Worksheet #04 – Ethics

NAME Lara, Annika T.

Course/Yr/Sec BPED I-1

Ethics is the set of standards of right and wrong that govern human behavior, it involves
recommending concepts of what humans ought to do. It can also refer to as a set of accepted
beliefs of individual or group of people based on morals that control human behavior.

Ethical Principles is the basis of ethical analysis and serves as the viewpoints in making
decisions. These are the ethical recommendations and evaluations of human actions in justifying
judgments. It determines the considerations that should be weighed in decision making or
judgment. The different ethical principles are beneficence, least harm, respect for autonomy, and
Justice.

Ethical theories are based on ethical principles that points up different aspects of an ethical
conflict and serves as guide to ethically correct resolution that is not beyond the ethical theory
guidelines. The choice of a person in ethical theory commonly based on their experiences. There
are four categories of ethical theory that includes deontology, utilitarianism, rights, and virtue.

1. As a future teacher, administrator, or public servant, list down at least five (5)
important code of conduct that you should follow in carrying out your duty:
a. Be patient and courteous
b. Be inclusive
c. Be considerate
d. Be respectful
e. Choose your words carefully

2. Values and Attitude. Provide examples of the following:

Values
Values learned at home Values learned at school
Kindness Hard work
Respect Humility
Generosity Self-esteem
Perseverance Obedience
Honesty Responsibility
Attitudes
Positive Attitude that you possess Negative Attitude that you possess
Confident Short temper
Friendly Mood swing
Generosity Bossy
In what way could you change this negative attitude(s) to transform you into a
better person?

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In order to change my negative attitude, it’s important to figure out first what
needs to be changed in my attitude. After that, I will evaluate myself and try to
determine what traits need to be improved. Furthermore, as my mind starts
thinking negatively and as my attitude starts becoming negative, I will start
controlling my brain and start controlling my negative emotions. I will say to
myself, "No, I am not feeling bad, I am feeling good, I am happy, and try to
smile." This fake emotion of mine will send out a fake signal to my mind, and I
will eventually start believing that yes, I’m feeling good, and compared to earlier,
my mood will improve a little.

It’s tough to do this, but it's not impossible, and if I train my mind, I will be able
to do it. I will use the affirmation, take a walk, think good about others, count my
blessings, and use every technique to let go of my negative mental attitude.
This will help me to have a wonderfully smooth and successful life.

3. Ethical Principles. Fill the table below with examples of ethical principles that you
must perform as a student and as a future teacher, administrator, or public
servant.

Examples
Ethical Principles As a student
1 Feeding program to those
malnourished children.
Beneficence I’m helping my classmate
hold her bag because she’s
not feeling well.
2 As a student, If I see a
student collapse in a
corridor, I have a duty to
provide (or seek) medical
attention to prevent injury.
Least Harm (non-
maleficence stopping a medication that
is causing harmful side
effects, or discontinuing a
treatment strategy that is
not effective and may be
harmful.
As a future
employee/administrator
Providing an extra benefit to
clients that exceeds to the
required services.
As a future teacher, I will
share my knowledge and
skills to my students for
them to learn more.
If an incompetent, or
chemically impaired, health
care practitioner is taking
care of patients, a nurse
should report the abuse to
protect the patient.
Stopping a medication
known to be harmful or
refusing to give a
medication to a patient if it
has not been proven to be
effective.

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3 My classmate from a strict As a reward the teacher

household is now living on granted her students
her own for the first time. autonomy from the
structured schedule when
she said, "You may have 30
minutes of free time."
To be autonomous as a A patient can choose or
Respect for Autonomy student is to be able to decide about their medical
independently manage treatment.
the freedom one has in
the classroom, while
maintaining a
harmonious relationship
with the teacher.
4 As a student, I think it is fair Public programs that provide
and just when my classmate social security or medical care
gives his friend more attention to all elderly and retired
and care in his private affairs persons are examples of
than he gives to his boyfriend. distributive justice in a
constitutional democracy.
Justice
As a student, I think it is fair A police officer is allowed
when the person who is first in for over speeding to arrive
line at a theater is given first in the crime scene
choice of theater tickets, we immediately and to prevent
think it is just when the
a person from getting hurt.
government.

4. Ethical Theories. The application of ethical theories may pose dilemma (a

situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives,
especially equally undesirable ones) on the person doing the act. Provide an example
for each theory where dilemma tend to occur

Ethical Theories Example Dilemma

1 A person’s duty is to attend
If you're a Iglesia ni Kristo
you might believe that it's
wrong to eat dinuguan; this
Deontology rule would be part of our
deontology because we
think it is wrong to eat
“dinuguan”.
a meeting on time and the
situation of this person is
running late, how this
person supposed to drive?
Speeding breaks his/her
duty in the society and on
the other hand he/she will
arrive at the meeting late
that will not fulfill his/her
duty.

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2 If I make a promise to you
and then act in such a way
as to break it, my act has
the feature of breaking a
Utilitarianism
promise, and many people
would claim my act was
wrong because it has that
feature.
3 Upholding the right to
freedom of religion was one
of the goals of a society,
Rights and this right was upheld in
the Constitution then people
have the right to choose
their religion.
4 If a person plagiarized a
passage that was later
detected by a peer, the peer
who knows the person well
will understand the person’s
character and will judge the
friend accordingly. If the
plagiarizer normally follows
the rules and has good
standing amongst his
colleagues, the peer who
encounters the plagiarized
passage may be able to
judge his friend more
leniently. Perhaps the
Virtue researcher had a late night
and simply forgot to credit
his or her source
appropriately. Conversely,
a person who has a
reputation for academic
misconduct is more likely to
be judged harshly for
plagiarizing because of
his/her consistent past of
unethical behavior. The
change in the person’s
moral character does not
take into consideration and
this is the weakness of this
form of ethical theory.
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“Should you kill the fat
man?” Utilitarian moralist
would suggest that the
proper action is to kill the
fat man, thereby saving five
other lives because the
sum total of happiness is
greater in that outcome.
Taking credit for others'
work. Offering a client, a
worse product for your own
profit. Utilizing inside
knowledge for your own
profit.
The dilemma in virtue is that
people sometimes do things
just for the better of
themselves without
considering the effect to the
other. Sometimes dilemmas
in virtue happens during
decision making in a tragic
situation wherein it happens
that right action would not
be expressed and this virtue
will result into pain and
regret. Also, another
dilemma is that people
know what is right and
wrong and each individual
has specific moral rule and
guide or a definition of what
is right to do.
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