In this post
I wanted to clarify what it means to have legal and ethical
responsibilities. The following
paragraphs contain the definitions for both legal responsibility and ethics.
The
dictionary defines ethics as the body of moral principles or values governing
or distinctive of a particular culture or group. It is also defined as a
complex of moral precepts held or rules of conduct followed by an individual. The major areas of ethical studies include:
Meta-ethics
It seeks to
understand the issues of normative ethics. It also what we mean when we talk
about what is right and what is wrong.
Normative
ethics
The practical
means of determining a moral cause of action.
This is the part of ethics that studies right and wrong.
Applied
ethics
How moral
outcomes can be achieved in specific situations.
There is
also the public service ethics which is a set of principles that is designed to
guide public officials.
Wikipedia defines
responsibility in the context of the law as a measure of mental capacity used
in an extent to which a person can be held accountable for a crime;
Specific
duties imposed upon persons to care for or provide for others, and a persons role in causing an event to happen.
Whatever in
a position at work or in society, we all have a duty to abide by the law and to
maintain a standard of ethics. Depending on our profession, we may have to
learn how to adapt to certain legal and ethical responsibilities. That isn’t
always going to be easy but it something to take lightly. You want to be proud when
representing a company (or yourself), and that is much easier to do when you hold yourself to
high standards.
Received by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics
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