Changing American Ethics in Shattered Glass and A Whole Lot of Cheatin’ Going on by Mark Clayton

In today’s world ethics are met with hesitation and an uncertain sense of understanding. There are so many definitions of what ethics are, one might define it as feelings of right and wrong while others may categorize it as certain actions and activities that are socially acceptable. Unfortunately, ethics are not something that everyone understands, because they stem from ones morals and in today’s world morals are not something that are always understood or accepted.

“Ethics is about how we meet the challenge of doing the right thing when that will cost more than what we want to pay.” (The Josephson Institute of Ethics) When I think about everything that I have learned within the Business Ethics class, I think of one topic – Understanding Ethics. This teaches you many things like what ethics is, how to understand right and wrong, ethical reasoning and much more. “The field of ethics is the study of how we try to live our lives according to a standard of “right” or “wrong” behavior–in both how we think and behave toward others and how we would like them to think and behave towards us.” (Business Ethics Now, Ghillyer, 4) Some people consider ethics to be a conscious choice to follow a set of moral standards or ethical principles that supply direction on how they should perform in their daily lives; others, however, look to the behavior of others to decide what is an acceptable standard of right and wrong or good and bad behavior. Many factors including how they were raised, their religion, and the transitions and beliefs of their society drive their definition of the right or wrong. Judgments are made about good or bad behavior by moral standards, which are principles based on religious, cultural, or philosophical beliefs. These beliefs can come from many different sources such as family, friends, ethnic background, religion, school, the media–television, radio, newspapers magazines, the Internet, and personal role models and mentors.

As time goes by, ethical and moral issues have been brought up for long periods of time and these issues are recently becoming the rising problem to be discussed in society, business area and daily life. Most of people generally understand that the general meaning of ethics equals to the meaning of moral. However, moral is basically a matter of individual conscience without forcibleness, but ethics are related to social system with forcibleness. The academic definition of ethics is described as a stem of philosophy which raises moral questions and is demonstrated what is the main characteristic of morality and the way in which moral standards are decided (Gray & Webb, 2010).

Ethics are statements written that mirrors the principles of society it reflects society’s views of what is right or humanitarian. However, morals are not written and are codes setting out what is thought to be good enough or offensive behaviour.

Ethics in the modern world is met with ambiguity and a vague sense of understanding. One group may define as ³what my feelings tell me is right wrong´ while others may describe ethics as the ³standards of behavior our society accepts´ (Velasquezet al, 1987). These answers may be typical of many people in the world today. Ethics are not ubiquitous because they stem from the realm of moral grounds and morals are not globally accepted nor understood. Ethical standards are more prevalent in the United States than in other countries, due in part to government as well as non-government agencies that have been established to monitor and advise on issue related to ethics in business, education, etc.

Ethics are constantly regarded as the moral principles that influence a person’s behavior. Ethics are concerned with distinguishing between good and evil and is a concept that persuades people to act in the most positive way. Each society has created their own ethics where everyone is expected to follow certain values. Deviance from each established ethics system is met with social cost that regards deviating from the established norms as morally corrupt and potentially can be justified actions that will have them return to the system or leave society. Ethics can be societally agreed upon, to the point in which all individuals that belong to that society agree that such values are true. Part of our innate urge to be accepted by society not

Morals, on the other hand, are an individual’s own principles regarding right and wrong. They are for a single person’s internal use and often change with an individual’s beliefs. Another difference pertains to the creation, use, and when/how the two present themselves to humans. Ethics are more

Morality can be defined as the principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. As society changes so does are morals, what was once deemed immoral hundreds of years ago is now deemed moral by our changing society. As society and morals change so do our wants, the demand for cheap products have led to new ideas and technology acheving what we desire. But these new ideals have lead to many countless deaths, whether it be a sweatshop worker in a third world country producing our cheap clothing or from our own want for military grade weapons in our homes. Every year it seems that mankind is drifting further and further away from its moral values, with new statistics showing a rise in fatalities due to the

According to Merriam-Webster online dictionary 2017, the term “ethics” is defined as the moral duty and obligation; the discipline of dealing with the good and bad as well as a set of moral principles such as righteousness. Everyone has a code of ethics that they go by. It sets a standard as far as who they are as a person. Just like employers have a code of ethics that they go by within their line of employment to the employees.

Intro to Ethics Business Ethics are an important part to any organization. If a business doesn’t practice good ethics, they will not be successful because of their image perceived by the public. Ethics is the branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. What the definition says is it’s more of a decision of right vs. wrong, ethical or unethical.

Ethics are the “standards of conduct that indicate how one should behave based on moral duties and virtues.”

Everyday ethics is needed for all of us no matter what our position. Ethics is needed for the stay at home mom or dad. Ethics are needed for the career mother or the working father. Ethics is needed for the single lady or the single man. Ethics is needed for the single parent as well as the married couple. Ethics is needed for all professional fields. Ethics is needed for everybody. Where did we learn our moral code from? Who decides what’s right or wrong? Is it God? Is it parents? Is it books? Is it society? Is it the government? Is it ourselves? How many of us live by our ethics on a daily basis? How many would lie for the company to keep their jobs? How many would stand up against all odds for their ethical stance? How important

So what is ethics? George W. Reynolds states that “ethics is a set of beliefs about right and wrong behaviour within a society” and that “ethical behaviour conforms to generally accepted norms” with almost all of them being universal. As we all know, certain behaviours such as cheating and lying are

Morals are the intrinsic beliefs developed from the value systems of how we 'should' behave in any given situation. Ethics, on the other hand, are how we behave in the face of difficult situations (Bottorff, 2005).

Ethics are moral principles or values that govern the conduct of an individual or a group.It is not a burden to bear, but a prudent and effective guide which furthers life and success. Ethics are important not only in business but in academics and society as well because it is an essential part of the foundation on which a civilized society is built.