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IIDE COLLOQUIM ON ETHICS AN INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS Dave Lubbe

IIDE COLLOQUIM ON ETHICS AN INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS Dave Lubbe. PRESENTER PROF. DAVE LUBBE. Ethical dilemma . You are practicing as a medical doctor. Mr. Slow Puncture visited you complaining of stress and burn out because of his work load.

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IIDE COLLOQUIM ON ETHICS AN INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS Dave Lubbe

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  1. IIDECOLLOQUIM ON ETHICSAN INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS Dave Lubbe PRESENTER PROF. DAVE LUBBE

  2. Ethical dilemma • You are practicing as a medical doctor. • Mr. Slow Puncture visited you complaining of stress and burn out because of his work load. • You send him for blood test – it turns out that he is HIV positive. • He demand you not to tell his wife Beauty – she is also your patient. • You try your best to persuade him otherwise but he does not want to change his viewpoint. • Beauty informed you two weeks ago that they use condoms as precaution and that they wants to start a family within six months. • What will you do, and why?

  3. CONTENTS 1.WHY ETHICS AND WHAT IS ETHICS? 2. THE HISTORY OF ETHICS – AN OVERVIEW 3. MYTHS/ARGUMENTS ON ETHICS 4. PRIMARY CHARACHTERISTICS OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 5. ETHICAL DECISION MAKING 6. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO ETHICAL PROBLEMS

  4. 1. WHY ETHICS AND WHAT IS ETHICS? • Life is full of ethics/ moral decisions • Ethics – more than “professional ethics” (slide 5) • Ethics – morality as synonyms • Ethics ≠ religion – influence • “Ethics concerns itself with what is good/ right in human interaction” – one of many definitions – (slide 6) • Interaction – two parties or “things” • Good/ right - ??????? • Ethics and the law (slide 7) • Apples and barrels

  5. ETHICS Ethics Businessethics Professional ethics

  6. Ethics / Morality Good Self Other

  7. Relation betweenethics and law Ethical Unethical Legal Illegal

  8. Apples & barrels Good apples Bad apples Good barrels Bad Barrels

  9. 2. THE HISTORY OF ETHICS – AN OVERVIEW  Classical antiquity  From myth to logos  Origins of western philosophy  Middle ages  Union of philosophy and theology  Faith and knowledge  Universities

  10.  The renaissance  Printing  Reformation  Humanism  Man, history, nature  The 17th Century  Modern territorial states  Rationalists  Natural Law  Mathematical and natural research  Rationalists

  11.  Enlightenment  American revolution  Age of reason  Civil and political law  Rejection – traditional authority  Scientific development – human progress  The 19th century  European nation states  German idealism  Materialism  Industrial revolution  Evolution theory  Natural vs. human sciences

  12.  The 20th century and postmodernism  Age of extremes  Communism and Fascism  World of wars  “Borderless world”  Relativity and quantum theories  Environment

  13. Some philosophers and main aspects  Socrates – dialogue with CRITO  Knowledge – from discussion and arguments  Ask questions  Refuse – traditional answers  Once know who are – behave well  “Inner eye”  Plato  Philosophy – ethics - footnotes of Plato  Aquinas  “Natural law” – by God  Hobbes  Social contract  Adam Smith  Invisible hand

  14.  Karl Marx  Class economy  Class consciousness  Kant  Morality – sticking to compulsory rules  Who, how, what  Moral law of duty/ moral action  Postmodernism  Post war  Uncertainty  Freud/ Jung – unconscious  Skeptical – “objective reality”  Ecology – “long march to prison”  Environmental ethics  Lack – universally shared moral values

  15. 3. MYTHS/ ARGUMENTS ON ETHICS Introduction • Africa – fraud endemic, etc • Rest world – Enron, etc Myths • Dog eat dog • Survival of the fittest • Nice guys come second • It is not serious • When in Rome • The bottom line is all that matters • Ethics is not a business “issue” • Unethical behavior pays • Justice system failed

  16. 4. PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE • Discipline • Transparency • Independence • Accountability • Responsibility • Fairness • Social responsibility © Professor Dave Lubbe.

  17. 5. ETHICAL DECISION MAKING (One of many) Eight steps to sound ethical decision making • Gather the facts • Define the ethical issue • Identify the affected parties (stakeholders) • Identify the consequences for them • Identify their claims or rights • Identify the obligations to them • Consider your own character and integrity • Think creatively about potential actions • Discuss your decision with others • Check your gut feeling

  18. 6. SOLUTION TO ETHICAL PROBLEMS • Ethical code – in organization • Corporate governance • More ethical training • Most difficult problems in business world  Not a clear right or wrong - (not “soft option”) • Principles and not just rules • Ethics is  A state of mind  Not a checklist • Tone at the top

  19. Not just one-size-fits-all • Intellectual honesty (ethics) • “I have no problem with ethical issues - I merely ask myself whether I would mind if my old mother read about this in the press.” • “The only thing required for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.”

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