每天生活中的伦理议题.ppt

每天生活中的倫理議題Ethics Issues in Everyday Life Dr. Anne Davis Professor at UCSF Case 1 You have a friend in your school whose company you enjoy. One day you see her cheating on an examination. You are very surprised at this but you are sure that she is cheating. You mention this to her and she asks you not to say anything to anyone about her cheating. You like her but you are concerned about this cheating and wonder what, if anything, you should do to be ethical? Case 2 A? 5 year old girl, Kim, has a new friend, Lee, and they go to the small neighborhood store where they steal some inexpensive small dolls. Next day Kims mother asks her where she got her 2 new dolls. She tells her mother that she got them at the store where she and Lee went. Kims mother asks her what she used for money and she said they did not pay money. Should the mother take action? What should the mother do to be a good mother? Case 3 The? student writes a very good paper and gives it to the professor who grades the paper with an A grade. A bit later the student sees her paper written in the text of the book by this professor. The professor has not asked the student for permission to use her paper nor is the student acknowledged as the author of this paper. Is this an ethical problem? Should this student do something about this? What ethically should this student do? Case 4 In the next door family, the man drinks alcohol and gets drunk. One night you hear him beating his wife and you hear her crying out in pain and begging him to stop. Several months he hit her so hard that she had to be hospitalized. Should you do something and if so, what? Case 5 The nurses in a local hospital are poorly paid and want more money and better benefits. They have tired to talk with the hospital administration but have not been successful in getting what they want. They decide to go on strike. Before they strike they organize the nursing service of the hospital so that patients will not be harmed. The admin