The Ethics Factor at SCHOOL
Ethics must be a vital part of any group or endeavor. This makes it even more important to have ethics while taking classes at school. This paper will discuss several aspects of ethics. First this paper will discuss the definition of ethics and how they are important. Next will discuss ethics and how they relate to the individual while working towards a degree at SCHOOL. And finally, ethics will be discussed as to its relation to the group.
Definition of Ethics
Ethics, as defined by dictionary.com, is "that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions" (Dictionary.com, 2006). There are two different codes of ethics, as is discussed by the website ChangingMinds.org. They talk about "[e]thics of principled conviction" and "[e]thics of responsibility (ChangingMinds.org, 2006).
Ethics of principled conviction is the assumption that intention is the most important factor when dealing with others. Intention is very important, and must be communicated clearly when dealing with others. Of course whether the intent was to help or harm, it may make no difference to the affected party. This is the assertion of the second code of ethics, ethics of responsibility. It states that one must not just try to do no harm, but take responsibility for any harm caused by any actions (ChangingMinds.org, 2006).
The latter code of ethics, ethics of principled conviction, seems to be the more ethical. This code not only does one have to try to do right by others but ...