Introduction To Professional Ethics

Question 1

Ethics?

Answer 1

Analysis and determination of how people ought to act when judged against a system of values and are fundamentally aspirational in nature and focus on the highest ideals of human awareness, intentions, reasoning, and behaviour

Question 2

Values?

Answer 2

Concepts of what is good- such as honesty and generosity- that are affirmed, and what is bad- such as greed and cruelty- that are repudiated in both thought and action

Question 3

What do ethics and values guide?

Answer 3

Guide decision making

Question 4

Professional ethics?

Answer 4

Analysis and determination of how members of a group of professionals ought to act when judged against a system of values