Explain the meaning of the following definitions using your own sentences:
a. Ethics
b. Professional ethics
c. Descriptive Ethics
d. Normative Ethics
e. Individual ethics
f. Social etiquette
g. Profession
h. Professional
i. Cyber Ethics
j. Cyber Crime
k. Cyber Fraud
l. Copyright
m. Licence
Answers & Comments
a) Ethics means the study of what is right and wrong in human behaviour eg = The medical profession has its own code of ethics.
b) Professional ethics means principles that govern the behaviour of a person or group in a business environment. Like values, professional ethics provide rules on how a person should act towards other people and institutions in such an environment.
c) Descriptive Ethics means Descriptive ethics, also known as comparative ethics, is the study of people's beliefs about morality.
d) Normative Ethics means that branch of moral philosophy, or ethics, concerned with criteria of what is morally right and wrong. It includes the formulation of moral rules that have direct implications for what human actions, institutions, and ways of life should be like.
e) Individual ethics means individual ethics are ethical principles that a person uses when making decisions and behaving in both personal and professional settings. These ethics influence various aspects of a person's life and help individuals develop their work ethic, personal and professional goals, and values.
f) Social etiquette means Social etiquette is exactly how it sounds, it refers to the behavior you resort to in social situations.
g) Profession means a job that needs a high level of training and/or education eg = the medical/legal/teaching profession.
h) Professional means connected with a job that needs a high level of training and/or education eg = Get professional advice from your lawyer before you take any action.
i) Cyber Ethics means the philosophic study of ethics pertaining to computers, encompassing user behavior and what computers are programmed to do, and how this affects individuals and society.
j) Cyber Crime means criminal activities carried out by means of computers or the internet.
k) Cyber Fraud means The term "internet fraud" generally covers cybercrime activity that takes place over the internet or on email, including crimes like identity theft, phishing, and other hacking activities designed to scam people out of money.
l) Copyright means the legal right to be the only person who may print, copy, perform, etc. a piece of original work, such as a book, a song or a computer program.
m) Licence means an official paper that shows you are allowed to do or have something eg = Do you have a licence for this gun?