I have received a question regarding ethics, values and beliefs. Now to answer this question in not too much detail let me break each one down to its essentials:
Values are 'things' (thoughts and behaviors) that we hold as valuable to ourselves. Examples of this would be loyalty between friends or in the work context producing quality work.
Beliefs are those thoughts and behaviors that we accept without questioning it to be true. In other words a belief is a view on life that you take for granted, i.e. without question. An example of this would be the belief in heaven, of the belief that children are innocent. This includes, but is not limited to your religion.
Ethics on the other hand is not like the other two in that it is not something that is dear (close) to you or that you accept without question, but rather it is a method or a system of thinking you use to decide whether or not an action or a thought is right or wrong. To come to the final choice of right or wrong, you make use of your values and beliefs to inform your decision. If you value your friends’ loyalty more than honesty, then your ethical decision will reflect this. However, if according to your belief it is wrong to lie and that is more important than your friends' loyalty then again your system of ethical decision making will be more influenced by your belief. View ethics then as the scale that weighs your values and beliefs to help you come to the most appropriate answer for the given problem that has occurred.
I hope this will help you to some extent, but whether or not you learn for the exam is an ethical decision that only you can make.
Mr. Keyser
Rough Zulu translation:
3 LP abafundi level Othandekayo:
Ngithole umbuzo mayelana nokuziphatha, amagugu kanye nezinkolelo. Manje ukuphendula lo mbuzo ngokuningiliziwe kungabi kuningi ngicela aphambane yilowo nalowo phansi kuya essentials bayo:
Izindinganiso kukhona 'izinto' (imicabango ukuziphatha) ukuthi thina sibambelele ziyigugu ngokwethu. Izibonelo zalokhu bekuyoba ukwethembeka phakathi kwabangane noma kuyi umongo emsebenzini ukukhiqiza umsebenzi quality.
Izinkolelo yilawo imicabango ukuziphatha siyakwamukela ngaphandle singabaze ukuthi uqinisile. Ngamanye amazwi i-nkolelo nombono ngokuphila ukuthi uthatha kalula, okungukuthi ngaphandle umbuzo. Isibonelo salokhu kwakuyoba inkolelo ezulwini, we-inkolelo yokuthi izingane ezingenacala. Lokhu kufaka, kepha akupheleli enkolweni yakho.
Izimiso zokuhle ngakolunye uhlangothi akafani elinye ezimbili kuleyo akusikho into ayithandayo (close) kuwe noma ukuthi wamukela ngaphandle umbuzo, kodwa kunalokho kuba indlela noma isimiso lokucabanga usebenzisa anqume ukuthi noma cha isenzo noma umcabango okulungile noma okungalungile. Ukuze eze ekukhetheni lokugcina okulungile noma okungalungile, wenza ukusetshenziswa izindinganiso nezinkolelo ukwazisa isinqumo sakho. Uma uyayazisa ukwethembeka abangane bakho kuka ukwethembeka ke isinqumo sakho nezimiso zokuziphatha izoba zibonise lokhu. Nokho, uma ngokusho inkolelo yakho akulungile ukuqamba amanga nokuthi kubaluleke ngaphezu kwanoma ukwethembeka abangane bakho ke aphinde uhlelo lwakho of nezimiso zokuziphatha izinqumo uzobe more ukuthonywa inkolelo yakho. Buka izimiso zokuhle ke njengoba esikalini ukuthi nesisindo izindinganiso nezinkolelo ukukusiza eze impendulo ezifanele kakhulu inkinga kulokho okuye kwenzeka.
Ngethemba lokhu kuyokusiza ukuba elithile, kodwa noma ngabe ufunda for ukuhlolwa kuyisinqumo zokuziphatha kuphela ungenza.
Ozithobayo,
Mnu Keyser
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