ETHICS

Aftertare (post funeral follow-up) - those appropriate and helpful acts of counseling, personal and/or written
contact that come after the funeral.
Business ethics -
values related to human conduct as applied to business,
Code of ethics *
a declaration or public statement of professional standards of right and wrong conduct.
Confidentiality to hold certain information in trust and not disclose without proper authorization or authority'
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Culture the rules, ideas and beliefs shared by members of society of and for living and dying, which are learned
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directly or indirectly.
Discrimination the act of making a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit'
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Ethical (moral) -
conforming to accepted standards of conduct.
Ethics *
that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness
such actions'
and wrongness ofcertain actions and to the goodness and badness ofthe motives and ends of
Ethnicity the cultural heritage or identity of a group, based on factors such as language or country of origin'
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Funeral service ethics values related to human conduct as applied to the care of the deceased'
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home operations and society,
phrased' "Do unto
Golden Rule a rule of ethicat conduct found in some form in most major religions usually
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others as you would have them do unto you."
Harassment -
to annoy continually or chronically'
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Honesty having a sense of honor; upright and fair dealing'
information' including
lnformed consent a formal agreement provided after receiving complete and accurate
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alternative choices and consequences, in an understandable form'
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lntegrity fidelityto moral principles.
Law - rules that Bovern societY.
group of people live'
lifestyle a particular way of living: the way a person lives or a
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Moral - See ethical
group'
Philosophy the set of values, ideas and opinions of an individual or
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Preneed *
matters pertainingto preplanning and/or prefunding funeral
services'
* .n ,p[ror.h followed for managing an investment portfolio in a legally acceptable manner'
Prudent investrnent
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a culturally entrenched pattern of behavior m'd*
of: (1) sacred beliefs' (2) emotional feelings
Religion 'p
presumably implementing the beliefs and feelings'
accompanying the beliefs, and (3) overt conduct
Situational ethics -
moral principles that vary with circumstances'
networking and microblogging) through
Social media forms of electronic communication (as web sites for social
- ideas' personal messages' and other content'
which users create online communities to share information'
and economic factors'
Socioeconomics of, relating to, or involving a combination of social
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Values *
beliefs that are held in high esteem'

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