GOVERNMENT

POLICIES AND
LAWS ON ETHICS
Kulbir singh
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WHAT IS ETHICS?
Ethics refers to the moral values that govern the

appropriate conduct of an individual or group. Ethics

speaks to how we ought to live, i.e., how we ought to treat
others and how we ought to run or manage our own lives.

WHY ETHICS IS IMPORTANT?

Ethics is a requirement for human life. It is our means
of deciding a course of action. Without it, our actions
would be random and aimless. There would be no way
to work towards a goal because there would be no
way to pick between a limitless number of goals. Even
with an ethical standard, we may be unable to pursue
our goals with the possibility of success.

WHAT IS LAW?

Law is a system of rules, usually enforced through the set of institutions . It

shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves a s a
primary social mediator of religions between people. Contract law regulates
everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets.
Property law defines right and obligations related to the transfer and title of
personal (often referred to as chattel) and real property.

ETHICS AND LAWS

Ethics and law have common aim defining proper and
improper behavior. But the two are not quite same. Laws
are the societys attempt to formalize that is to reduce to
written rules idea about what is right and what is wrong in
various walks of like. Ethics deals with human dilemmas
that frequently go beyond the formal language of laws and
the ,meanings given to legal rules.

Acts to ensure fair business

practices
The foreign exchange regulation act, 1973, now

replaced by FEMA .
The companies act , 1956.
The monopolies and restrictive trade practices
act,1969
The consumer protection act,1986.
The environment protection act, 1986.
The essential commodities act,1955

Government policies on ethics

Cultural expression as a human right:-

Although there is no
specific mention of culture or ethnicity the UN universal declaration of human
rights provides for the equality of individuals, prohibits discrimination based on race
/religion/language, and freedom of religion . These protections are generally
accepted to cover the right to collective protection of culture.

Cultural expression as reflected In social

work ethics:- The IFSWS declaration of ethical principles recognizes in

its introduction that IFSW guidelines should be adopted to differing cultural
contexts . These principles prohibit discrimination on any basis and adhere to the
UN declaration of human rights.

How government policies effect the ethics

ECONOMIC POLICY:Government economic policy is the role that
the government gives to the state in the economy .
Taxation policy effect business cost.

LEGAL CHANGES :The government of day regularly

changes laws in line with its political policy as a result business are
continuously having to respond to changes in the legal framework

Legal changes
Examples
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The creation of national minimum wage which has recently been

extended to under sec 18.
The requirement for business to later for disable people by
building , ramps into offices shops.
Providing increasingly tighter. Protection for consumer to protect
them against unscrupulous business practices.

Framework for thinking ethically

.

Ethics really has to do with all these levels- acting ethically as individuals,
creating ethical organizations and governments, and making our society as a
whole ethical in the way it treats everyone.
Why Identifying Ethical Standards is Hard:
These are to fundamental problems in identifying the ethical standards we
are to follow:
On what do we base are ethical standards?
How do these standards get applied to specific situation we face?

Five sources of ethical standard

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The
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utilitarian approach
Rights Approach
Fairness or Justice Approach
Common Good Approach
Virtue Approach

Putting Approaches Together

Each of the approaches helps us determine what standards of
behavior can be considered ethical. There are still problems to be
solved, however.
The first problem is that we may not agree on the content of some of these

specific approaches. We may not all agree to the same set of human and
civil rights.
The second problem is that the different approaches my not all answer the
question what is ethical? in the same way. Nonetheless, each approach
gives us important information with which to determine what is ethical in
particular circumstances

Framework for ethical decision

making
Recognize an Ethical Issue
Evaluate Alternative Actions
Make a decision and test it
Act and Then Reflect on the out come

Government policies and ethics

IMPLICATIONS

OF LAWS FOR THE SOCIAL

WORK:1) Ban on tobaccos ads by the govt. of India

Government policy and ethics

2) The National Population Policy
3) The Living Wage: Building On the Minimum Wage
4) The Minimum Wage as a Living Wage: A Critique
a) Displacement of less-skilled workers
b) Counterproductive anti- poverty policy

Conclusion
There are many unethical business practices prevailing in
the society but government is taking many remedial
measures to stop it .government laws and rules made
against it are useful for society as well as for business.
And we all should have great awareness of these laws then
we can make efforts to stop these unethical practices and
can make the guilty person punished.