Outline for
Ethical Behavior, a Myth of the Past or a Necessity for Future Development
Thesis Statement:
With the ever increasing pressures of life, philosophers, psychologists and intellectuals are striving to answer the question, "Are ethics basically becoming a myth of the past?" The question calls for stepping beyond the yes or no answers, to analyze and investigate the factors influencing ethical behaviors today. Whether personal, organizational, contextual or environmental, they all play a significant role in shaping the behaviors of people and thus act as tremendous forces for building the societies we live within.
I. Defining the term "ethics"
II. Introducing the main factors influencing ethical behaviors
III. Causes of nowadays' deterioration of ethical behaviors
IV. Examples of personal characteristics and their effects on ethical behaviors
A. Individual Competitiveness
B. Age
V. Organizational Culture and ethical behavior
A. Organizational culture
B. Emotional Factors
VI. Environmental influences on ethical behaviors
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VIII. Conclusion
Ethical Behavior, a Myth of the Past or a Necessity for Future Development
Ethics, a term that has long been used yet no clear definition has been made about till present date. Simply put, ethics is considered as the code of moral principle, setting the standards of what is good or bad or right or wrong in a person's conduct. It is the careful study of behavioral standards that give guidance through real-world problems and decisions. It provides an insight about what should and should not be done. The word "should" often refers to ethics. For example, the process of hiring and promoting should -or should not- take gender in account. Although ethics attempts to differentiate between right and wrong, it is not a regulation or constraint that derives the same behavior from everyone. With the ever increasing pressures of life, philosophers,