Modul 2: Ethics from the Religious Perspectives

A central aspect of ethics is "the good life", the life worth living or life that is simply satisfying, which is held by many philosophers to be more important than moral conduct. Most religions have an ethical component, often derived from purported supernatural revelation or guidance.

We can view ethics in two perspectives, which are ethics from the religious perspective and ethics from the secularism perspective. Religious ethics based on what we learned in our religion. Secularism ethics emphasize more on the logical thinking of human beings and do not believe in God. Religious ethics is spiritual while philosophical ethics is cerebral. Besides that, religious ethics are more on emotional or moral sensitivity. Some might say that we cannot be ethical unless we are religious.

In my opinion, ethics should be based on both reason and religion. This is because religion teaches us what is right and what is wrong. Our religious believes guide us how to live our life ethically. For example, the “get-rich-quick” scheme. A get-rich-quick scheme is a plan to acquire high rates of return for a small investment. Most such schemes promise that participants can obtain this high rate of return with little risk. This scheme is wrong from the ethical and moral, as well as the religious perspective. From the law’s perspective, it is wrong as some of the schemes are being done without license. From the Islamic point of view, there is no clear information on how the money is gained and without the existence of honesty.

In conclusion, we should work our way to get what we want and not by taking short cuts. We should practice what we learned from our religion.

Module 1: Ethics As A Necessity

Management ethics is about how we manage our morality and behavior when dealing with people and environment. It stresses on the ethical principles of human behaviors, practices and the relationships between the people as well as how we adapt to the environment.

We have to interact with different types of people in our lives. Thus, it is important to respect and accept the moral standards and knowing how those moral standards are applied to the society where we are in. However, we need to manage our own behavior first in order to gain respects from others.

People often think that something is “wrong” when it is legally wrong, and it is “right” when the laws permit it. A few examples of actions or behaviors that are legally and ethically wrong are fraud, bribery, and robbing. We may do something that is unethical (morally wrong), but it is right by laws. For instances, actions like being late for meetings and taking advantage of people. Besides that, we might also do something that is ethical (morally right), but it is legally wrong. For example, actions like driving without license during emergency and helping the injured robber.

Next, have you imagine how the society would become if everyone would to do whatever they like or prefer unethical practices in the everyday life? Well, the crimes’ rates would definitely increase day by day of course. Therefore, ethical practices bring benefits to us and the society. For instance, if we practices good ethics, we would learn to respect other people as well as gain respects from them.

I have learned the importance of good ethics and to distinguish between the right and wrong by doing this Module 1: Ethics as a Necessity. Therefore, management ethics is important.