Question

Ethics for professionals.

Answer 1

Professional ethics

Professional ethics means the behaviour of a person or a group in a business environment. It provide the rules on how a person should act towards other people and institution in the business environment.

Types of professional ethics:

• Meta ethics (Origin of ethical principle) :

It deals with origin of ethical principles that govern the specification of right and wrong behaviour. A major issue on debate in this category is whether ethical principles are eternal truths that evolved from a spiritual world or simply created by the humans.

• Descriptive ethics (Moral beliefs):

It refers to the study o moral beliefs of the people. It is a field of empirical research into what people or societies concider right or wrong.

• Normative ethics (Self moral conduct):

It is concerned with arriving at set of moral conduct rules against which behaviour are judged.

• Applied ethics:

The ethical principles are designed or written for implementation in a speciic situation.

1. Bio ethics: These are the ethical principles or codes for maintaining normal livelihood.
2. Medical ethics : The ethical principles or codes designed for a medical profession.
3. Computer ethics : The ethical principles or codes designed for software professionals.
4. Engineering ethics : The ethical principles or codes designed for engineering professionals.
5. Legal ethics : The ethical principles or codes designed for maintaining legal system.
6. Business ethics : The ethical principles or codes designed for a business operation.