ETHICS
ETHICS
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C SYSTEM OF VALUES THAT ARE "MORAL" AS
DETERMINED BY A COMMUNITY.
A PERSON OR SOCIETY'S IDEA OF WHAT IS RIGHT
OR WRONG, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO A
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PERSON'S BEHAVIOR.
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ET
ETHICS REFERS TO THE SYSTEMATIZED RULES OR BOTH ARE SHAPED, IN THEY ARE SUBJECTIVE AND CAN VARY GREATLY AMONG
PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIOR DEFINED BY A GROUP, PART, BY CULTURAL INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES.
PROFESSION, OR SOCIETY. NORMS, TRADITIONS,
AND SOCIETAL
VALUES.
DERIVED FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES SUCH AS LAWS, WHETHER PERSONAL ARE USUALLY BROADER, DEALING WITH PERSONAL
(MORALITY) OR BELIEFS ABOUT GOOD VS. EVIL, VIRTUE VS. VICE.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, OR SOCIETAL NORMS.
SOCIETAL/PROFESSIONAL
MO
(ETHICS), BOTH REQUIRE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
ACTIONS TAKEN.
TEND TO FOCUS ON SPECIFIC CONTEXTS, SUCH AS TEND TO BE LESS FLEXIBLE, AS THEY ARE TIED TO
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BUSINESS ETHICS, MEDICAL ETHICS, OR LEGAL DEEPLY HELD PERSONAL OR CULTURAL BELIEFS.
ETHICS.
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