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Jess, Laura, Evan **Ethics** is the moral principles that governs a person or groups behavior, the moral correction of specified conduct. A **moral** is the concerned judgment of the goodness and badness of a characteristic or behaviour. The **Magna Carta** is a document that was signed by King Henry I of England in 1215. This led to the system of checks and balances we have today. This limited the kings power so he would not have too much power, and become a tyrant.

One example of ethics: A pregnant woman is leading a group out of a cave, and she gets stuck in the mouth of the cave. Should they use dynamite to blow out the cave and kill her, or should they get killed and save her because her head is out of the cave? What should you do? I believe that the people should use the dynamite because this would be saving more lives than just one.

Second example: In April, 2010, in West Virginia, there was a mine explosion underground. This explosion killed 24 people and left 4 people MIA. The state of West Virginia is trying to decide on having tighter regulations in the mines and more rules so they will not have another mine disaster like this. What should they do? i believe that they should because these are lives that are being compromised. We should keep everyone in the mines safe.

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Questions for student/teacher videos1. How do you define ethics?

2. How do you make ethical decisions?

3. Does texting and facebook make it easier to act unethically?

<span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif;">4. If a friend has the answers to a test that you have to take would you use them to improve your test score?

<span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif;">5. If you witnessed a student being bullied or harassed would you participate in the bullying or help defend the one being bullied?

<span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif;">Encourage students to explain their answers not just give a yes or no. <span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif;">Make sure that you are selecting students who will give serious answers. We don't want silly answers. You are being graded on this.

<span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif;">Jake Roberge & Dom Giannangeli

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ethics- the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular group.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Morals-The principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our country's legal system was set up by the US constitution. This document shaped our government and how it works. It states that the supreme court is the law of the land and that whatever it says goes.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.articlesbase.com/ethics-articles/ethical-situations-1396963.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This article is about how many business owners try and get employees to commit fraud for them. These employees are faced with hard decisions on whether to listen to their boss or to listen to their moral values. If they listen to their boss they can get caught and put in jail, but if they listen to their morals the company will most likely get shut down and they will lose their jobs. There are many instances of employees reporting the truth about their companies behavior and these companies in turn get shut down. These employees are very brave for doing the right thing.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.naturalnews.com/035539_Medical_ethics_newborn_babies_abortion.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This article is talking about the difference between abortion before birth or murdering newborn babies. Some people say that the parents should be able to say if the baby can live or not because they say that the baby does not have moral rights yet, and they say that the newborn baby has the same moral value as a fetus and therefore it is ok to murder them. While others say that it is ethically wrong to kill newborn babies because they are living human beings. Some people say that the newborn babe has the same moral value as a fetus and therefore it is ok to murder them. In conclusion, many people have differing views on this very controversial topic, and only you as an individual can decide what is right for you.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">David Gustafson, Kelly Eisaman

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ethics : A system of moral principles; Moral Principles as of an individual

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Morals: a person's standards or beliefs of what is and what is not acceptable to them.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Historical Documents

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Bill of Rights__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- name for the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. These amendments named basic rights and personal freedoms for U.S. citizens.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Constitution-__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">this is the document that was signed by the delegates establishing the U.S. government. It has been the guideline for our court.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Examples of Ethical Situations

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. 38 Who Saw the Murder but did not call the police

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/scraig/gansberg.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">David : Summary - On 1964 there was a murder of Miss Genovese and there were 3 times when someone could have called the police but did not. They made the decision to yell out the window or look out the window but they did nothing about it. By the time someone actually called Miss Genovese already was dead.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My Thoughts - I think it was not right for the bystanders to watch while the woman was being stabbed. If I were one of the bystanders I would have called the police as soon as the first woman was stabbed.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kelly : Summary- in 1964 Miss Genovese was murdered and there were multiple times when witnesses could have called the police but did not.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thoughts- It is not right for these people to not call the police, and they would want someone to call the police if they were in her place i think.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Ethics Situation #4

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://frank.mtsu.edu/~u101irm/Ethics/ethics4.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">David : Summary - Rebecca tells a friend about being assaulted by a man and then she is convinced to tell you. She then tells the police. Later she tells you the actual story about the man actually was someone in the building.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thoughts - I think that I would let the police know about the danger of a student that assaults other students.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kelly: Rebecca is attacked by someone in her building and she tells only you the details but not the police.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thoughts- I would want to respect Rebeccas privacy but since the attacker lives in the building its a danger to the other students and the police have to know.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jazmyn Charles, Sara Pigan, and Lia Hamm

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ethics- the branch <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> of philosophy <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">dealing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> with values relating to human <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">conduct, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> with respect <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">totherightness <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and wrongness of certain actions and to the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">goodnessand <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> badness of the motives and ends of such <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">actions.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ethics__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Morals- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">of,pertaining <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to, or <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">concernedwith <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">principles <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> or rules of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">rightconductorthedistinctionbetweenrightand <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> wrong; ethical

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/morals?s=t__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The US Constitution has helped shape our legal system, because it represents how to there are three equal groups that share the power over our laws. The three systems are the judicial, legislative, and executive branch, and each have checks and balances over the other group to make sure one branch doesn’t have too much power.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One ethical decision would be in the Roe vs. Wade case, which was primarily surrounded around abortion. The court was making a decision whether it should be legal to have abortion after the first trimester of pregnancy, which is when the baby could live outside the womb. The final verdict was that its legal to have abortion during the first trimester, and not legal after but some people believe that abortion itself should be illegal. Other people believe that everyone has the right to privacy, and should make that decision for themselves.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We believe that abortion is morally wrong because you are killing another human being in a way, but we also think that if someone would be harmed by the pregnancy that its ethical to have an abortion.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_roe.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the case of Clarence Ray Allen in 2006 the courts decided that this man would receive the death penalty. The controversy was that he had convicted that crime 25 years ago, and now he was a 76 year old man who was blind, deaf, in a wheelchair, and had suffered from a stroke. The government was debating whether or not it was an unjust and unusual punishment violating the 8th amendment.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our group doesn’t find the death penalty to be morally correct, and in this situation it was unnecessary because the man’s life was going to end soon anyway.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-1210069.html__]

Jared Boger

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ethics: The moral principles that govern a person’s behavior.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Morals: A person’s standard of behavior for what is acceptable or not acceptable.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Magna Carta is an important historical document that affects United States citizens today. It was developed in England and issued in 1215. Feudal barons in England forced King John to recognize liberties of the common people and limit absolute powers. The Magna Carta was the basis for the Bill of Rights in the Constitution. Many rights defined by the Magna Carta were also included in the Bill of Rights. The US legal system is regulated in some of the same ways that were described in the Magna Carta. A trial by jury was a right in the Magna Carta, and is also a right in the Constitution. Another clause states no one will be arrested and imprisoned without a proper trial. The same right is also in the Constitution. Both the fifth and ninth amendment in the Constitution are directly based on the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta was a model for the United States Constitution as well as many parts of the United States legal system.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One ethical situation is organ transplants. The main issue is the way that people are chosen to receive a transplant. There is a large demand and smaller supply, and only a few people that need organs receive them. Many people die while waiting for an organ. Another issue is some important organs are only available from people that died. Critics of organ donation do not believe it is acceptable to use organs from deceased people. I think the process for applying for an organ should be made more fair. Also, I think it is okay for deceased people to donate organs. Organs that are necessary for living should be used to save someone’s life.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12566971__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another ethical issue is employers using social networking sites to evaluate job candidates. Many people that use social networking believe employers that view their profiles are invading their privacy. However, anything posted on the internet is public, and employers are allowed to view it. Also, some employers monitor employee’s social networking sites after they are hired. Some companies are able to access information made private. I believe people should be aware of what they post on social networking sites. Employers should not judge a candidate based just on the profile. Finally, I believe employers and companies should not monitor social networking after a person is hired. The information is private and not related to the work, so employers should not interfere with it.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://lespotter001.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/legal-and-ethical-issues-with-employers-checking-social-networking-sites/__]

Bryan Gamwo & Danny Ferriero & Zach Iovino

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ethics- the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Morals- Expressing of conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One document that shaped the us legal system was the U,S. Constitution. It set a bill of rights that the court cannot take away from any citizens like freedom of speech or religion. there are certain things you should and shouldn’t do based on what people believe your ethics should be.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. the First ethical situation is if you're at your friend’s wedding and an hour before the wedding you catch her cheating. the question is do you tell him or not. If you tell him you will ruin the wedding but if you don't they will probably have an unfaithful relationship. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I would tell my friend because its the right thing to do. He may be mad at you for awhile but in the end its the right thing to do so he doesnt get hurt more in the end.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. lifeboat- you are on an overcrowded lifeboat that will sink if people don't get off. The dilemma is do you push people off everyone will die, but if you do push people off the people who got pushed off will die. Do you kill some people to live or do you let everyone die? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> If i were in this position i would have a very tough time deciding what to do but i think i would push the people off. saving a few people is better than everyone dying.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nick Munson & Joe Jansma & Joe Pasquino

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ethics- the moral principles that govern one's behavior

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Morals- A person’s standards of behavior or beliefs

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An important document in the legal history of the U.S. is the Judiciary Act of 1789. The act was officially entitled “An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.” This act set up the “structure and jurisdiction of the federal court system and created the position of attorney general”. Much of what was set up by this document is still in use today.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Scenario 1__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your daughter was raped. The person you believe who did it was your neighbor. You see your neighbor at dinner one night in the future. The next day your neighbor was arrested for the murder of his wife and enough evidence is found to convict him. You saw him at dinner at the time of the murder and you know he did not commit the crime. If you give him an alibi, he will go free, but you can’t be sure the real murder will be found, and it is possible that he paid someone to do it........ What do you do?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I believe that you should tell the truth because he can always be convicted of the rape at a later date. The real problem with letting him go is there is now a real murderer on the loose. Letting the murderer go free because you have your own personal agenda would cause harm to others. I believe that is wrong. Again, this is a complicated dilemma. Since your neighbor was never found guilty of the rape I believe that doing what is right would be telling the police that he did not murder his wife and should be eliminated as a suspect.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Scenario 2__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your wife was in a car accident. In the car you find her with another man who she is having an affair with. Your wife has little chance of survival, but her lover it bleeding from a survivable wound on the neck. It will only take 5 minutes to stop the bleeding. Who do you save?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If I was in this situation, I would treat the man before I treat the wife. If I attend to my wife first, there is a guarantee that the man sitting next to her will die, but If I attend to the man first, there is a chance that I could save both of them. The main thing or summary that is going on is that you have found your wife cheating with another man, and they are in a wreck. The man is bleeding and will die if you don’t treat to him, and your wife is injured but has a chance of living if you don’t attend to her right away.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Sources__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/judiciary.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Articles__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://listverse.com/2007/10/21/top-10-moral-dilemmas/__]