These standards are also very dependent on the profession, but each profession must have a set of common performance standards for all of its members for every type of service or product provided by that profession. For the teaching profession, the standard of output measures may be the passing of standardized examinations at a certain predetermined level. In the law profession, it might be the ability of a judgment to stand on subsequent appeals. Whatever standard of measure is chosen, it must be plausible and measurable.

Some of these variants include: consequentialism, deontology, human nature, relativism, hedonism, and emotivism. Consequentialism We think of the right action as that which produces good consequences. If an act produces good consequences, then it is the right thing to do. Those who subscribe to this position are called consequentialists. Consequentialists judge human actions as good or bad and right or wrong, based on the results of actions—a desirable result denotes a good action, and vice versa.

Need for Moralty and Ethcs  Conclusion In this chapter, we have defined morality and ethics, discussed the need for both, but more so discussed the need for ethics education. In the next chapter, we are going to use this ethics education to build a strong ethical framework, which will form a basis for sound and ethical decision making as one of the techniques to make the information infrastructure safe. References Fagothey, F. A. (1959). ). Rockford, IL: Tan Books and Publishers. Feldman, F.