables served a just sentence they could be released without the need to spend more public money on protecting them- (Fergus). ... Neustatter raises the ethical question, "will they (antagonists) achieve what they want if Thompson and Venables are sent to serve however many more years it would take to achieve acceptable retribution?... Fergus says: "If Thompson and Venables served a just sentence they could be released without the ...

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The Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) are comprised of physicians, nurses and paramedics able to set up portable hospitals on site of the disaster to provide relief from taxing all of the resources of the local hospitals (National Disaster Medical System, FEMA.gov). This structure response system has been created by the Department of Homeland Security in response to the past failed responses using the guidelines set forth by the National Incident Management System. ... (Shears 759) Health care disaster ethics incorporates a set of values and principles when making ethical decisions. ....

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We set rules and regulations for ourselves based on experience and beliefs. ... Each person should have a set of his own rules to follow. ... Here are some rules I wish to set for myself as a designer, who will enter the professional world soon. ... A butcher shop should be avoided as it is direct killing of animals, while a restaurant that also serves non-vegetarian food is fine. ... It is important to keep a set, systematic method of work so that discipline is maintained in your work. ...

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The notion of categorical imperative has two maxims and serves as the instructions that must be followed in order to do one's duty and act according to moral law (Bowie 2004, p.56). ... For Aristotle, this was achieved not by acting in accordance with set moral standards but by acting virtuously in everything you do (Elliott & Engebretson 2001, p.77). ... 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 ...

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While it is quite obvious that Kant argues several types of laws, some that are immutable in fact, only now is it clear that those laws do indeed serve to limit freedom rather than increase freedom. ... On the one hand, by stating that rational agents are incapable of concluding the effects of their actions, Kant rejects the "categories" that he sets forth in the Metaphysics of Morals. ... However, in assuming that the effects of the agent are important and that therefore, it would affect the decision of the agent, he violates the deontological approach he sets forth. ...

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A process like this can serve the dual purpose of finding irresponsible employees as well as those that are morally excused. ... The government permanently removed National from its approved contractors list and then National set out to untangle the web of culpability within its own confines. ...

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Yet still, this incident served as a catalyst that led Chiquita's senior management to reconsider the image of the company. ... Corporate Social Responsibility in Food Production Industry The food production and distribution industries have an ethical standard that are set to them by governments and other regulating agencies, but it is ultimately the individual firm's responsibility within the industry to ensure that they are adhering not only to these regulations, but are creating an atmosphere where ethical decision making is carried out in all levels of responsibility and is built...

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Friedman focuses on the executives of corporations stating that the executive was hired to serve the interests of his employers, the stockholders. ... The code of conduct sets up many guidelines, some that businesses have to abide by regardless to remain within the law and others that are the minimal ethical standard that the businesses must adhere to in order to maintain there contract with affiliates with the WRC. ...

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Blueprints of Ethics Due to the Enron scandal, countless individuals lost life savings because of the unethical decisions made by the executives of the company. In this case, the executives greedily hoarded millions of dollars for their own pensions and retirements funds, while allowing inside in...

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How can anyone serve the public interest when he thinks foremost of himself and his career? ... I feel by stepping up as an official, back then, could have set the example for a united movement against that unethical ruling. ...

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Letting our wills serve our happiness therefore does not seem pointless to us. ... Since, if it leaves multiple incompatible sets of maxims open (we will have no basis for choosing among them), then there being no other principles of morality on which to base the choice besides categorical imperative. ...

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