Instruction
****1****Using the Ethics Toolkit on the Ethics and Compliance Initiative website, draft a “Professional Code of Conduct” befitting the kind of ethical organizational leader you want to be. This “Code of Conduct” should apply to your professional life. Please use the “Code Construction and Content”, “Common Ethic Code Provisions”, and “Writing Tips for an Effective Code of Conduct”, as a guide.
Direct link to the Ethics Toolkit: https://www.ethics.org/resources/free-toolkit/
Note: If you are having issues getting started on your Code of Conduct be sure to check out the Ethics and Compliance Toolkit as they have a great outline....(see below).
Also, here are some different samples you can refer to......they differ via organization to nonprofit, etc. You can draft your code of conduct to be for your hypothetical organization or business you want to run someday, or for a current one you might already work for. But it should have your values and guidelines via what you wish the organization to be like as the core content
Google: https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct.html
Starbucks: https://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/eecd184d6d2141d58966319744393d1f.pdf
Ford: https://corporate.ford.com/microsites/sustainability-report-2016-17/index.html
Form and Content There are different ways of structuring codes. We recommend the following outline for your Code of Conduct :
Memorable Title
Leadership Letter
Table of Contents
Introduction-Prologue
Core Values of Organization
Code Provisions-Substantive Matters
Information and Resources
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Laura, a 19-year old woman, fell into a coma because of an overdose of drugs and alcohol. She was given an emergency treatment at a hospital and was place on a respirator which stabilized her breathing. She remained in a deep coma, and when she was tested by neurologists and neurosurgeons, it was discovered that about seventy percent (70%) of her brain was irretrievably damaged. She was not brain dead; however, she reacted to pain, her eyes would sometimes open and her pupils contracted, she would at time thrash about, and her EEG showed some brain activity. She was in a persistent vegetative state. Because she could not be pronounced dead in any medical or legal sense, the hospital and doctors refused to take her off the respirator or stop any other treatments they were giving her. At one point Laura's sister was alone in the room with her and thinking that Laura wouldn't want to live on in this way, she disconnected the respirator and caused her sister's death.
In Chapter 4 we look at virtues in relation to 1. Emotional stability and maturity and 2. Personal integrity. Both of these characteristics have clear moral dimensions. To some Laura’s sisters behavior might be seen as a “rule-breaking behavior;” however, Laura’s sister might view herself as acting within the boundaries of her virtues.
Question: Was Laura's sister acting within moral boundaries? Why or why not? Respond to the questions using insights from virtue theory (or insights from relativism, egoism or deontology).