CULTURAL ETHICS

TEAM C

Anjana Kumari DwivediJalaj Mani

Priyanka Vishnu MalvankarSubarnarekha Sarkar

Shalini AwasthiAnkita Kumari Singh

Ethics• Ethics is a code of behavior that a society considers moral and appropriate for guiding relationship with one another.

• Ethics deals with things to be sought and things to be avoided, with ways of life and with telos (Telos is the chief aim or end in life)

• Ethics are standards of right and wrong, good and bad. Ethics are concerned with what one ought to do to fulfill one’s moral duty. There are two aspects to ethics: Being able to determine what is right or wrong, good or bad ,& , Commitment for doing what is right and good.

Ethics….• Ethics are a subset of values. The definition of values applies to things that are desired as well as what one ought to do, and can include such concepts as wealth, happiness, success, and fulfillment.

• Ethics define how a moral person should behave; values include other beliefs and attitudes that guide behavior.

Branches of EthicsEthics can be divided into various branchesMeta-ethics: Meta-ethics deals with the meaning of truth-values in theory and refers to moral propositions.

Normative Ethics: Normative Ethics deals with the practicality of actions & it examines standards for the rightness and wrongness of actions.

Applied Ethics: Applied Ethics refers to moral and ethical outcomes that can be achieved, in particular situations.

Moral Psychology: Moral Psychology deals with the development and nature of moral capacity.

Descriptive Ethics: Descriptive Ethics are moral values that most people follow and stand by.

Culture and Ethics• Cooperation is easier and conflicts are limited when people share convictions. We therefore need to look for ethical principles that are shared worldwide.

• Standards and values are an integral part of any culture; hence, culture is the bedrock supporting every development. 

Culture and Ethics…..• Culture can obstruct progress, but it can nevertheless be a tool for emancipation.

• Culture is also a goal in itself: it gives meaning to our existence.

•The same holds true for equal rights, responsibility for future generations, freedom of speech, and democracy: they stimulate progress, but are also the objective of development.

Effects Of Culture•Determines how people communicate•Determines how people interact•Determines how people relate to one another•Guides day-to-day working relationships•Determines what is appropriate behavior•Determines how power and status are allocated

Cultural Conflict: Unethical Behavior

• Different cultures have different rules of conduct.• Some cultures view certain ethical practices with different levels of condemnation.• The more serious problem concerns two different ethical standards meeting in a business transaction. e.g.-US vs. Russian• This situation is characterized as

cultural conflict

Cultural Ethics

. Cultural ethics, as the name suggests deals with

the morality, integrity, principles and values of a culture, and in some case,

even religion.

It usually differs from culture to culture. In spite of that, certain

values remain the same simply because they are

ethically and morally justifiable.

Cultural ethics reflect the values and morals of a society and therefore, it plays a vital role in the

governance of that society.

Culture is an integral part of ethics and vice versa.

The culture of a community impacts it

progress, development, laws, principles and to

some extent, its policies

Cultural Ethics

Code of Cultural Ethics• There should be a process of actively developing and practicing appropriate, relevant, and sensitive strategies and skills in interacting with culturally different persons.

• There should be a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals and enables that system, agency, or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations.

• There should be an integration and transformation of knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services, thereby producing better outcomes.