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The essence of caring is empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand, be sensitive to, and care about the feelings of others. Caring and empathy support each other and enable a person to put herself in the position of another. This is essential to ethical decision making. Let’s assume that on the morning of an […]

  Cheating in college is prevalent as well. The estimates of number of students engaging in some form of academic dishonesty at least once ranges from 50 to 70 percent. 17 In 1997, McCabe and Treviño surveyed 6,000 students in 31 academic institutions and found con- textual factors, such as peer influence, had the most

What does the law require of me? • What do ethical standards of behavior demand of me? • How should I act to conform to both? The Gray Area When the rules are unclear, an ethical person looks beyond his / her own self-interest and evaluates the interests of the stakeholders potentially affected by the

Ethical Perspective If you cross the double yellow line that divides the roadway, you have violated the motor vehicle laws. We are told never to cross a double yellow line and travel into oncoming traffic. But the ethical action would be to do just that, given that you have determined it appears to be safe.

What Is Ethics? The term ethics is derived from the Greek word ethikos, which itself is derived from the Greek word ethos, meaning “custom” or “character.” Morals are from the Latin word moralis, meaning “customs,” with the Latin word mores being defined as “manners, mor- als, character.” Therefore, ethics and morals are essentially the same.

The Universality of the Golden Rule in the World Religions Religion Expression of the Golden Rule Citation Christianity All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, Do ye so to them; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:1 Confucianism Do not do to others what you would not like

Religious and Philosophical Foundations of Ethics Virtually all the world’s great religions contain in their religious texts some version of the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would wish them to do unto you.” In other words, we should treat others the way we would want to be treated. This is the basic ethic

Integrity: The Basis of Accounting Ethical Reasoning: Implications for Accounting 3 Joe Paterno and other university leaders did not act with integrity. They let external considerations of reputation and image dictate their internal actions. Ironically, the very factor—reputation—that they guarded so closely was the first to be brought down by the disclosure of a cover-up

EXPLANATIONS FOR UNETHICAL ACTIONS Former Penn State president Spanier who was fired by the board of trustees in November 2011, is quoted as saying in an interview with Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker online after the trial of Sandusky that ended on June 22, 2012, about how the university worked that “honesty, integrity, and

REASONS FOR UNETHICAL ACTIONS The report gives the following explanations for the failure of university leaders to take action to identify this child vic- tim and for not reporting Sandusky to the authorities: • The desire to avoid the bad publicity that reporting the incident would bring • The failure of the university’s board of