Not exact matches
What other specific
values guide Facebook's
ethical review process?
I wonder
what that man would have said, could I have asked him whether he was concerned about our nation's need for a renewal of powerful,
ethical religion that would re-establish faith in spiritual realities and
values, and elevate the standards of personal and public integrity.
Rather these traditional
ethical values must be understood as the symbolic expression of
what takes place when people stand in true dialogical relation to each other.
The first principle gives us a good description of an
ethical organization: «Our organization is guided by
values, hopes, and a vision that helps us to determine
what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior.»
In the second place, he proposes to the truly revolutionary societies an attention to
what is of
value in their own contexts, and a program for growth to world consciousness — education, religion, an
ethical business community, and so on.
In light of this
ethical perspective,
what can we abstract from the concrete
values we are given in each emerging occasion of reality?
In addition, the actual meanings of
value terms change since the sense of
ethical concepts is vastly dependent upon
what is learned from their enactment in experience.
What values should we seek to maximize in
ethical behavior?
For one can not logically conclude that
ethical theory is impossible if
what was demanded of it, namely absolute
values, was not in fact necessary as a minimal condition.
«Liberty» is as close as we get to an
ethical norm, and that term is deeply ambiguous, depending on whether it is, in John Winthrop's words, freedom to do the just and the good (Christian freedom) or freedom to do
what you list (the freedom of natural man).10 While American civil religion remained extremely vague with respect to particular
values and virtues, the public theology that fleshed it out and made it convincing to ordinary people used it with more explicitly Christian, particularly Protestant,
values.
As far as I am concerned, however, the hiring of ethicists in medical schools and business schools to lecture to students about
what it means to be
ethical or to teach
values is to try to cure the illness with but another form of the disease.
It is my hope that this
ethical theory is fully compatible with Whitehead's
value theory and general philosophy, but for much of
what is said I assume full responsibility.
If brands are prepared to have their
values openly scrutinised by governments, NGOs and consumers then we may be able to evolve to the point where
what a brand stands for goes beyond price and flavour and features
ethical considerations as part of its DNA.
«There are perfectly
ethical ways of obtaining stem cells to cure disease, which do not involve embryo destruction, so no matter
what moral
value one places on the human embryo, we do not need to use it.»
When it puts
values in the driving seat —
what is sometimes called «
ethical socialism» — then policy imagination is the result.
But is legal convenience reason enough to run roughshod over
ethical values, for
what is basically greed?
«By the end of this experience, we hope that students will be able to recognize dilemmas in their own life, to talk about their
values, and understand
what it means to make an
ethical decision.»
Beyond the work that high schools do, colleges will have to indicate to applicants the
value their institution places on community service and
ethical development — and
what exactly service means to them.
What I mainly like about the IGE approach is that it gives us a fundamental, common language with which to share the experiences and challenges we all face when confronted with competing
ethical choices, competing
values.
The
ethical question is
what the «
value added» is of the publishing house, and why they shouldn't just be eliminated with author - direct options.
To
what extent do you view your investing life as an extension of your personal life?By that I mean to
what extent do the personal morals and
ethical values of Tim the man govern the investing decisions of Tim the dividend growth investor?If you ask your typical dividend growth investor if they would be willing to invest in a lucrative but immoral venture, say selling child pornography or crack cocaine, the answer would probably be «absolutely not» regardless of the yield, valuation or growth prospects of the underlying venture.And yet, ask that same investor
what their thoughts are about Phillip Morris and they would probably describe
what a wonderful investment it is and go on about why you should own it.Do your personal morals ever come into play when buying companies, or do you compartmentalize your conscience, wall it off from the part of your brain that thinks about investments, and make your investing decisions based on the financial prospects of the company?The reason why I'm asking is that I keep identifying stocks of companies that I love from an investing perspective but despise on a human level.I can not in good conscience own any piece of Phillip Morris knowing the impact that smoking related illness has on the families of smokers.You might say that the smoker made his choice to smoke so you don't mind taking his money, but his children never made that choice and they are the ones who will suffer when he dies 20 years too soon.
However, when randomness is used to hide an item's true
value or to confuse players as to
what they are really getting for their money then the player is being lied to and an
ethical line has been crossed.
Because most citizens and policy - makers have not been trained in spotting ethically dubious claims that are often hidden in
what appear at first glance to be «
value - neutral» economic arguments, IPCC's acknowledgement of the
ethical limitations of economic arguments is vitally important.
What distinguishes
ethical issues from economic and scientific arguments about climate change is that ethics is about duties, obligations, and responsibilities to others while economic and scientific arguments are usually understood to be about «
value - neutral» «facts» which once established have usually been deployed in arguments against action on climate change based upon self - interest.
«We want to know that the tool is user friendly and offers real
value to lawyers in providing
what they need to enhance their
ethical infrastructure,» says Pink.
We want to know that the tool is user friendly, that it's more than a survey and offers real
value to lawyers in providing
what they need to enhance their
ethical infrastructure.
Resolve to actually become
what one «claims» to be, an honest,
ethical professional with moral
values brought to the fore regardless of whether there will be a pay cheque each and every time» round the deal wheel.