Essays Tagged: "ethical problems"

Theory of Knowledge.

ften with an absence of emotion. This can cause problems as an absence of emotion can often lead to ethical problems, such as the development of methods of breeding dangerous biological weapons, if et ... be applied to 'trick' or persuade a person into telling the truth.Thinking scientifically does have ethical considerations to society. The existentialist character of Mersault in Albert Camus' 'The Ou ...

(5 pages) 106 0 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Should "Huckleberry Finn" be taught in High Schools?

"At the heart of Huckleberry Finn lies a story about real human figures with genuine moral and ethical problems and decisions..." (Lauriat 26). This statement reveals the true nature of Twain's c ...

(9 pages) 71 0 4.3 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

The Life and Times of Nathanial Hawthorne is a summary of his life, his career, and an analysis of his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales

s of writing. He was self-taught and self-inspired. Hawthorne's works are deeply concerned with the ethical problems of sin and punishment. He created symbolic fiction through his shadowy and unreal c ...

(6 pages) 48 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Professional Issues In Computing: Ethical Issues in the Computing Industry

s and wrongs, in a legalistic or dispassionate sense, but also the how and where-for of functioning ethically within the real world, where not everything is cut and dried. Ethics attempt to advice how ... thin society with regards to tings like fairness, openness, honesty, responsibility etc.Examples of Ethical Problems and Solutions1) Problem: You are a contracts manager who has just received tenders ...

(4 pages) 120 1 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Drug usage in the sports world.

One of the most serious ethical problems in today's sports arena deals with the usage of drugs. There are many influences on ... usage in the sporting field is a moral problem. Not only is the drug use clearly cheating and is an ethical dilemma for coaches, doctors, and officials, but it also puts the well being of the athlete ...

(2 pages) 28 0 4.2 Nov/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Child Abuse and the Legal System - Forensic Developmental Psychology: Unveiling Four Common Misconceptions.

he concept respect for the individual and concern for social welfare are identified. The sources of ethical conflict in regard to social responsibility are enumerated. Scholarly criticism of the value ... ts made by organized psychology.The social responsibility obligations of psychologists in the micro-ethical sphere, where their actions affect individuals, are differentiated from the obligations psyc ...

(3 pages) 58 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Short Story Comparative Essay - D.H. Lawrence's "The Rocking Horse Winner" and Bernard Malamud's "Angel Levine"

Horse Winner", and Bernard Malamud's "Angel Levine", the protagonists are greatly affected by both ethical and emotional problems. As a result, their sense of judgment is victimized due to the effect ... two stories, the protagonists are portrayed as characters that are plagued with both emotional and ethical problems that ultimately harm their sense of judgment. In "Angel Levine", after his plea to ...

(4 pages) 29 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Organizational Trends Paper

Ethical problems are inevitable at all levels of a business and a company needs to take ethics serio ... anization. Respected organizations will suffer damage to their reputation when questions concerning ethical behavior arise. This is due to increased concern about ethical issues by the public. As a re ... eloped by many business organizations, and trade associations are popular today.In order to make an ethical decision one must look outside the box of ones own ethical values. To begin to understand th ...

(4 pages) 337 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Do not blame computer for everything!

, and along with this point, nowadays, some of the people claim that using computers caused lots of ethical and social problems. However, other people argue that those problems were there before the a ... of computers, and will still be with us in the future.In this report, the arguments on whether the ethical problems or social problems arising from using computing technology are the result of comput ...

(13 pages) 162 0 3.6 Aug/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

What character in World Literature I like most and why: Rodion Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment" by F.M. Dostoevsky

of the audience, never before were the spiritual demands and cultural search so intense. The basic ethical problems held the attention of the greatest minds of the time. What is Freedom and where its ... vsky, it was love, and love only, that saved Raskolnikov from self-destruction, that led him out of ethical dead-end and allowed him to share the eternal moral laws. Finally, he recognised the moralit ...

(3 pages) 2363 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Computer Ethic

g "" in our behavior toward one another. Every society has its rules about whether certain acts are ethical or not. These rules have been established as a result of consensus in the society and often ... the society and often written into laws. In the world of computing, it is tempting to oversimplify ethical problems by reducing them to issues of computer crime and data security.When computers first ...

(3 pages) 20 0 5.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Ethics

1. Ethics is the investigation into the conceptual and theoretical ethical resources for solving ethical problems and into the solutions to them.2. Ethics is s ... s from religion.4. Laws also inform us about how we ought to live. Some laws are related to ethical problems, but legal considerations are not the same as ethical ones. Laws are rules of condu ... same as ethical ones. Laws are rules of conduct established by governments or punishment.5. Ethical theories provide clear and reasonable concepts to use in responding to ethical problems. Mor ...

(4 pages) 77 0 3.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Hawthrone

merican novelist, whose works are deeply concerned with the struggles between good and evil and the ethical problems of sin, punishment, and atonement. These struggles are shown throughout all of his ... wn" and " The Birthmark" in both short stories the theme of good and evil are shown and ethical problems of sin, punishment, and atonement is demonstrated. In the short story "Young ...

(3 pages) 10 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Great Gatsby Theme

First they play with them, and when they become boring, they throw them away. Many moral and ethical problems with the society of East and West Egg were described in the novel. The illegal sale ...

(1 pages) 1093 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Alcoholism

effects of alcohol without altering the metabolism or lowering blood alcohol levels.Because of the ethical problems of such a drug, it has not been developed for commercial use. If this information i ...

(13 pages) 52 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Cloning

517 words NOT ONLY ETHICALLY, BUT ALSO TECHNICALLY IMPOSSIBLE ... me species. There is no doubt that the next to be cloned is human. Many people think that it is not ethical, it has many risks, but in fact it is technically so hard, too.The ethical problems can not ... under pressure of being responsible to and being belonged to an another one. In addition, there are ethical problems about animals used as cavies. The latest researches indicates that animals have mor ...

(2 pages) 1227 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Accounting Irregularities at WorldCom and Arthur Andersen…No More: What Went Wrong?

Executive SummaryBusiness ethics is an area of ethics that examines ethical rules and principles within a commercial perspective using cases such as: Accounting Irregul ... Wrong? (Business Ethics 4th Ed: Cases 5 & 6 pg.101-109), both clearly present various moral and ethical problems that arise that are real life business scenarios as well as question the impact of ... . The Arthur Andersen…No More: What Went Wrong? case is another scenario where a series of unethical accounting practices resulted in the firm's decline and the role they played in the accounti ...

(18 pages) 159 0 5.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Business Ethics in workplace

ess ethics. According to Wikipedia, business ethic is defined as the branch of ethics that examines ethical rules and principles within a commercial context; the various moral or ethical problems that ... urselves, who cares? The way of this person handles this situation shows how he uses the process of ethical reasoning and how he applies his values. The way an employee acts, functions or behaves in o ...

(9 pages) 275 1 4.3 Apr/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Using Technology to Cheat

ics is ever-evolving. A continuously changing world necessitates that our interpretation of what is ethical must also evolve. Today we are confronted by ethical problems that simply did not exist in t ... eserves. With all the wonderful benefits that these modern luxuries afford us, they also create new ethical questions that did not exist before. One issue in particular is the role of cheating in toda ...

(9 pages) 40 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Individual Behavior and Communication

nication, we will be aware of the business itself. This paper describes organizational behavior and ethical responsibilities in detail.Communication can be stated as "the transition of sense among per ... an exacting accomplishment isacceptable; however, the majority ethicists decline the hypothesis of ethical relativism. Ethicists disagree with that while we can be familiar with dissimilarity in soci ...

(8 pages) 63 0 5.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers