Business Mind vs Ethics Mind

Business mind means running a successful business or organization requires taking risks, lots of hard work and the right set of tools.

The ethical mind requires more abstract and reflective thinking about one's behavior. No matter what type of work a person undertakes, she or he can stand back and ask what she or he needs to do for her or his work to be excellent in quality and ethical in conduct, and then follow through with those responsibilities.

Let me share my story:

On 24^th June 2013, the haze is Kuala Lumpur getting worse. Everyone needs masks in KL but mostly out of stocks. So on that day, my friend and I went to Times Square lower ground to withdraw money. After withdraw money, we went to Guardian to checked whether got mask to sell or not. There was no stock in Guardian. Then we move on to Caring Pharmacy, when we reached the entrance, there was new stocks of mask. The stocks contain around 60 boxes of masks which each box got 50 pieces masks. When I asked the cashier, she said one box costs RM40. I thought it was a normal price as it was my first time bought masks and I bought it. What make me shocked was, within 20 minutes, the whole stocks gone. The demand was high.

On the same day, when I’m on the way to back home, I saw got a girl selling masks. I’m curious about it and I went near to her. I asked her the price of one piece of mask. She answered me it was RM1.50 per piece. More expensive than what I bought! I saw she got three boxes to sell and I feel she is very clever to sell masks in such a high demand season. She knows people need masks and she knows from there, she can make profit.

The next day, 25^th June 2013, I went to Caring Pharmacy again. I saw a lot of new stocks and I went to the cashier counter and asked the price of the masks per box. Surprisingly, it just costs RM30 per box! The pharmacy lowers the costs as they know the demand getting lower due to haze getting lesser and many people had mask already. I feel so regret to buy the mask so early but from there, I learn more about demand and price.

So, the question is, did the pharmacy or the girl that sells mask in a right way to do so? For them, they can earn a lot profit as the demand is high. But for me as I discover the whole thing, I feel they have business mind but not an ethical mind. Are they wrong? I cannot say they are wrong because it is the reality that they need to maximize the profit.

For my personally, I feel people can have both sides. A person can be a business and ethical mind. For example, that girl can sell the mask by RM1.00 rather than RM1.50. If her intention is correct as she want to help people, then she is having both sides.

To be honestly, if I never learn about Business Ethics in BERJAYA UCH, I will never know that ethics can be so broad and make me to see things more clear. So, I’m quite happy to learn. Haha.

Thank You!

The Ethics of Abortion

An abortion is when a pregnancy is terminated and a fetus is eliminated from the uterus.

According to WHO, every year in the world an estimated 40-50 million women faced with an unplanned pregnancy decide to have an abortion. This corresponds to approximately 125,000 abortions per day.

Why women or girl choose to abort their own child? Sometimes is unplanned pregnancy, sometimes is being raped, and sometimes is because the girl is under age.  Under age means a citizen that is below 18 years old according to Malaysia’s law.

Here I would like to talk about abortion if a girl was being raped. If you are the family members or her friends, will you encourage her to abort the child?

People don't know how to handle a person who is in that much pain. There is no quick fix. Many people think women are responsible for contributing to the rape itself. Then the rape victims feel self-blame and guilt. And even then a rape victim’s family members or close friends may reinforce negative feelings or words towards the victim.

According to David Reardon, for those victims who chose childbirth over abortion it can be a triumph. It can state that the victim is not going to let rape destroy her life. When the need of pregnant victims is closely examined, it can be shown that abortion is not the answer and is in fact only worsening the problem.

As a normal human with humanity, we should not ask a person to abort her child because it is unethical. I will explain why it is unethical.

1)      Right to Life

Fetus has the right to life because it is a 'potential human being'. From the day 22, the heartbeat of fetus is formed. Since there is the heartbeat, there is the life. Whether the baby is able to come to the world or not, it is not us to decide but God who gives life. I believe in all religions, got one (1) similarities which is baby is given from God and we shall not kill life.

2)      Abortion Cannot Help the Victim 

Abortion cannot help the victim because the problem is not because of the pregnancy, but it is because of the psychological aspect. The victim will think why she still carrying a baby that is not belongs to her and her loved one. Victim will feel as long as she carrying the baby, she can’t forget the traumatic incident that happened on her. Abortion is not the way to end the story, but it is the starting of another chapter of despair. After abortion, many victims began thinking there was something wrong with them and began to doubt themselves in situations that they would normally be sure of themselves.

3)      Help Others

There are so many girls was being raped every year. For those can overcome the trauma, she can help many unfortunate girl around the world to stand up and live meaningfully. This is because she understands how other victims feel.

There are few solutions I would like to suggest to prevent rape cases.

1.      Family and Friends

A supportive family and friends are very important to victim. Rather than find faults or blames in her, encouragement is very important. Encouragement will let the victim know that she is not alone to face the problem. When she knows many people are encouraging her, she will get comforted and continue to build up her life and continue to live. There are many cases that victim commit suicide because there is no support from family and friends.

2.      Society

Society should be aware that rape cases are getting more and more. Society needs to create a community to help the weakness and prevent such cases continue to happen. For example, community can teaches some protection skills to prevent criminal to kidnap and rape.  In Malaysia, there are a lot of organizations helping victims such as Women’s Aid Organization (WAO), World Health Organization (WHO) and Malaysian Family Physicians.

3.      Government

Government need to enforce the law and protects victim. Malaysia needs to increase law enforcement towards sexual crime. Under Malaysian law, a man who is said to commit rape shall be punished for a term which may extend to 20 years, and shall also be liable to whipping, if he has sexual intercourse with a woman against her will and without her consent. This law should always remind the citizens and the Government should apply more education about the consequences of rape.

In conclusion, when I preparing for this blog, I’m in a contradict position. If this happen to me, I also will don’t know how to choose. In logically, we should not abort the baby. In mentally and emotionally, the baby should not come to this world. So, here I would like to ask all girls to be careful everywhere you go and please inform someone if go out from the house.

Take care!

Here is a quote from Megan Clancy:

There are women who are raped and become pregnant; the problem is that they were raped, not that they are pregnant.

There are women who are starving who become pregnant; the problem is that they are starving, not that they are pregnant.

There are women in abusive relationships who become pregnant; the problem is that they are in abusive relationships, not that they are pregnant.

The Right to Die? – Euthanasia

In this world, most of the people face problems more than happiness. One of the problems is how people able to face disease or death. Euthanasia, known as assisted suicide or term as mercy killing. "Euthanasia" comes from the Greek word eu meaning "good", and the Greek word thanatos meaning "death". Literally Euthanasia means good death English medical word, 2010). Euthanasia in Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Canada, Switzerland and Colombia are legal.

There are two main classifications of Euthanasia:

Voluntary Euthanasia - this is Euthanasia conducted with consent. It is means the patient is aware of what he or she doing and clear of his or her decision.

Involuntary Euthanasia - Euthanasia is conducted without consent. The decision is made by another person because the patient is incapable to doing so himself or herself.

The issue of Euthanasia is, should this system apply in this world? In this world, there are a lot of moral dilemmas of Euthanasia such as:-

Ø  Is it ever right to end the life of a terminally ill patient who is undergoing severe pain and suffering?

Ø  Is there a moral difference between killing someone and letting them die?

There are few points that why Euthanasia should or should not apply in this world.

Should

1)      Cost

Most of the patients that would like to end their life because don’t want to burden their family. Take care of a patient costs a lot such as medical fee; hire a maid to look after the patient, require a lot of time to take care patient and will affects the family members in mentally and physically.

2)      To Reduce The Suffering of Patient

Many cancer patients would not want to go through a lot of suffering such as loss weight, loss hair, vomit, immune dysfunction and body pain. Patients willing to die as the pain cannot torture them any more, even though family members may disagree.

3)      Freewill

Euthanasia shows basic human right and freedom for every individual to determine their lives.

4)      Dignity

Every individual should be given the ability to die with dignity.

Should Not

1)      People Might Take It For Granted

Human nowadays are fragile and not able to face difficulties of life in a positive way. They choose to escape from problems rather than solve the problems. More people seeking assisted suicides in the country do not suffer from any terminal disease (Thomsson, 2011).

2)      Moral Religious Argument

Religious people believe that life is given by God, and only God should decide when to end it.

3)      The legal Position

If Euthanasia was made legal, the laws regulating it would be abused, and people would be killed who didn't really want to die.

In Ethics class, we learnt about Oxymoron. It is the combination of two contradictory terms. Same goes to Euthanasia, people will think that is a murder while some people will think it is the best way to stop the pain and die peacefully.

As I mentioned above, there are two type of Euthanasia which are voluntary and involuntary. In Voluntary Euthanasia, for my opinion, every decision is under one’s willingness. If the patient is undergo extreme suffering from sickness, I also will suggest Euthanasia to take place even it is a cruel thing to do. But this must get the permission from the patient. If the patient has the possibility to get recover, I will not encourage patient undergo Euthanasia. To get a sickness to recover, it requires a lot of time, money and energy. But as long as there is a hope, we should not give up our lives. There are so many things in the world we are not yet try, discover and experience them.

For Involuntary Euthanasia, it is conducted without consent. For example, a patient that in coma and cannot make decision for himself or herself. So for this, usually family members are the one who make the decision. It this ethical? The patient willing to die in that way? Or how about patient that without family members? Government or hospital need to make a right decision as it costs a human life.

So, in conclusion, I personally will not encourage Euthanasia to takes place in human lives. Life is a treasure that we only have once for the entire life. So, stay healthy and be positive always no matter what circumstances come to our lives.

Thank You!