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Ethics and business ethics (Objectives (The very basic objective is to…
Ethics and business ethics
Introduction
The word “Ethics” which is coined from the Latin word ‘Ethics’ and Greek word ‘Ethikos’ pertains to character
The science of conduct.
The field of ethics involves systematizing, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior
Definition
Ethics is a mass of moral principles or set of values about what is right or wrong, true or false, fair or unfair, proper or improper what is right is ethical and what is wrong is unethical.
Definitions
Peter F. Drucker
There is only one ethics, one set of rules of morality, one code that of individual behavior in which the same rules apply to everyone alike.
Philip Wheel Wright
Ethics is the branch of philosophy which is the systematic study of selective choice, of the standards of right and wrong and by which it may ultimately be directed.
Swami Vivekananda :star:
Supreme oneness is the rationale of all ethics and morality. Ethics cannot be derived from the mere sanction to any personage. Some eternal principle of truth has the sanction of ethics. Where is the eternal sanction to be found except in the only infinite reality that exists in you and us and in all, in the self, in the soul?”
He suggested ethics as the degree of faith in oneself.
Swamiji :star:
“An individual is an infinite circle whose center is every where and circumference no where ethics disappears in the situations where people recon to the thinking,” I am pure, others are impure.
Objectives
The very basic objective is to define the greatest good of man and establish a standard for the same.
Set/Establish moral standards/norms of behavior.
An overall study of human behavior: what is moral or immoral should be assessed.
Apply judgement upon human behavior based on these standard and norms.
Suggest moral behavior, Prescribes recommendations about Do’s and Don’ts.
One’s opinion or attitude about human conduct is expressed in general.
Nature
The concept of ethics is applied to human beings only as they have freedom of choice and means of free will. They can only decide the degree of ends they wish to pursue and the means to achieve the ends.
The study of ethics is nothing but a field of social science in which a set of systematic knowledge about moral behavior and human conduct is learned.
Ethics deals with human conduct which is voluntary not forced by circumstances or humans. So we can say that at the ground level ethics deals with moral judgement regarding set directed human conduct.
The science of ethics is a normative science. It is a search for an ideal litmus test of proper behavior. Normative science involves arriving at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct.
Related terms
Morality
A set of rules to guide the actions of an individual human-being
A code of value to guide man’s choice and actions