{"id":2389,"date":"2011-01-25T08:23:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T08:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solomonappiah.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/25\/code-of-ethics%e2%80%94what-ethics-is\/"},"modified":"2022-04-13T18:39:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:39:57","slug":"code-of-ethics-what-ethics-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunesishq.com\/notes\/code-of-ethics-what-ethics-is\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ethics is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;Ethics\u00a0(Greek\u00a0ethika,\u00a0from\u00a0ethos, &#8220;character,&#8221; &#8220;custom&#8221;), principles or standards of human conduct, sometimes called morals (Latin mores, &#8220;customs&#8221;), and, by extension, the study of such principles, sometimes called moral philosophy.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Microsoft\u00ae Student 2007 [DVD], 2006).<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">Ethics is the &#8220;code of moral principles and values that govern the behaviors of a person or group with respect to what is right or wrong&#8221; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Daft, 2010).<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">It has also been defined as &#8220;well-based standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues. Ethics, for example, refers to those standards that impose the reasonable obligations to refrain from rape, stealing, murder, assault, slander, and fraud. Ethical standards also include those that enjoin virtues of honesty, compassion, and loyalty. And, ethical standards include standards relating to rights, such as the right to life, the right to freedom from injury, and the right to privacy. Such standards are adequate standards of ethics because they are supported by consistent and well founded reasons&#8221; (Velasquez, Andre, Shanks, &amp; S, 1987)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">Arthur Dobrin, Professor of Humanities at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York adds an additional dimension and that is that real ethics requires the use of judgment, and this is distinct from rule-following. Judgment is acquired by struggling with situations that aren&#8217;t clear-cut; it requires self-reflection and openness to alternative possibilities.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">O.C. Ferrell,\u00a0Professor at Colorado State University,\u00a0in his paper entitled &#8216;<em>A Framework for Understanding Organizational Ethics<\/em>&#8216; argues that there is a difference between an ordinary decision and an ethical one. He says that a &#8220;difference between an ordinary decision and an ethical one is that accepted rules may not apply and the decision-maker must weigh values in a situation that he or she may not have faced before. Another difference is the amount of emphasis placed on a person&#8217;s values when making an ethical decision. Whether a specific behavior is judged right or wrong, ethical or unethical, is often determined by the mass media, interest groups, the legal system, and individuals&#8217; personal morals. While these groups are not necessarily &#8220;right,&#8221; their judgments influence society&#8217;s acceptance or rejection of an organization and its activities. Consequently, values and judgments play a critical role in ethical decision making, and society may institutionalize them through legislation and social sanctions or approval&#8221; (Ferrell).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">From all the definitions it is clear that ethics has to do with <\/span><span style=\"color: #1f497d;\"><strong><em>character, principles or standards of human conduct, sometimes called morals, custom, habit or behavior<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">Business ethics &#8220;involves applying general ethical principles and standards to business behavior&#8221; (Thompson, Strickland, &amp; Gamble, 2005).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;\">What then is a Code of Ethics?<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">A code is a set of rules, conventions, regulations, or set of laws. It follows therefore that a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">code of ethics<\/span> is a system of rules, standards, regulations, or policies established and supported by consistent and well-founded reasons for the purpose of guiding and governing acceptable behavior, conduct, customs, habit, or morals for the mutual benefit of the organization and society at large.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">It is a &#8220;formal statement of the organization&#8217;s values regarding ethics and social issues&#8221; (Daft, 2010).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">A code in public administration refers to &#8220;rules and regulations: a system of accepted laws and regulations that govern procedure or behavior in particular circumstances or within a particular profession&#8221; (Microsoft Encarta Dictionary, 2006).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">A code of ethics is used by an employer to inculcate certain core organizational values into the employee such as honesty, fairness, loyalty, punctuality, selflessness, integrity etc. A well crafted Code of Conduct will reflect what society would like to see in the employee and the organization as a whole.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: 12pt;\">The influence of the Code of Ethics extends beyond the confines of the work environment and includes the conduct of employees after work hours. The Code of Conduct for the Ghana Civil Service for instance states the following on pages 5 and 6 when defining what it means by conduct: &#8220;Conduct in this context, is behavior, attitudes, and character exhibited, by anyone <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">within and outside<\/span> the working environment&#8221;.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: red; font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Works Cited<\/span>:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">Daft, R. L. (2010). Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility. In R. L. Daft, <em>Management<\/em> (9 ed.). South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">Ferrell, O. C. A Framework for Understanding Organizational Ethics.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">Microsoft Encarta Dictionary. (2006). Code. Redmond, WA, USA.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">Microsoft\u00ae Student 2007 [DVD]. (2006). Ethics. <em>Microsoft\u00ae Student 2007 [DVD] Encarta Encyclopedia<\/em> . Redmond, WA, USA.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">Office of the Head of Civil Serviice. <em>Code of Conduct for the Ghana Civil Service.<\/em> Accra, Ghana.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">Thompson, A. A., Strickland, A. J., &amp; Gamble, J. E. (2005). Strategy, Ethics, and Social Responsibility. In A. A. Thompson, A. J. Strickland, &amp; J. E. Gamble, <em>Crafting and Executing Strategy:The Quest for Competitive Advantage, Concepts and Cases<\/em> (14 ed.). Irwin , Boston, USA: McGraw Hill.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">Velasquez, M., Andre, C., Shanks, T., &amp; S, J. (1987). What is Ethics. <em>Issues in Ethics IIE<\/em><br \/>\n<em>, 1<\/em> (1).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">Wikipedia Encyclopedia. (2010). <em>Business ethics<\/em>. Retrieved from Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.org<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">Wikipedia Encyclopedia. (2010). <em>Corporate Social Responsibility<\/em>. 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