Ethics papers

Compares ideas of Aristotle, Freud, Marx & pop culture on meaning & achievement of happiness & pleasure.

Examining the Critiques Code: looking at its ethical foundation, usefulness, principles & theories and shortcomings. Also compared with the American Medical Association's ethics code.

Causes & effects of weakened conventional family structure, blaming the parents, violence in society and ethnic issues.

Examines charges of infidelity & perjury, media & public's responses, roles of Hillary Clinton & prosecutor Starr and the issue of private vs. public morality.

Examines moral, emotional & environmental arguments against human mistreatment of animals.

Ideas on freedom, reason, perception, knowledge, subjectivity.

Legal, technological, ethical issues of lie detector as pre-employment tool.

Examined in terms of consumer debt, impact of govt. fiscal policy, corp. greed, intergenerational problems, ethics, pensions, family issues and fatalism.

Examined in terms of reasons for, incidence, risk factors (stress, socioeconomics, age, health, depression), cultural attitudes, religion and impact on survivors.

Examines concepts of moral habit & responsibility, virtue, choice, happiness, ethical action and in sociopolitical context.

Critiques & compares books on sex in society, love, prostitution, mating choices, morality and guilt.

Compares local and federal levels, regulations, bureaucracy, history, movement to reinvent the government and personal accountability.

Examines views of Biblical authors & utilitarian philosopher on morality of killing a human being.

Examines 1990 TV docudrama's portrayal of life, politics, ethics, law, human rights under dictatorship in Paraguay.

Examines refusal on legal & religious grounds in Australia, Canada & U.S. Ethics, suicide, food & water, incompetent patients, examples, children & parents, civil & common law and living wills.

Morality of advertising in legal industry, software industry & Wal-Mart department store.

Ethical & legal analysis of necessary & unnecessary use of force by police & corrections officers.

Moral & religious (Christian & Jewish) aspects of debate over use of animals in science & research into human disease.

Psychology of ethical leadership & decision-making examined. Argues that unethical behavior in organizations is not necessarily driven by profit motives, but psychological factors.

Discusses changing perspectives on business ethics & social responsibility. Examines utilitarianism, the rights approach, & the justice approach.

An analysis of the works of the philosopher Aristotle and the economist Karl Polanyi, evaluating Aristotle's arguments on slavery and economic exchange.

Discusses findings on deterrence, social issues. Argues current death penalty system is unfair and morally wrong.

Discussion of 1998 "60 Minutes" broadcast depicting Dr. Jack Kevororkian employing physican assisted suicide. Background & implications of broadcast; limitations of journalistic conduct; boundaries.

Pros & Cons of human cloning; benefits, drawbacks, ethical & spiritual aspects.

Critiques the 1990 book on the radical environmentalist movement. Covers political, economic & moral issues; tactics; rhetoric.

Examines some of the moral & ethical concerns involved in the potential of creating cloned human beings.

The pros and cons of animal testing as well as a presentation of new developments in the field.

A look at the issues of ethics and honor in the U.S.

Oral presentation, including a few stage directions for the speaker, on false advertising. Includes several examples of egregious misleading advertisements.

Describes the philosophy of Epicurus, which held that a life of pleasure was the highest good. Discusses the strong moral sense that differentiates Epicureanism from Hedonism.

Discusses passive and active euthanasia; political, legal and family issues; views of Pope Paul II; medical ethics.

Focus on ethics, computer crime, privacy issues. Need for legal standards.

A study of the ethics of sleepwalking and the poetry of witness in the works of Joy Harjo and Juliana Spahr.

A paper giving the facts and figures about the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) process.

An examination of unethical business practices with an emphasis on sweatshops.

A discussion of the ethical issues presented by surrogate motherhood and breastfeeding.

A discussion of why blind obedience to the law is not always justified.

This paper discuses the issues surrounding the concept that emotions are central to the foundation of nursing ethics.

An analysis of the Enron Scandal - the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

An analysis of the well-known accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, providing a brief history and examining the recent failures of the firm.

A discussion of business ethics as it applies in a practical way to an office environment.

A paper which discusses the term justice as seen by Plato, Aristotle, David Hollenbach and Rev. Bliss Brown.

An examination of whether a nurse or medical facility has the right to withdrawing nutrition from a patient to promote quality of life.

An opinion paper against abortion.

An insight into three aspects of death: Suicide, euthanasia and the death penalty.

A study of the phenomena of bribery and kickbacks within the business world.

A discussion about management's responsibility in promoting ethical behavior among employees.

This paper looks at the popular, scientific and political opposition to the atomic bombings of the Second World War.

An analysis of Abraham Maslow's Theory of "Hierarchy of Needs."

This paper summarizes the philosophical arguments for the existence of moral knowledge.

A review of the novel "Joseph Andrews" by Henry Fielding with an emphasis on morality and ethics.

This paper presents a detailed examination of accountability in management.

An examination of the ethical debate of whether to use stem cells for research.

A discussion of the concept of executive privilege for government officials and whether this is being abused.

An analysis of the concept of good versus evil in the novel "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding.

A discussion of the ethics involved in aiding the poor at the expense of others, with reference to Garrett Hardin's essay entitled "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case of the Poor".

An analysis of the movie "Indecent Proposal" with an emphasis on the morality of society.

A summary of ethical obligations which should be observed by evaluators for Health Programs.

A detailed examination of entrepreneurship in the UK and a comparison with the U.S.A.

This paper is an essay discussing the ethical issues, challenges, and behaviors within the telecommunications industry in the United States and Asia.

The paper discusses in detail the current problems of ethics in big business and the dilemma ethical behavior can create for the company.

An essay on moral conduct of governments with special consideration to Glenn Tinder's book entitled "Political Thinking: The Perennial Questions" and Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince".

An analysis of individual skill, aptitude, and the ability to do things others cannot and the effects on the philosophy of modernity.

A discussion of theories of business ethics in today's highly competitive market.

An analysis of the Code of Conduct set up in 1986 to measure international business behavior.

An examination of the law of "whistle blowing" in companies - where someone reports the illegal actions of his colleagues.

A study on the use of fallacious argument in advertising today.

A discussion of whether or not auditing should be separated from consulting.

An examination of the Kant approach to business ethics.

A discussion on the legal and ethical issues of assisted suicide.

A study of the importance of ethics in the global marketplace.

An opinion paper advocating the necessity of animal testing.

This paper argues the thesis that "even though life is determined, it still can be meaningful".

A discussion of the concept of man as a machine as seen in the book "Man a Machine" by Julien Offray de la Mettrie.

A discussion of the social role of gossip, its damages and how to stop it.

A paper which discusses the issue of betting in sports in the United States.

A paper which discusses the legitimacy of using the data collected from medical experiments done in Nazi concentration camps

A look at the story of George Washington and the Cherry Tree Myth from a different angle - skepticism.

A discussion on a study, conducted over the telephone consisting of a 20-minute interview with five participants on the ways in which men and women arrive at decisions about what is morally right and wrong.

A presentation of arguments by pro-life and pro-choice advocates on the issue of abortion.

A discussion on abortion and anti-abortion perspectives in the United States.

A look at how to restore confidence in the integrity of American business organizations.

The paper suggests that the concept of surrogate mothering should be legalized.

This paper focuses on the legal and ethical issues involved in operating a business globally.

A paper which explores the factors which influence the predominant business ethics in Scottish society.

This essay illustrates that the separation of law and morality is both possible and impossible, depending on how one defines the phrase "separation of law and morality".

A paper which describes Kant's theory of pure and practical reasoning.

This paper answers the question: "Why would they hate us"? through literature.

A synopsis of the development of the ethical code 1.09 in the code of conduct for social workers.

A discussion on the ethical issues and problems created by the explosion in the rate of acquisition of new knowledge and the development of new technologies that process information with unprecedented ease and rapidity.

This paper discusses the issues surrounding ethical behavior by managers.

A brief examination of problems that a newcomer faces when joining an organization and attempting to conform to new norms and cultures.

A look at how organizations manage change.

A study of the ethical and potentially profitable issues surrounding mammalian cloning.

A discussion of the benefits gained from improved technology, as well as the problems it creates.

This paper discusses whether or not President Truman was right in firing General MacArthur during the Korean War.

An evaluation of a recent paper published in the journal ?Women's Studies International Forum,? published by Regina Scheyvens and Helen Leslie entitled ?Gender, Ethics and Empowerment: Dilemmas of Development Fieldwork.?

A paper arguing against the use of medical experiments on animals.

This paper analyzes the similarities and differences of the American scandals of Watergate and Whitewater.