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    LEARNING OUTCOME
    ▪ At the end of this chapter, students should
    be able to understand :
    ▪ 1.The concept of ethics

    ▪ 2.The difference of ethics, morality and


    values
    ▪ 3.The importance of studying ethics

    ▪ 4.The sources of ethics

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    ▪ Ethics ▪ Morality
    ▪ Greek’s Ethos ▪ Latin’s Moralis
    ▪ Ethos – individual character ▪ Moralis – Customs and manners

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    ETHICS MORALITY

    ▪ Ethics is a branch of philosophy (LOVE OF ▪ A system of rules for guiding human


    WISDOM)which is called moral philosophy conduct, and principles for evaluating
    (McKinnon, 2014) those rules
    ▪ Ethics is the study of morality ▪ Morality is a system whose purpose is to
    prevent harm and evils, and promote
    ▪ Their primary focus is on the study of human flourishing (Bernard Gert, 1998)
    morality and the application of theories
    ▪ Moral system comprised of moral rules
    ▪ Ethicists who study about morality use and principles
    philosophical method in their analysis and
    investigation of moral issues.

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    ETHICS MORALITY

    ▪ Ethics or moral philosophy, ask the basic ▪ “Morality or ethics deals basically with
    question about the good life, about what human relationships –how humans treat
    is better and worse, about whether there other being so as to promote mutual
    are any objective right and wrong, and welfare, growth, creativity and meaning,
    how we know it if there is”. (McKinnon, as they strive for good over bad and right
    2014) over wrong (Thiroux, 2008)
    ▪ Ethics in the setting of a nation’s
    administration provides a framework to
    guide towards the right action, whereby
    an individual acts in accordance with the
    stated principles.

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    GOOD BAD
    RIGHT WRONG
    HAPPINESS DISCONTENT

    Good and Bad is defined through human experience and human relationship.
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    Consistent with
    Perfection of Acquired
    Acquiring the
    character through
    intellectual maximization of
    (virtuous scientific
    virtues faculty as human
    character) knowledge
    being

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    The decision on good over bad, right over
    wrong depends on values.

    Value comes from Latin valere means having


    worth or being worth.

    Values are abstract desirable goals that serve as


    guiding principles in peoples’ lives (Rokeach,
    1973)

    Values are enduring beliefs that influence


    choices actors make from available means to
    achieve the desired end (Kakabadse et al, 2003)

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    WHY IS VALUES IMPORTANT IN ADMINISTRATION?

    ▪ Values are emphasised in work ▪ Values are championed as the way to


    execution and personality as public tackle unethical behavior and
    servants. corruption in public service.
    ▪ Values are important in public ▪ Governments rely on values,
    service as it becomes a yardstick to character traits and norms to
    ethical behaviour (Lewis & Gilman, eradicate corruption and bribery
    2012) and indispensable as it (Basu, 2011;Mc Cusker, 2006)
    modelled attitude and how we ought
    to achieve a particular standard ( ▪ Values as factor influencing
    Molina & McKeown, 2012) inclination to commit bribery among
    Malaysian enforcement officers
    ▪ Values have the strongest influence (Khairun Dalilah & Norhasliza, 2015;
    in the ethical decision and individual Suzeliyana & Nor Azlina, 2015)
    ethics (Heintzman, 2007; Sabitha &
    Mahmood Nazar, 2005)

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    PRESCRIPTIVITY UNIVERSALIZABILI
    action guiding TYgeneralisable

    OVERRIDINGNESS PUBLICITY
    superior power & open & made
    influence known

    PRACTICALITY
    workable

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    Ethics addresses questions of
    good and bad, or right and
    wrong.

    To solve moral problems resulted


    WHY STUDY from many choices about what is
    good and bad, better and worse,
    ETHICS? and even right and wrong.

    Political reason, economic reason,


    social reason, religious reason
    etc.

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    Laws
    • Natural & civil

    Rules & regulations


    • Code of ethics & code of conduct
    SOURCES OF
    ETHICS Conscience
    • Conformity to one’s own sense of
    right conduct
    Religion
    • Faith in which an individual
    strongly belief in

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