What are some examples of the ways that modern computing technology like phones,laptops and social media have contributed to a cultural change that has resulted in a breakdown of our values,institutions like family and community, and our manners and traditions?

Answer All Five Questions:

1. What are some examples of the ways that modern computing technology like phones,laptops and social media have contributed to a cultural change that has resulted in a breakdown of our values,institutions like family and community, and our manners and traditions?

2. Do you think that these trends of breakdown can be reversed? If so, how?

3. Analyze whether it is wrong for us to allow this breakdown according to consequentialism (utilitarianism)?

4. Analyze whether it is wrong for us to allow this breakdown according to deontology.

5. Analyze whether it is wrong for us to allow this breakdown according to virtue ethics.

Would a different punishment warrant different behavior on your part, e.g.,would you make the same choice if your prison sentence was only 1 year?

Ethics week 4 discussion post

Weekly Discussion Guidelines

You cannot just login, post several times in one day, and be done. Think of this as a discussion that we may have in the classroom, except that we are doing it online over a week. You are expected to respond to the discussion prompt with your initial post by 11:59 PM on Day 4. After submitting your initial post, provide 2 response posts, on 2 separate days. For example, if you submit your initial post on Day 4, you will submit a response post on 2 different days after Day 4. All posts need to be submitted no later than Day 7.

All posts should be thoughtful, respectful, and add substantive value to the discussion. One or two sentences is not a substantive response. All posts should be written using full sentences in paragraph form. The use of philosophical concepts is required to earn full points. Please provide both in-text citations and post-text references. Do not bother claiming that you did not provide in-text citations and post-text references because everything came from your head. You are required to include textual evidence for your claims.

Discussion Prompt

The discussion for this unit will place you in a situation similar to that in which Socrates found himself, as described in the “Historical Roots” presentation. Socrates was sentenced to death but had the chance to flee Athens and survive in exile. You can discover his choice and reasoning for so choosing in the presentation, and now you will be asked to place yourself in a similar situation and make your own choice and present your reasoning.

Please read the following scenario and make your initial post in response to the discussion prompts.

Scenario: You were arrested and charged with a serious crime that you did not commit. The fact is that you did NOT commit this crime, however, after standing trial you have been found guilty by a jury of your peers and sentenced to 15 years in prison – let’s say 10 years with good behavior!

Let’s assume the following are true:

Your trial was fair – you were represented by an attorney and the jury was not coerced in their decision.
The jury’s guilty verdict was unanimous.
Your representation was fair, i.e., you were represented by a competent attorney (not a first-year law student) who had adequate time and resources to develop your case.
You believe that your attorney truly had your best interest in mind – and perhaps s/he even believed you were not guilty.
You do not need to be concerned with the fact that you may appear to be guilty if you flee.
The prison in which you will be incarcerated is a federal penitentiary, not a federal prison with “white collar criminals.”
Your main discussion prompt: If you had a chance to escape and flee to another country (or remain in hiding in the USA), would you do so?

Consider and discuss the following:

1. Do you believe that you have a “social contract” with the United States, similar to that described by Socrates in the Crito?

2. If you HAVE entered into a social contract with the US, what should you do based on Social Contract Theory?

3. What do you think you actually would do?

If you believe you DO have a social contract with US in #2 but would choose to escape and break that contract, explain why. How would you justify your escape?

4. Would a different punishment warrant different behavior on your part, e.g.,would you make the same choice if your prison sentence was only 1 year?

5. Finally, if this case was applied to your sibling or child, what would you counsel him/her to do?

(USLOs 4.1, 4.3)

What is their ethical motivation for joining together to elicit social change?

Ethics in Society power point Project

Instructions:

This assignment requires that you construct a PowerPoint presentation that explores the ethics behind a social justice cause or movement. People join social justice movements to achieve equity, inclusion, and justice for entities such as humans, nonhuman animals, and the environment.

Select a social justice movement and discuss how at least two ethical concepts listed below have been or could be used to create social change.

Your presentation must address the following:

Briefly explain the history of the social movement.

What ethical problem are activists hoping to solve?

What is their ethical motivation for joining together to elicit social change?

Include at least two of the following ethical concepts:

Empathy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Autonomy
Fairness
Justice
Motive
Consequences
Free Will
Determinism
Punishment
Natural Rights
Contractarian Rights
Equity
Duty
Welfarism
Retributivism
Speciesism

Have at least 7 slides (including title and reference). Use the book as a reference and list it at the end of the presentation. You may include graphics or other visual aids to enhance your presentation

Discuss the importance of a current and controversial bioethical issue to Healthcare and the current or emerging,dynamics of the ethical issue in the healthcare environment.

Human trafficking- Bioethical Issue Paper

Address importance of a current and controversial bioethical issue to Healthcare and the current or emerging,dynamics of the ethical issue in the healthcare environment.

Intro, the issue and it’s dimensions, ethical theory and principles, ethical/cultural dynamics, nursing profession/policy and the writer’s recommendations. Concrete examples.

Policy section must include current local and national policies

At least 3 scholarly citations 5 years

APA style, 11 -15 pages, excluding title and reference pages

Identify consequences as primary,secondary or tertiary as well as intended or unintended.

Current Event Topic:

On-Line Election Voting using a computer. Scenario: In an effort to make it easier for people to vote, a bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to authorize voting online by computer. Some say a big problem is verifying who is actually voting. The way most of the Senators will vote is already known. But Senator Dan, who has the deciding vote, has not yet declared his intention. Dilemma Is it ethical for Senator Dan to vote for the bill?

Paper has to contain

Section 1: Description

Describe your Current Events topic AND the scenario /Ethical Dilemma in at least three full paragraphs, as follows:

Describe the topic in enough detail so the rest of the analysis is clear.

Let the reader know in what way this is a current event or current topic, why it is important to us.

You must include your Scenario and Ethical Dilemma as this is what you will be doing the analysis of

Section 2: Beneficial Aspects

Explain and justify your reasoning for 2 beneficial aspects to your scenario. Basically, what are two benefits of doing the action.

You must clearly identify AND JUSTIFY each of these beneficial aspects as follows, so that it is clear to the grader:
A beneficial aspect is XXX (and then explain)

Section 3: Detrimental Aspects

Explain and justify your reasoning for 2 detrimental aspects to your scenario. Basically, what are two detriments of doing the action.

Clearly identify AND JUSTIFY each of these detrimental aspects as follows:
A detrimental aspect is XXX (and then explain)

Section 4: SOCIETAL / ETHICAL ISSUES

Here you will discuss 3 Issues that affect society and/or are ethical issues based on the scenario that you have assigned again based on doing the action.

Use the following formats to clearly identify each item as a societal issue or ethical issue. The grader will NOT try to figure it out, if it is not clearly identified you WILL NOT get credit for it.
Clearly identify AND JUSTIFY each as follows, so that it is clear to the grader. A societal (or ethical) issue is XXX (and then explain)

Can a societal/ Ethical Issue also be a beneficial/detrimental aspect? YES – but be sure it is appropriately explained under each heading.

Section 5: Intended Consequences of the doing the action of the dilemma – identify 3

Remember that intended consequences may be negative or positive.

Identify consequences as primary,secondary or tertiary as well as intended or unintended

An intended [primary/secondary/tertiary] consequence is XXX (and then explain)

Can an intended consequence also be a beneficial/detrimental aspect? YES – but be sure it is appropriately explained under each heading.

Section 6: Unintended Consequences of doing the action the dilemma – identify 3

Remember that unintended consequences may be negative or positive.

Identify consequences as primary, secondary or tertiary as well as unintended

An unintended [primary/secondary/tertiary] consequence is XXX (and then explain)

Can an unintended consequence also be a beneficial/detrimental aspect? YES – but be sure it is appropriately explained under each heading.

Citations & Bibliography

When you utilize materials you’ve found, be sure to use inline citations within your report (e.g., [1] or superscripts1) that point to the full reference citation in a bibliography at the end of your report (APA or MLA format – see the “Understanding Citations” link on Canvas). There must be at least three (3) sources.

Identify the most ethical values of the accounting profession that should be considered in evaluating the facts and alternative courses of action.

Ethical dilemma

1. what is the primary ethical issue in this case?

2. Gather all the facts. Specify the relevant facts, disagreement, and other conflicts situations.

3. identify the stakeholders and their obligations. Identify and consider all of the people affected by a decision – the stakeholders.

4. Identify the relevant accounting ethics standards involved in the situation. Identify the most ethical values of the accounting profession that should be considered in evaluating the facts and alternative courses of action.

5. identify the operational issues

6. Identify the accounting and auditing issues.

7. List all the possible alternatives that you can or cannot do.

8. compare and weigh the alternatives. Is it legal ( in conformity with Laws PCAOB rules)? is it consistent with professional standards AICPA principles, IMA ethics standards; GAAP, and GAAS? Is it consistent with in-house rules
(firm’s policies and its own code of ethics), is it right?

what are the potential harms and benefits to the stakeholders? is it fair to the stakeholders? Is it consistent with virtue considerations?

9. Decide on a course of action. After evaluating the ethics of the alternatives, select the one that best meets the ethical requirements of the situation.

10. Reflect on your decision.

Discuss steps that individuals,online communities,scholars,corporations,governments, and/or international coalitions can take to successfully address the issues.

After reviewing the Study Materials for this module on free speech, trolls, and disinformation campaigns, consider your own experience online.

Have you or someone you know ever had an experience with challenging online phenomena like trolling, cyber-hate speech, or disinformation campaigns?

Who do you think should be responsible for overseeing the web—individuals, online communities, corporations, governments, or international coalitions?

Choose one of the themes discussed in The Future of Free Speech,Trolls, Anonymity, and Fake News Online and, in a paper of 500 to 750 words (approximately 2 to 3 pages), develop a policy to address the issues raised by your selected theme.

Discuss steps that individuals,online communities,scholars,corporations,governments, and/or international coalitions can take to successfully address the issues.

Support your analysis with one or more of the ethical frameworks (utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, social justice and social contract theory). Use properly cited evidence from the Study Materials to support your points.

Video: Center for Strategic and International Studies. (2018, September 10)