This document discusses the concepts of values, morals, ethics and their relationship. It begins by defining values as deep-rooted beliefs that guide decisions and behavior. Examples of values include honesty, achievement and health. Morals are context-specific rules based on core values, like not stealing or helping friends. Ethics are similar to morals but determine right and wrong actions with consequences for violations, like codes of conduct for doctors. The document explores how values, morals and ethics can conflict in dilemmas and vary between individuals and institutions.
This document discusses the concepts of values, morals, ethics and their relationship. It begins by defining values as deep-rooted beliefs that guide decisions and behavior. Examples of values include honesty, achievement and health. Morals are context-specific rules based on core values, like not stealing or helping friends. Ethics are similar to morals but determine right and wrong actions with consequences for violations, like codes of conduct for doctors. The document explores how values, morals and ethics can conflict in dilemmas and vary between individuals and institutions.
This document discusses the concepts of values, morals, ethics and their relationship. It begins by defining values as deep-rooted beliefs that guide decisions and behavior. Examples of values include honesty, achievement and health. Morals are context-specific rules based on core values, like not stealing or helping friends. Ethics are similar to morals but determine right and wrong actions with consequences for violations, like codes of conduct for doctors. The document explores how values, morals and ethics can conflict in dilemmas and vary between individuals and institutions.
WHAT IS VALUE Values are the foundation of an individual person’s ability to judge between right and wrong. Values include a deep-rooted system of beliefs that guide a person’s decisions. They form a personal, individual foundation that influences a particular person’s behavior. EXAMPLES OF VALUES There are examples of values everywhere in your daily life. For example, if your value system is founded upon honesty, you would probably choose to study for a difficult test rather than cheating for a passing grade. However, if you value achievement and success over honesty, you may decide to cheat on the exam instead. This relates to which value is “worth more” to the individual. Other examples of values include:
a person who values integrity admits that they stole a piece of
candy someone who values friendship drops everything to help a friend people who value a healthy lifestyle make sure they have time to work out in the morning EXAMPLES OF VALUES
a person who values success works late nights to achieve a
promotion someone who values commitment may be more willing to go to marriage therapy than to file for divorce
These values form our personality types. They also help us
make decisions that affect the course of our lives. When these values are shared by others in our community, they are known as morals. MORAL
Morals, also known as moral values, are the system of beliefs
that emerge out of core values. Morals are specific and context- driven rules that govern a person’s desire to be good. They can be shared by a larger population, but a person's moral code may differ from others' depending on their personal values. EXAMPLES OF MORALS
We make moral decisions based on personal values all the time. An
example of a moral in the example above is determined by a person's value of honesty: cheating is bad. Someone who values success more than honesty may behave by another moral: cheating is fine. Additional examples of morals include:
It is bad to steal candy (based on a value of honesty).
Helping a friend is a good thing to do (based on a value of friendship). It is bad to skip a workout (based on a value of a healthy lifestyle). Working late at night is a good thing to do (based on a value of success). Saving your marriage is a good way to move forward (based on a value of commitment). MORAL Moral dilemmas occur when morals conflict with each other. For example, what if a daughter couldn’t afford the life- saving medicine her dying mother needed, but she had access to the medicine storeroom? Her core values might tell her stealing is wrong. However, her morality would tell her she needs to protect her mother. As such, the daughter might end up doing the wrong thing (stealing, as judged by her values) for the right reasons (saving her mother, as judged by her morals) ETHICS Ethics and morals are very similar. In fact, many ethicists consider the terms to be interchangeable. However, there are slight differences in how they affect our lives.
While morals are concerned with individuals feeling "good"
or "bad," ethics determine what behaviors are "right" or "wrong." Ethics dictate what practical behaviors are allowed, while morals reflect our intentions. Consider morals as the rulebook and ethics as the motivator that leads to proper or improper action. ETHICS
You're most likely to see a code of ethics in the business or
legal fields. These areas are much more black and white than personal values or morals since they set rules for employees and citizens in a society. For example: Doctors are held to a strict code of ethics when they swear the Hippocratic Oath. They are bound to the rule "do no harm," and can be held accountable if they do cause harm to their patients. An organization like PETA, which stands for “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals," pursues legal action against those who do not treat animals in an ethical way. Employees often sign a code of ethics, which includes keeping important matters confidential and not stealing from the workplace — both of which would be fireable offenses. ETHICS Defense lawyers are ethically bound to defend their clients to the best of their ability, even if they are morally opposed to their clients' crimes. Breaking this ethical code could result in a mistrial or disbarment. A student who helps another student cheat on a test is breaking their school's ethics. Even though they are doing it for a moral reason (helping a friend), they are committing an ethical violation and can be punished. Ethics are basically an institution's attempt to regulate behavior with rules based on a shared moral code. Violating ethics has the same consequence as breaking a rule, while violating one's morals results in personal guilt and shame instead of a societal consequence. Ethical dilemmas occur when an institutional set of ethics conflicts with one's personal moral code. MORALS VS. ETHICS Ethics and morals are very similar. In fact, many ethicists consider the terms to be interchangeable. However, there are slight differences in how they affect our lives. While morals are concerned with individuals feeling "good" or "bad," ethics determine what behaviors are "right" or "wrong." Ethics dictate what practical behaviors are allowed, while morals reflect our intentions. Consider morals as the rulebook and ethics as the motivator that leads to proper or improper action. BASIS FOR ETHICS VALUES COMPARISION MEANING Ethics refers to the Value is defined as the guidelines for conduct that principles and ideals, that address question about helps them in making morality. judgement of what is more important. What are they? Systems of moral principles Stimuli for thinking.
Consistency Uniform Differ from person to
person. Tells What is morally correct or What we want to do or incorrect, in the given achieve. situation. Determines Extent of rightness or Level of importance. wrongness of our options. What it does Constrains Motivates. What is professional integrity?
Professional integrity is the practice of maintaining
appropriate ethical behavior. It is the practice of showing strong adherence to moral and ethical principles and values such as honesty, honor, dependability and trustworthiness.
A dictionary definition of professional integrity is: “Someone’s
high standards of doing their job and their determination not to lower those standards.” https://www.betterup.com/blog/integrity-in-the- workplace