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Defnition o ethicsGreek = Ethos character

Belies regarding right or wrong behaviorAll the principles that control ones behavior

and proession and sed as a standard

Depends on cltre! belie and religion

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"ode o Ethics#hings that are i$ple$ented to be sed as a

gideline in sel%discipline

"onsists o&

i' (nspiration and gidelines

ii' )revention and disciplinar*

iii' )roession integrit*

iv' +ive in har$on*

v' ,pport

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)roessional Ethicsi' E-cellence

ii' (nitiative

iii' (ntention

iv' .esponsible

v' "o$$itted

vi' Attitde

vii' /onest

viii'#hankl

i-' #i$e $anage$ent

-' Anal*0e *orsel

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1nethical2isse o power

Bribe

"heatDishonest

Etc'

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Ethics are the rles we se to deter$ine

what is right and wrong' 2ost ethical beliesare learned dring childhood and are derivedro$ or a$il*! societ*! or religios tradition'Ethics di3er ro$ laws in that the* are

internali0ed principles that in4ence thedecisions we $ake! whereas a lawis ane-ternal rle that! i violated! is pnishable b*societ*'

The Role of Ethics

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The Source of EthicsEthical di3erences arise becase the origins o

ethics di3er' )ossible origins inclde what isthoght to be Gods! or a ,pre$e Beings! willand eternal laws o nknown origin that do notchange'

Both viewpoints all nder the moral realismschool o ethical thoght' 2oral realists believeethical principles have ob5ective ondations andare not based on sb5ective h$an reasoning'

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The Source of EthicsA second school o thoght! called moral

relativism! also reerred to as situational

ethics, holds that ethics var* ro$ societ* tosociet*! ro$ person to person! and ro$ sitationto sitation'

2ost ethical belie s*ste$s are based on one othese two schools o thoght! or so$eti$es the*are a $i-tre o these belies'

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Normative andApplied Ethics#wo $ain ethics categories are nor$ative ethics

and applied ethics' Normative ethics involves

deter$ining a standard or nor$ o ethical rlethat nderlies ethical behavior' Applied ethicsreers to the application o nor$ative ethicalbelies to controversial real%lie isses'

What are Computer Ethics? A branch o appliedethics! called computer ethics, deals with ethicalsitations raised b* co$pter technolog*'

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Ethics and Technology2an* di3erent t*pes o ethical isses have arisen

de to advances in co$pter technolog*' (ssesrelated to co$pters $a* be divided into three

categories&Privacy protection issues6those involving the

se and abse o personal inor$ation

Property protection issues6those involving the

se and abse o propert*Personal and social issues6those involving

isses o personal $oralit* or belies