Recent questions tagged ethics

Description : If you worked at a zoo or alligator farm, and it was your job to feed the 'gators, crocodiles, or Komodo Dragons (giant flesh-eating monitor lizards) -- what animal would you feel most comfortable feeding it? (see details)

Last Answer : You’d feed them animals already butchered. Thaw out frozen chicken, fish, hot dogs, etc. Fortunately, they’re reptiles and need a lot fewer calories than mammals of comparable mass. I wonder if Purina has a Gator Chow?

Description : What are the ethics and economics of cashing a check for 10 cents?

Last Answer : The check is probably spit out automatically by their computer. I got a $3.00 refund from Verizon for a phone I had years ago (so this was years later). I held onto the check so long I could no ... believe I ever heard from them again. Oh well no loss, and way more effort than it was all worth.

Description : What's your opinion on overly worked teenagers?

Last Answer : In my Tourist Town business owners hire their own children ( over age 12 or more) to teach them good work habits and they also start them with their own bank account to start saving when ... ( biggest surprise to youth thinking that they get everything when they work,didn't know about deductions).

Description : Is it better to look away or let someone know they are being unethical in public?

Last Answer : answer:Tell them (as I did yesterday when a couple was walking on the restricted area of a dam), hey, it's a big problem if you get caught, that is illegal! If they act like they are going to ... are jerks and tell you to mind your own business, I woul walk away and then call a ranger or sheriff.

Description : Would you kill a baby Hitler... or a baby psychopath?

Last Answer : answer:If one had the ability to identify a baby psychopath, one would also have the ability to treat the baby before it manifested psychopathic behavior. Pre-emptive murder is not justified.

Description : Could having children be unethical?

Last Answer : answer:Of course. Many people don't have children, or delay having children, for such reasons, or others, such as the extremely high human population and the seeming disasters that high population ... children. Some of it probably comes from Biblical entreaties to be fruitful and multiply too.

Description : What are the ethics of a fast food drive through lane?

Last Answer : answer:1. You order, you wait for it to be ready. 2. If you have waited and it is not ready when you get to the window, you can leave hungry. 3. The restaurant has to not take order add ... window. I think you should have waited for your order. It would have taken just as long if you were inside.

Description : Football Ref bites the turf- were there slurs besides alleged bad calls?

Last Answer : In my opinion, I think the students should be suspended and charged with assaulting a person. No matter what the ref said or did, they should not have hurt him. They had helmets and pads on. The ref ... coach really is involved too, he needs to lose his job. Never, never coach kids to hurt others.

Description : Would you watch an execution on pay-per-view?

Last Answer : Never

Description : How much do you care if your actions are morally right?

Last Answer : 0%.... I just want to live in peace.

Description : Well, I never....?

Last Answer : BASE or bunjee jumping. Never, ever.

Description : At what point does it become my trash (see details)

Last Answer : Yes – it has become your trash. (Are we speaking metaphorically or literally here?)

Description : What do you think about this situation pertaining to a $500 OFF coupon?

Last Answer : Get another estimate of two to prove it’s the lowest offer in the area and forget about the coupon. Maybe she took it off and maybe she didn’t. You’ll never know.

Description : Is there an unpardonable "sin" of a mother that a child shouldn't have to forgive?

Last Answer : Physical or emotional abuse and/or not protecting the child from abuse by another family member if known..

Description : Ethical question,what would you do and how would you handle it...

Last Answer : I would send copies to the media immediately and watch with glee as the corporate c*nts go down. And yes, I consider that the “good deed”.

Description : How is the delivery of a baby with a known abnormal condition ethical? (Warning: may be controversial)

Last Answer : answer:The child's right to life and being born trumps your right to a burden-free existence. You took your gamble when you became pregnant. Many people with Down's Syndrome have very sunny outlooks. They ... joy into the lives of those around them. Who are you to decide that they should not live?

Description : Ethics Q... Would you lie to the State to save some money in order to survive?

Last Answer : I don’t see a problem (wink), as long as she gets the brakes fixed, which has nothing to do with tags.

Description : Was Miles Bennett Dyson in Terminator 2 a terrorist or a hero?

Last Answer : According to the Terminator 2: 3D attraction at Universal Studios (a much better sequel to T2 than T3 actually was, fwiw), yes, he went down in history as a terrorist.

Description : Is a girl, or a woman, sitting spread eagled really that disturbing?

Last Answer : We’re just not used to seeing it, but it really isn’t a big deal. In fact it’s not even a deal.

Description : How do you handle panhandlers?

Last Answer : What do you mean by “working it”?

Description : Help me with my schoolwork (involving ethical dilemma)?

Last Answer : It's not that complicated, relax :). You have to point out what could arise which means that it doesn't have to, in the end. Every researcher has biases and, for example, if you ... think smokers should have no rights, studying them poses an ethical dilemma because you should feel neutral, etc.

Description : Why isn't killing people who kill people wrong?

Last Answer : answer:Eye for an eye… and deterrent (though its proven it doesn’t deter) to future killers… and to keep them from possibly getting loose and killing again. Rape and murder are the only two crimes I would consider the death penalty for.

Description : Why is killing a human worse than killing a chicken?

Last Answer : answer:I see your line of thought, but when you kill the chicken its for food to survive. You killing a human is not essential to your ultimate survival. Obviously cases like self defense are different ... killing animals just for the sake of killing them is along the same level of killing a human.

Description : Should misleading or untruthful campaign ads be outlawed?

Last Answer : answer:Then there would be no advertising. Carlsberg. Probably the best beer in the world.

Description : Are you capable of murder?

Last Answer : If me or a loved one were threatened, yes, without a doubt. But just for revenge, no.

Description : Will this hurt Water's re-election?

Last Answer : I suppose that depends on the findings of the ethics committee.

Description : Will Charlie Rangel be re-elected?

Last Answer : Although he’s always entertaining, I’m afraid old Charley is past his “sell by” date.

Description : Any good sources to help me with Spinoza's "Ethics"?

Last Answer : answer:This will provide you a brief introduction and summary: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza/#Eth

Description : [Rated PG] How do you determine your sexual/sensual ethics and boundaries?

Last Answer : answer:two rules: no socks and clean sheets between partners. beyond that…it’s gotta be consensual and humiliation doesn’t get me hot. re: judgments…i try to avoid them.

Description : Being asked to deliver your boss's blackberry - How would you decide if you were the judge?

Last Answer : I think he should have gotting a written warning for it instead of being fired. As for the refusal itself, he did refuse to do something which was clearly within the boundaries of his job's ... more ecological options, instead of refusing outright. Should he be reprimanded for this? Yes. Fired? No.

Description : How ethical it is to tell on someone?

Last Answer : it’s none of your business.

Description : Does getting revenge ever actually make you feel better?

Last Answer : For a minute, then I usually feel like shit afterwards.

Description : Would you/did you have your newborn baby boy circumcised?

Last Answer : I thought it was a good thing to be circumcised for cleanliness or something… Reduces the chances for infection or something? Am I way off base here?

Description : If you caught a pickpocket with your wallet, would it be enough for you to get your property back or would you have to kick their ass?

Last Answer : If the thief is getting arrested, then justice is done. I would only feel like getting violent if they actually spent my money or credit.

Description : What, to you, is unforgivable?

Last Answer : Pedophilia or any other crime against a child.

Description : If we possessed the technology to terraform Mars at some point in the future, what are the reasons to do it or not do it?

Last Answer : Good job on the question! I think the most logical reasons are for science, technology and if and when we run out of space here at home.

Description : If you knew the Jedi Mind Trick, what would you use it for?

Last Answer : Ashamed I do not know what the Jedi Mind Trick is… off to google This would be very handy- will respond below.

Description : Do most people who disagree with you have fundamentally different values?

Last Answer : Preconcieved notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. -Merry Browne I think a lot has to do with perception and perception comes from what we view as facts taken from our own experiences in life ... what you hold dear. I stay away from those who do not demonstrate these very basic human traits.

Description : Ethical question: does he owe for an unused ticket?

Last Answer : Yo, I don’t owe nothing, man! Oh, hypothethical. Sorry.

Description : Do you Agree with Sherrif Joe?

Last Answer : i think it's a good idea to have them work with the animals. that's been shown to be a good source of therapy, and they've used it with seniors who are depressed/ill as well. it's better than ... before they come back. i think it's crazy that there's a law that saws prisoners have to have cable.

Description : Because it's not politically correct.

Last Answer : haha april fools all over again.

Description : Ethics and responsabilities of working on a team?

Last Answer : I believe in this situation you should be upfront with your teammate – and let him know that it is best to present both ideas. In this way, the larger team [collective] can decide which option is best suited to the project as a whole.

Description : It is deceptively used by an organisation to promote the perception that its products, aims, or policies are environmentally friendly- (a) Blue washing (b) white washing (c) green washing (d) green pricing.

Last Answer : C. GREEN WASHING.

Description : The process by which accountants use their knowledge of accounting rules to manipulate the figures reported in the accounts of a business in known as- (a) Financial accounting (b) creative accounting (c) cost accounting (d) fair value accounting

Last Answer : B. CREATIVE ACVOUNTING

Description : Due to fraudulent reporting the share price of a company’s stock may- (a) Boost up (b) fall down (c) remain stagnant (d) none of these

Last Answer : A. BOOST UP

Description : The short-term focus on company finances in sometimes known as- (a) Glaucoma management (b) Retina management (c) Myopic management (d) None of these

Last Answer : C. MYOPIC MANAGEMENT

Description : Which of the following methods are used in creative accounting? (a) Off balance sheet financing (b) Abuses of accounting concepts and conventions (c) Manipulating assets and liabilities (d) Over and under valuation of inventories

Last Answer : A. OFF BALANCE SHEET FINANCING

Description : The trading of a public company’s stock or other securities like bonds or stock options by individual with possession of material, non-public information about the security is called- (a) Insider trading (b) online trading (c) offline trading (d) direct trading

Last Answer : A. INSIDER TRADING

Description : Which of the following are ethical issues in financial markets-? (a) Churning (b) Illegal dividend payment (c) creative accounting (d) none of these

Last Answer : A. CHURNING

Description : Which of the following factors encourage good ethics in the workplace? (a) Transparency (b) fair treatment to the employees of all levels (c) both (a) and (b) (d) bribe

Last Answer : . C. BOTH A AND B