DAEDALUS & ICARUS

Daedalus built wings for himself and Icarus, fashioned with feathers held together with wax. Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, as it would melt his wings, and not too close to the sea, as it would dampen them and make it hard to fly.

HeadlinesUniversity financial aid officers

Revenue sharing, gifts and tripsScruggs – Hood

Inappropriate relationships between lawyersCleveland Clinic & 21st Century Oncology,

Inc.Interlocked financial relationships

Joel Nathan WardCurrency trade fraud

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Code of Ethics Purchasing professionals must have a highly developed sense of professional ethics to protect

their own and their institution’s reputation for fair dealing. To strengthen ethical awareness, and to provide guidelines for its members, NAEP has long promoted a code of ethics.

1. Give first consideration to the objectives and policies of my institution.2. Strive to obtain the maximum value for each dollar of expenditure.3. Decline personal gifts or gratuities.4. Grant all competitive suppliers equal consideration insofar as state or federal statute and

institutional policy permit.5. Conduct business with potential and current suppliers in an atmosphere of good faith,

devoid of intentional misrepresentation.6. Demand honesty in sales representation whether offered through the medium of a verbal or

written statement, an advertisement, or a sample of the product.7. Receive consent of originator of proprietary ideas and designs before using them for

competitive purchasing purposes.8. Make every reasonable effort to negotiate an equitable and mutually agreeable settlement

of any controversy with a supplier; and/or be willing to submit any major controversies to arbitration or other third party review, insofar as the established policies of my institution permit.

9. Accord a prompt and courteous reception insofar as conditions permit to all who call on legitimate business missions.

10. Cooperate with trade, industrial and professional associations, and with governmental and private agencies for the purposes of promoting and developing sound business methods.

11. Foster fair, ethical and legal trade practices.12. Counsel and cooperate with NAEP members and promote a spirit of unity and a keen

interest in professional growth among them.Members are also encouraged to participate in continuing open discussions of ethical

principles with their colleagues and with others.

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Mother TheresaHumanitarian missionary to poor, sick, orphaned and dying in Calcutta slums.

Bill GatesMicrosoft founder

NormanBorlaugPlant pathology and genetics.

Rene Descartes

Cogito Ergo Sum, I think therefore I am.

Mind-Body Dualism

AristotleNatural Law

Purpose is to live according to your nature in the pursuit of happiness. For man that is reason.

St. Augustine - ConfessionsAnd this, but to do what we liked only, because it was misliked. Behold my heart, O God, behold my heart, which Thou hadst pity upon in the bottom of the bottomless pit. No, behold, let my heart tell Thee what it sought there, that I should be gratuitously evil, having no temptations to ill, but the ill itself. It was foul, and I loved it: I loved to perish, I loved mine own fault, not that for which I was faulty, but my fault itself. Foul soul, falling from Thy firmament to utter destruction: not seeking aught through the shame, but the shame itself!

Immanuel Kant

Categorical Imperative

Duty

John Stuart Mill

Utilitarianism

Overall UtilityConsequential

Haidt’s Moral StructureHarmFairnessCommunity (or group loyalty)AuthorityPurity

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Basic Ethical TheoriesNatural LawUtilitarianismCategorical ImperativeRoss’s EthicsRawl’s EthicsExperimental Philosophy

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