Human Values &

Values
The criteria people use to evaluate
actions, people, and events.
 Values require us to depart form orders or
question them when others will be harmed
or wronged
People who epitomize the 5 human
values.
RIGHT CONDUCT
Non-violence
 Truth  is what we speak,
Right Conduct  is what we practice,
Love  is what we live,
Peace  is what we give,
Non-violence  is the fruit.

Human values benefit the giver and recipient alike.

When in Doubt “listen to your conscience”.
Ethics is defined as a set of values
that define right and wrong.

Who defines
the ethics?
Our
Law???
What is legal is not necessarily ethical!!
“ What is right is right even if no one is
doing it. What is wrong is wrong even
if everyone is doing it.”
Annoymous
How do you score on the
Ethics Meter???
 Do you Cheat in exams?
 Do you download music
and movies from share sites?
 Do you commit plagiarism?
 Do you break trust?
 Will you exaggerate
experience on a resume?
 Do you use mobile during class time?
 Do you knowingly accepting too much
change?
 Do you call in sick when you aren’t really
sick?
 Do you discriminate against people?
 Do you take credit for another’s work?
 Do you gossip?
 Do you misuse shared property?
 Corporate Ethics

Stakeholders

Social Internal Policy

Recognizing the language of
Ethical Dilemnas
 “Everybody else does it.”

 “If we don’t do it, someone else will…”

The violations of copyrights is blatant with
pirated / photoprinted DVD’s and VCD’s being
sold by shopkeepers subscribing to the same
logic.
The language of Ethical Dilemnas..

 “We’ll wait until lawyers tell us we it is

wrong.”

Lawyers are trained only on parameters of

law. In many situations, they offer a “correct”
solution, one that does not violate the law.
The language…
 “It does not really hurt anyone…”
Staged auto accidents and accident claims
may not really harm the insurance companies,
they can afford it.
Someone else pays a higher premium to absorb
these costs.
“the language…”
 “The system is unfair.”

 “I was just following orders”

The Categories of Ethical
dilemmas
 Taking things that don’t belong to you
 Exaggerated travel expenses
 Saying things you know are not true
 Falsely assigning blame
 Giving or allowing false impressions
A coworker or supervisor who takes credit for
another employee’s idea
Ethics is knowing the difference
between what you have a right to do
and what is right to do.
Potter Stewart