Foundations of Ethics and Personal Development

Applied Business Ethics: Foundational Concepts

Defining Ethics and Morals

• Ethics (Greek: Ethos) = Custom
• Morals (Latin: Mos-Moris) = Custom

Ethics is defined as the science of morals, studying the goodness and badness of human acts.

Ethics as a Scientific Paradigm

Ethics is explained as a science due to its scientific character: it is exposed as a universally based paradigm, representing a pattern of behavior that indicates how we should act.

Ethics and Rational Nature

Ethics is also explained from its rational nature, attempting to explain the causes and reasons behind the goodness or wickedness of human actions. It is also defined as a normative science.

Normal vs. Normative Right

The normal fact is what usually happens.

The normative right is what should happen.

Congruence between the normal fact and the normative right indicates ethical behavior. When these align, we can confirm that a person acts ethically.

Key Questions in Personal & Professional Growth

Career and Vocation

The Importance of Career Planning Today

What is the importance of career planning at present?

Understanding Historical Behavior

How did the behavior of men and women of old define their lives?

Media Influence on Daily Life

In what way do the media influence our daily lives?

The Role of Women in Modern Life

What is the role of women in modern life?

Understanding Vocation and Life Projects

What is a mission? The term vocation has taken different meanings in contemporary culture, always centering on the person through various methods. Vocation primarily refers to the life project that each individual creates based on their many experiences and in comparison with a coherent system of values that give meaning and direction to their life.

Professional Interests and Emotional Stability

What interests are pursued by professionals today?

Why is emotional stability important in our professional development?

Defining Career and Changing Paths

What is the definition of a career?

What is your opinion about changing careers?

Self-Concept and Human Development

What is Self-Concept?

What is self-concept? The self is the image that each human, each person, every being, constructs mentally about how they perceive themselves. If this concept is positive, it can lead to personal improvement.

Understanding Human Development

Who is in charge of human development? Human development is the acquisition by individuals, communities, and institutions of the capacity to participate effectively in building a prosperous global civilization that is both materially and spiritually.

Vital Principles of Human Development

What are the vital principles of human development?

Mindfulness and Communication

The Practice of Meditation

What is meditation? Meditation describes the practice of a state of concentrated attention on an external object, a thought, consciousness itself, or the actual state of concentration.

Communication: Choice Between Influence & Manipulation

Communication or manipulation: where do you choose to stand?

Assessing Your Communication Style

Are you hostile, assertive, or non-assertive?