ethics
Right and wrong
Ethics are a set of values that guides a particular endeavor, or when no context is specified, the general values held by a group or society that help people decide what is right and wrong: The committee is tasked with developing research ethics that will serve the institution in the 21st century. Anthropologists struggle to recreate the code of ethics of societies that left no written records.
An ethics committee in a legislature or other institution is one that develops rules of conduct or examines breaches of conduct.
Principles of right conduct
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
goodness · decency · virtue · rectitude · probity · scruples · duty · responsibility
Truthfulness, sincerity
- courageFortitude facing danger
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
wisdom · patience · humility · kindness · generosity · fortitude · justice · gratitude
Context-dependent truth doctrine
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- deontologyMorality based on obligations
- consequentialismEthics judging by results
Kantian · categorical imperative · natural law · subjectivism · objectivism · egoism · altruism · teleology
Symbolic communication system
- professionalismWorkplace conduct standards
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
policies · regulations · protocol · procedures · practices · accountability · rules · behavior
Just and equal treatment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- equalitySame status for all
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
human rights · distributive · retributive · restorative · impartiality · desert · entitlement · social justice
Permission given with understanding
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- beneficenceActive desire to help
- euthanasiaDeliberate death for relief
- cloningMaking identical copies
genetic engineering · stem cell · abortion · end-of-life · organ donation · clinical trials · patient rights · Hippocratic
State of perplexity
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- conflictOpposition between parties
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- moral conflictClash of competing values
trolley problem · gray area · competing values · tension · ambiguity · compromise · moral reasoning · weighing
Ethical standards in education
- whistleblowingExposing hidden wrongdoing internally
- conflict of interestCompromised impartiality from competing stakes
morals
Principles of right conduct
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- conscienceInternal moral sense
righteousness · goodness · decency · virtue · rectitude · probity · scruples · duty · responsibility · right
honesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
- courageFortitude facing danger
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
benevolence · wisdom · patience · humility · kindness · generosity · fortitude · justice · gratitude · sincerity
relativism
Context-dependent truth doctrine
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- deontologyMorality based on obligations
consequentialism · Kantian · categorical imperative · natural law · subjectivism · objectivism · egoism · altruism · teleology · normative
code
Symbolic communication system
- professionalismWorkplace conduct standards
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- complianceAdhering to requirements
guidelines · policies · regulations · protocol · procedures · practices · accountability · rules · behavior · codes of conduct
fairness
Just and equal treatment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- equalitySame status for all
due process · human rights · distributive · retributive · restorative · impartiality · desert · entitlement · social justice · obligations
informed consent
Permission given with understanding
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- beneficenceActive desire to help
- euthanasiaDeliberate death for relief
cloning · genetic engineering · stem cell · abortion · end-of-life · organ donation · clinical trials · patient rights · Hippocratic · do no harm
quandary
State of perplexity
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- conflictOpposition between parties
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
moral conflict · trolley problem · gray area · competing values · tension · ambiguity · compromise · moral reasoning · weighing · deliberation
academic integrity
Ethical standards in education
- whistleblowingExposing hidden wrongdoing internally
- conflict of interestCompromised impartiality from competing stakes
- character traitspersonality, virtue, temperament, honor, disposition
- college coursesbiology, calculus, chemistry, physics, quantum physics
- integrityintegrity, honesty, truthfulness, uprightness, rectitude
- life lessonslesson learned, moral, lessons learned, life lessons, parable
- moralsmorality, moral code, moral codes, moral compass, conscience
- principlesprinciple, tenet, morals, axiom, values
ethicsimmorality
Quality of being wicked
corruption · wickedness · depravity · iniquity · vice
ethicsexpediency
Prioritizing practicality over ethics
self-interest · opportunism · ruthlessness · Machiavellianism · greed
ethicsrealpolitik
Politics prioritizing practicality over ethics
practicality · expediency · worldliness · cynicism · power politics
- work ethicDedication to doing one's job
- ethical dutyWhat one ought morally
- ethical conflictCompeting duties or values
- ethics trainingInstruction in professional conduct
- journalism ethicsMoral guidelines for reporters
- ethical dilemmaSituation with competing values
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