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Generic Ethics Assignment or Negotiated Study
Everything we do, or don't do, is a choice that affects both our lives and the lives of
others. Ethics is about making choices based on rational principles and common values
rather than self-interest or quick-returns.
Making ethical decisions is about:
• being consistent with our own beliefs
• coordinating both ends and means
• living in harmony with common ethical values
• being consistent about what is thought to be right or wrong
• treating others as we want to be treated
• understanding facts, alternatives and consequences
• understanding how other people think and feel
• being discerning in right vs right situations
1. For this subject or a related career find an existing code of
ethics/practice/conduct.
Outline how you would apply the code to some choices you have made, or are likely to
make, in this class.
• Codes of Conduct/Practice/Ethics from Around the World
• Codes of Ethics and Conduct - Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science
• Australian Institute of Ethics and the Professions
• Codes of Ethics Online - collection of over 850 codes of ethics.
• Indigenous Protocols - Message Stick - ABC, Australia
2. For this subject develop a code of ethics/practice/conduct.
Based on existing codes related to this subject design a code that everyone in this class
agrees with and that others can understand. Outline how you would apply the code to
some choices you have made, or are likely to make, in this class.
• Creating a Code of Ethics for Your Organization
• Ethics Across the Curriculum
• Ethical values or Ethical Values (Brief)
• Dos & Don'ts of Character
3. Explore an ethical dilemma
Choose an ethical dilemma based on a case study or current media topic that is related to
this subject. Outline the following:
1 Exactly what is the decision being made and what are the alternatives?
2 Separate the solid facts from beliefs, desires and opinions taking into account the
credibility of the sources of information and possible self-interest or bias. What are
the relevant ethical values?
3 What are the consequences of the different alternatives? How will these affect the
different stakeholders?
4 How do you decide which are the best ethical alternatives?
•
Making Ethical Decisions
• Ethical values or Ethical Values (Brief)
•
Justifying Un-ethical Behaviour
• Ethical Dilemma Database: Right vs Right - Institute for Global Ethics
• Case Studies - Ethics Updates - many subjects More Ethics Case Studies
• Case Studies in Science and Online Ethics.org - Case Studies in Science
• Teaching Engineering Ethics - Engineering, MDT Case Studies
•
Ethics Issues - many issues - Trinity College, WA
• Classroom Exercises - mostly IT industry
4. Making Ethical Decisions
Describe a real ethical decision that you have faced in this subject or that is related to this
subject. Following the Five Steps of Principled Reasoning:
1 Clarify
2 Evaluate
3 Decide
4 Implement
5 Monitor and Modify
outline how you would make and implement an ethical decision.
• Making Ethical Decisions
• Ethical values
• Dos & Don'ts of Character
• Justifying Un-ethical Behaviour
• Gensler's Philosophy Exercises - Ethics
Ethics Resources on the web
E-zines
• Ethics Updates Magazine
Ethics Updates is designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students.
An excellent Ethics website with many articles and links and forums for discussion a
fine ethics glossary, case studies
• Issues in Ethics Journal
Issues in Ethics is published three times a year, by the Markkula Center for Applied
Ethics at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California to heighten ethical awareness
and improve ethical decision-making on campus and in the community at large.
Web Tutorials
• Gensler's Philosophy Exercises - Ethics - Each tutorial has reading plus multiplechoice problems.
• National Science Foundation - Classroom Exercises
• Ethical Choices: How to Reason Ethically - Free on-line course
• Complete Guide to Ethics Management: An Ethics Toolkit for Managers
• Making Ethical Decisions - Josephson Institute of Ethics
• Ethics World - On-line courses
Organisations
• Institute for Global Ethics
• National Character Education Center - USA
• Centre for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
• The Kenan Institute for Ethics
General resources
• Ethics Resources - Institute of Global Ethics (Including links for educators)
Based at the Institute for Business & Professional Ethics
• How Big is Your Backyard? An ethics-based approach to environmental
decision making By Abby Kidder (Excellent staged introduction - Lesson 4 includes
Chernobyl)
• Applied Ethics Resources on the Web (University of British Columbia)
• Ethics on the WWW
• Ethics Quotes
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Case Title
Category
Author
1
Marital Equity
banking ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
2
Oprah speaks out--what's the beef?
Business Ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
3
Intra-familial organ transplants
Bioethics
Huston, Carole F.
4
Loyalty & Betrayal
Personal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
5
Protection or Persecution
Punishment
Ladenson, Robert F.
6
Conflicting Interests
Business ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
7
The Quiet Samaritan
Social ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
8
Responsibilities after Divorce
Family ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
9
Licensing parents?
Family ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
10
Integrity in Business
Business ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
11
Blackmail
Legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
12
Showing Appreciation
Legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
13
Torture
Military ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
14
Jaywalking
Miscellaneous
Ladenson, Robert F.
15
Retaliation
Military ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
16
Conflicting interests
Legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
17
Drunk Driving
Legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
18
Equal opportunity
Social ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
19
Going Nude
Personal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
20
Jury Nullification
Legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
21
Financial Aid
Academic ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
22
Tribal Rights
Legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
23
Pollution
Environmental ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
24
Government Subsidies?
Government ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
25
The SAT and Gender
Gender
Ladenson, Robert F.
26
Cliff Notes
Academic ethics
McCarthy, Andy
27
Conflicting Rights
Political ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
28
Caring Criticism
Personal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
29
Money and Friendship
Personal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
30
A Matter of Principle
Bioethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
31
An explosive Dispute
Legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
32
The Hurricane: Truth and Fiction
Miscellaneous
Ladenson, Robert F.
33
An Artful Dodger?
Business ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
34
Comparable worth
Gender
Ladenson, Robert F.
35
MP3 on campus
Academic ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
36
Who owns genetic resources?
Bioethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
37
Fairness in punishment
Academic ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
38
The Case of the Caring Lieutenant
Military ethics
Ficarrotta, USAF, Major J. Carl
39
The Case of the Essential General
Military ethics
Ficarrotta, USAF, Major J. Carl
40
The Case of Intervention
Military ethics
Ficarrotta, USAF, Major J. Carl
41
The Case of Good Causes
Military ethics
Ficarrotta, USAF, Major J. Carl
42
The Case of the Weak Resistance Fighter
Military ethics
Ficarrotta, USAF, Major J. Carl
43
The Case of Commitment to Service
Military ethics
Ficarrotta, USAF, Major J. Carl
44
The Case of the Forty-Seven Samurai
Military ethics
Ficarrotta, USAF, Major J. Carl
45
The Case of the Two Soldiers
Military ethics
Ficarrotta, USAF, Major J. Carl
46
The Case of the Different Culture
Military ethics
Ficarrotta, USAF, Major J. Carl
49
Tissue Donations
Bioethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
50
Blood Donations from Gay Men
Bioethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
51
Native American Rights
Government ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
52
Interviewing Gay Teens
Journalism ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
53
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Academic ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
54
Siamese twins
Bioethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
55
www.cashforbirthcontrol.com
Government ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
56
Inuit Relocation
Government ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
57
SUV Rollover
Legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
58
And the beat goes on...
Legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
59
Whose Limb Is It Anyway?
Bioethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
60
Student health insurance
Academic ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
61
Death on the Screen
Journalism ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
62
Friends and Lovers
Personal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
63
Native Customs
Legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
66
Designer Babies
bioethics
Hinman, Lawrence M.
67
Abortion and Embryo Adoption
abortion
Hinman, Lawrence M.
68
Keeping Watch
Computer ethics
Hinman, Lawrence M.
69
Overweight Children
legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
70
Global Warming
Environmental ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
71
The American Girl Hostage
Personal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
72
SAT Exams and Affirmative Action
Academic ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
73
Free Speech and the Klan
Social ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
74
Legalizing Assassinations
Political ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
75
Inter-sexed Children
Bioethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
76
DanceSafe and Ecstasy
Social ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
77
Post-mortem Sperm Collection
Bioethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
78
Organ Transplants
Bioethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
79
Boycoting Convention Cities
Business ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
80
Non-smoking
Social ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
81
College Athletics
Social ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
82
Drilling in the Alaskan Wilderness
Environmental ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
83
Racial Profiling
legal ethics
Ladenson, Robert F.
84
Creating a Life to Save a Life
Bioethics
Hinman, Lawrence M.
85
Computer Privacy
Computer ethics
Hinman, Lawrence M.
86
Privacy of Abortion Clinic Records
abortion
Hinman, Lawrence M.
88
Health Benefits for Fetuses
abortion
Hinman, Lawrence M.
89
Not out of the Woods yet, The Social Responsibilities of Star Athletes
Sport ethics; racism; sexism
Hinman, Lawrence M.
90
Telling It Like It Is: Lying on Your Resume
Personal ethics
Hinman, Lawrence M.
91
Equal Opportunity Harassment
Business ethics
Hinman, Lawrence M.
92
Privacy of Abortion Clinic Records
abortion
Hinman, Lawrence M.
93
Liasons academiques
Academic ethics
Hinman, Lawrence M.
94
Disaster Repreparations
Social ethics
Hinman, Lawrence M.
95
“Not on our network, you can’t…”
Downloading unauthorized files at colleges and universities
Academic ethics
Hinman, Lawrence M.
96
Columbia Motors’ Foreign Investment
Business ethics
Gilbertson, Mary
97
Sam and the Governor’s Clemency Panel
Social ethics
Gilbertson, Mary
98
Choosing Lots
Social ethics
Gilbertson, Mary
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