Keywords in Ethics

Choose the correct descriptions of the word "Ethics".

• The process of determining right and wrong conduct.

• An action or a conduct that conforms to ethical standards.

• A discipline in which verify what is good and bad with moral duties and obligations.

• A complicated area that may lead to conflict of interest.

Behaviors that conform to accepted standards of conduct are considered

• Right actions

• Wrong actions

• Ethical behaviors

• Unethical behaviors

The process of sorting out principles of ethics that help an individual or an organization, when facing an ethical dilemma, to find the most appropriate act under moral consideration is called

• Ethical study

• Ethical orientation

• Ethical verification

• Ethical reasoning

An ethical system includes principles and guidelines based on which an individual or organization can learn right from wrong.

• True

• False

Unethical actions

• violate one or more ethical systems

• can be acceptable in all cases

• are necessary sometimes to avoid conflict of interest

• do not yield accepted ethical values

A situation in which you do not know what to do: do the right thing or to lose a valuable chance of promotion.

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Choose the correct statements.

• An ethical action is not always legal.

• An unethical action is definitely illegal.

• An unethical action is not necessarily illegal.

• An ethical action is always legal.