AYESHA-MAHADIEM C.
AMILASSAN CODE OF ETHICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
BS ENE 3
ETHICS
ETHICS VS MORALITY
ETHICS - The rules of conduct recognized in
respect to a particular class of human actions or
a particular group or culture.
-Ethics represents the moral code that guides a
person’s choices and behaviors throughout their
life.
-Social system – External
-Because society says it is the right thing to do.
-Ethics are dependent on others for definition.
They tend to be consistent within a certain
context but can vary between contexts.
-A person strictly following Ethical Principles may
not have any Morals at all. Likewise, one could
violate Ethical Principles within a given system of
rules to maintain Moral integrity.
-Ethics are governed by professional and legal
guidelines within a particular time and place
-Ethics are external standards that are provided
by institutions, groups, or culture to which an
individual belongs. For example, lawyers,
policemen, and doctors all have to follow an
ethical code laid down by their profession,
regardless of their own feelings or preferences.
Ethics can also be considered a social system or
a framework for acceptable behavior.
EX - A lawyer’s morals may tell her that murder is
reprehensible and that murderers should be
punished, but her ethics as a professional lawyer,
require her to defend her client to the best of her
abilities, even if she knows that the client is guilty.
MORALITY - Principles or habits with respect to
right or wrong conduct. While morals also
prescribe dos and don'ts, morality is ultimately a
personal compass of right and wrong.
-The idea of a moral code extends beyond the
individual to include what is determined to be
right, and wrong, for a community or society at
large.
-Individual – Internal
-Because we believe in something being right or
wrong.
-Usually consistent, although can change if an
individual’s beliefs change.
-A Moral Person although perhaps bound by a
higher covenant, may choose to follow a code of
ethics as it would apply to a system. "Make it fit"
-Morality transcends cultural norms.
ENGINEERING
-The NSPE Code of Ethics states that engineers
shall: hold paramount the safety, health, and
welfare of the public, work only in areas of
competence, issue public statements only in an
objective and truthful manner, act as a faithful
agent, avoid deceptive acts, and conduct yourself
honorably and responsibly to enhance the honor,
reputation, and usefulness of the profession. The
ASCE Code of Ethics follows these same ideas
and requires engineers to provide learning
opportunities for those engineers that are under
their supervision.
As an Environmental Professional I will:
1.be personally responsible for the validity of all
data collected, analyses performed, or plans
developed by me or under my direction. I will be
responsible and ethical in my professional
activities.
2.encourage research, planning, design,
management, and review of activities in a
scientifically and technically objective manner. I
will incorporate the best principles of the
environmental sciences for the mitigation of
environmental harm and enhancement of
environmental quality.
3.not condone misrepresentation of work I have
performed or that was performed under my
direction.
4. Examine all my relationships or actions, which
could be legitimately interpreted as a conflict of
interest by clients, officials, the public, or peers.
In any instance where I have financial or personal
interest in the activities with which they are
directly or indirectly involved, I will make a full
disclosure of that interest to my employer, client,
or other affected parties.
5. not accept fees wholly or partially contingent
on the client’s desired result where that desired
result conflicts with my professional judgment
6. not engage in conduct involving dishonesty,
fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.
7. be committed to upholding a positive
environment that reflects equality and inclusion,
and mutual respect.
8. NAEP has zero-tolerance for discrimination or
harassment. NAEP will not tolerate, condone, or
ignore unethical conduct and is committed to
enforcing these standards at all levels.
IMMORAL, AMORAL, AND NON-MORAL
IMMORAL- Immoral is Something that is immoral
is evil or wrong. It means failing to adhere to
moral standards. people who can differentiate
between right and wrong but intentionally do
wrong anyway.
-Areas of interest where moral categories do
apply and of are such a kind as to be evil, sinful,
or wrong according to some code or theory of
ethics
EX. Stealing someone’s car is immoral, telling a
lie, Strictly Speaking,
-To be immoral implies acting or thinking in a way
that violates one’s conscious morality. In other
words, the person should have known better, but
did it anyway.
AMORAL- means not influenced by right and
wrong. If a person who is immoral acts against his
conscience, a person who is amoral doesn’t have
a conscience to act against in the first place.
EX. A BABY, since they have not yet developed
the brain capacity to understand right and wrong.
Extreme sociopaths are also amoral since they
lack a conscience because of a cognitive
disorder.
NON-MORAL - Nonmoral is used when morality
is clearly not an issue.
EX. If an action has the potential to help or harm
another person. action has no potential to help or
harm another person or yourself, then that action
is a nonmoral issue.
SCHOOLED VS EDUCATED
SCHOOLED - Schooled is going through the
function of being divided by age, by subject, of
high, low, medium, whatever.
EDUCATED - Educated is understanding
yourself means your own level of worth. You don't
need to adapt to someone else's map and that's
the whole reason why education exists. So, you
can create your map.
Educated but not cultured – Means a person is
acquiring knowledge through having a higher
education but does not know to define a social
heritage of an organized community, pattern of
responses and not civilized in socialized.
IS PORNOGRAPHY A FORM OF ART?
- Pornography is an art form. To produce and
increase human pleasure, someone with a vision
and a warped mind is required. It is crass, lude,
and most importantly, an honest picture of how
twisted and messed up the human species truly
is. Yes. Porn is an art form. The main issue is that,
even in the so-called "sexually evolved" West,
open representation of sex is still regarded
negatively. It's as artistic as any other film or
video; it can be densely meaningful, but it can
also be purely entertaining. Yes. It is, by
definition, intrinsically artistic in its design and
effect. It communicates sexual desire and
expresses eroticism, which is a valid subject of
expression and communication and has been a
staple of the arts throughout human history.
Pornography is an art form.
Long answer:
To really answer this question, one must first
define "art" objectively. "Art is in the eye of the
beholder," and "I know it when I see it," are two
popular sayings in these circles. The unfortunate
reality of this duality is that it contradicts itself
when applied to a wide range of expressive
mediums. What past civilizations termed
"pornography" may today be openly exhibited in
museums and clarifies both human nature and
those societies. We may see this now, with
appeals to sexual or erotic desires being
exploited to both fulfill and mesmerize the
audience. It is up to the person to decide how they
want to interpret it.and this is something that
cannot be disputed.
Pornography is defined as "the depiction of erotic
conduct intended to elicit sexual excitement." It is
words, deeds, or representations meant to elicit
sex sensations... its primary objective is to elicit
an erotic response. It is preoccupied with and
focuses on genital organs in order to provide
sexual arousal. It highlights and focuses on them
in various ways meant to arouse sexual desire."
Another typical definition of art is based on a
criterion of attributes, such as it must be
expressive or thought stimulating at the very
least. Excluding pornography from the criterion
for determining whether the "thoughts" you're
attempting to elicit are undesired, insulting, or
aimed toward gratifying a specific need is grossly
and abhorrently disrespectful to the artists and
beholders.as well as just plain wrong and
unnecessary.
Why can't we say the same about violent media
like video games or horror films? Their major
purpose is to elicit a specific emotion, which many
would argue is just as insulting as eliciting sexual
desire or deviancy, if not more so. The same may
be said about music, television, and other types
of creative media. Such a double standard is
superfluous and detracts from the truth that all
forms of expressive medium, in their own way,
are "artistic," and it deprives audiences and
artists alike of the right to define, express,
explore, or transmit that which they have every
right to.
It is determined by the performers' and producers'
intentions. It can be a form of self-expression or a
kind of art. If it is pushed on someone, it can also
be considered abuse. No. Art is a visible
representation of human creative talents and
imagination that is intended to be appreciated by
a small number of people primarily for its
aesthetic beauty or emotional impact. No, it's a
business. No artist creates the porn industry. The
porn market (i.e., men in their late teens and
twenties) and the main porn producers
characterize the porn industry.
(4) If something is art, and it serves the objective
of sexual stimulation, then it serves a specific
purpose. (5) A purpose cannot be both manner
specific and manner in specific at the same time.
(6) As a result, if anything is pornography, it is not
art.