unethical behaviours...

I was going through my notes last night on security. I had a really rough exam this morning. I was so sleepy and tired 'cause I had spent the better part of the night up cramming. Why don't you try sitting for a paper when you're drugged up on 2 cafe mochas and 3 espressos? God bless America, they gave us Starbucks.

Anyways, I found this really good chapter on ethics. What is ethics? There is ever the Law that governs societal behaviour and a man's personal principles and morals. Ethics is sort of the bastard child in the middle. It governs the individual by the accepted societal norms. The fact that it is not quite enforceable makes it unique.

The chapter on ethics, I found, was really self-righteous and philosophical. I really didn't appreciate it much. But, I did find this section they had on unethical behaviours to be interesting. It explains that the world should try and breed out these behavioural categories. I'm going to be comparing these behavioural categories in terms of ethics and law.



Unethical Behaviour Categories

Ignorance

Ignorance is bliss. And yet, ignorance is not an excuse for unethical behaviour.

'I did not know that I should not be late. What do you mean punctuality is a virtue?' The previous statement just sounds a little strange. 'I'm so sorry. I didn't know that you are not meant to kill.' The fact that ignorance is not a valid excuse by law explains alot. The book states that society should share knowledge and information as a community. By informing people of ethics the book intends to foster ethical conduct.


Accidents

Ever heard someone say, 'Whoopsie! I didn't mean to kill you...' You really can't just say I dropped a nuke on your country by accident. The same applies to situations that questions ethics. I mean, c'mon, ethics is about stuff like being responsible and having integrity. Simply saying that your actions are accidents is just like shifting blame. 'It wasn't me.'

I really didn't mean it... but, 'accidents do happen'. Well, shit happens too.


Intentioned

And, the worst are those unethical actions are done intentionally. The law defines murder class one as a premeditated action. These guys here have really thought it through and planned the action. There is no other third party here to shift the blame to or an external extrenuating circumstance that compelled you to do what you did.

I'd say it's all in the consequences of the actions. There should be punishments and rewards to control these behaviours. But, then again, ethics is really unenforceable.