Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism And Deontology
Running head: Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism and Deontology
Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism Deontology
Ethics are a personal set of values used by an individual to guide their actions, and to recognize any obligation. They are a continuously evolving code of conduct dependent upon circumstances and the life experiences of the individual. With actions that can be measured by “right” and “wrong”. Ethics are not primarily concerned with the description of moral systems in societies but are more or less the backbone of the American industry, whether an organization has good or bad ethical standards ethics is an issue for all people.
“Ethical problems arise not only from the difficulties experienced in making a valid moral judgment, …show more content…
It also involves people’s perceptions about what “should” be done. People have duties to do what is right and not to hurt other people essentially, ethics involve obligations. Johnston also defines ethics as “a practical, philosophical science by which we may reach conclusions concerning the rightness or wrongness of voluntary acts as related to our last end” (Johnston 25). Johnston is saying that ethics are judgments based on society’s set of moral standards that result in either good outcomes or bad outcomes, depending on the goodness or badness of the …show more content…
On March15 2002 the former WorldCom chief “Bernie Ebbers” was sentenced to 25 years in prison for orchestrating an $11 billion fraud at the high-flying telecoms company which resulted in 17 thousand employees losing their jobs and witnessed the vaporization of there pension money so the company could write off 50.6 billion dollars. So I say without doubt that CEO’s should be punished for their crimes. Employees put their lives into the companies they work for with overtime, under pay, stressful working environments, ect... and the CEO is overall responsible for the outcome of the business which trickles down to each and every employee; not living up to your own expectations of morals, dignity and honesty should be punishable mostly when it financially impacts millions of people. This is an extreme case to analyze but Bernie Ebbers hands down deserves to be incarcerated he lied, made false accusations of WorldCom stock prices for personal gain which destroyed people’s financial lives and he should be held accountable and God bless the legal system he
Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism Deontology
Ethics are a personal set of values used by an individual to guide their actions, and to recognize any obligation. They are a continuously evolving code of conduct dependent upon circumstances and the life experiences of the individual. With actions that can be measured by “right” and “wrong”. Ethics are not primarily concerned with the description of moral systems in societies but are more or less the backbone of the American industry, whether an organization has good or bad ethical standards ethics is an issue for all people.
“Ethical problems arise not only from the difficulties experienced in making a valid moral judgment, …show more content…
It also involves people’s perceptions about what “should” be done. People have duties to do what is right and not to hurt other people essentially, ethics involve obligations. Johnston also defines ethics as “a practical, philosophical science by which we may reach conclusions concerning the rightness or wrongness of voluntary acts as related to our last end” (Johnston 25). Johnston is saying that ethics are judgments based on society’s set of moral standards that result in either good outcomes or bad outcomes, depending on the goodness or badness of the …show more content…
On March15 2002 the former WorldCom chief “Bernie Ebbers” was sentenced to 25 years in prison for orchestrating an $11 billion fraud at the high-flying telecoms company which resulted in 17 thousand employees losing their jobs and witnessed the vaporization of there pension money so the company could write off 50.6 billion dollars. So I say without doubt that CEO’s should be punished for their crimes. Employees put their lives into the companies they work for with overtime, under pay, stressful working environments, ect... and the CEO is overall responsible for the outcome of the business which trickles down to each and every employee; not living up to your own expectations of morals, dignity and honesty should be punishable mostly when it financially impacts millions of people. This is an extreme case to analyze but Bernie Ebbers hands down deserves to be incarcerated he lied, made false accusations of WorldCom stock prices for personal gain which destroyed people’s financial lives and he should be held accountable and God bless the legal system he