Ethics Power Words

What term refers to the principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity?

• Ethics

• Values

• Interdependence

• Morals

James is involved in a two-car crash on his way to work one morning in which he accidentally hit and kills a pedestrian. As he was getting out of the car, a tearful woman who seems to think that she hit and killed the pedestrian. There's only James, the woman, and the person you hit on the road; there are no witnesses. James knows that whoever is deemed responsible will probably be sent to jail. This is a/an ___________ for James.

• Core Values

• Ethical Dilemma

• Interdependence

• Morals

(a)   are the beliefs or standards that guide the way a person behaves.

• Ethics
• Values
• Interdependence
• Morals

(a)   refers to the fundamental beliefs that are of central importance to a person or organization.

• Core Values
• Ethics
• Interdependence
• Ethical Dilemma

What is the term for the mutual reliance between two or more groups?

• Ethics

• Interdependence

• Values

• Morals

Which term refers to the principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior?

(a)  

• Ethics

• Values

• Morals
• Core Values

During a class discussion, Jackson mentioned that every profession has a set of moral principles that guide their conduct. What is the term for these principles?

(a)  

• Ethics
• Dilemma
• Bad Day
• Vices

Match the following terms with their descriptions:

• Shared beliefs or standards considered important by a group or society

• Morals

• Mutual reliance between two or more groups or things

• Core Values

• Principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct

• Interdependence

• A situation where a difficult choice has to be made between two or more morally acceptable or unacceptable options

• Ethical Dilemma

Match the following terms with their descriptions.

• The reliance of two or more people or things on each other.

• Values

• A person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.

• Ethics

• Principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.

• Morals

• Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.

• Interdependence

David often finds himself in situations where he has to make tough decisions. What term refers to the personal principles or standards of behavior that guide his actions?

• Morals

• Core Values

• Ethical Dilemma

• Interdependence