GROUP 5 – TYPES OF ETHICS, ETHICAL DILEMMA AND ETHICAL DILEMMA AT WORK

TYPES OF ETHICS

NORMATIVE ETHICS

Concerned with classifying actions as right or wrong without bias.

System of moral principles that tells us what we ought to do in various situations.

TYPES OF NORMATIVE ETHICS

Consequentialism – Focuses on consequences of actions.

Deontology – Focused on duty.

Virtue ethics – Focus on character.

METAETHICS

It investigate where ethical come from.

META means beyond / above

It is highly technical discipline investigating the meaning of ethical terms, including a critical study of
how ethical statement can be verified.

APPLIED ETHICS

This type of ethics refers to its application on a day to day basis, that is,in workplace, in the business
field, in medicine, in the legal field, in politics, in each and every one of the activities that realizes the
human being.

EMPIRICAL ETHICS

Is what created while living , that is, it is the one that arises from own experience and direct observation.

CIVIC ETHICS

Is one that is responsible for the human being behaves in a “correct” way within society, since it will
depend on the proper functioning of it.
EXAMPLES :

Respect for national Symbols

Law

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

Are standard set by professional organizations for the behavior and values of people working within
specific field.

MILITARY ETHICS

are broad set of codes and standards, both written and understood, that military members expected to
uphold. They are usually designed to guide soldiers action in the battle, their decision making in the field
and their chain of command and at home.

MEDICAL ETHICS

concerned with the obligation of doctors and the hospital to the patient along with other health
professionals and society. The health profession has a set of ethics, applicable to different groups of
health professionals and health-care institutions.

UTILITARIAN ETHICS

Its logic establishes that what benefits the majority of the population is good. Consequently, the good
and the bad will depend on how useful it is for humanity.

RELIGIOUS ETHICS

This type of ethics is what is influenced by religion. Each religion it follows specific norms, for which
religious ethics is divided according to existing religions. For example, there is Christian ethics, Muslim
ethics, Hindu ethics, among others.

CHRISTIAN ETHICS -The Christian ethic is one that is responsible for ensuring the fulfillment of the values
taught in the Gospels, that is, seeks that people act as Jesus acted.

HINDU ETHICS – is one that is characterized by the search for peace, for this it is necessary that the
human being has self control, have compassion for all living beings, and moved away from the violence
staying pure and sincere.
MUSLIM ETHICS – is responsible for ensuring compliance with the commandments of Koran. It also seek
that human being in the footsteps of Muhammad, a Muslim prophet who is considered an example to
follow.

EPICUREAN ETHICS

This type of ethics is based on the thought of philosopher Epicurus , who established that pleasure was
the purpose of all human beings.

Epicurus believed that everything that produced pleasure was good, whereas he considered that
everything that produced pain was bad. However, Epicurus always said that pleasure should be rational
and moderate.

STOIC ETHICS

It establishes that the human being must live according to the laws of nature. For this reason, it is
necessary that human beings become virtuous and strong beings that can withstand everything that
comes over them, without showing any feeling.

ETHICAL DILEMMA

An ethical dilemma is a problem in the decision-making process between two possible options, neither
of which is absolutely acceptable from an ethical perspective.

ETHICAL DILEMMA AT WORK

when something at work goes against your personal ethics, morals and values. This could be something
that one of your colleagues or managers is doing, or something that you are doing yourself.