The essence analysis of ethical translator's competence

In this article the authors reveal the essence of the phenomenon of ethical competence of the future translator, because the challenges of nowadays require the approval of new conceptual trends related to the humanization of education. These tendencies become especially relevant in the humanities and pedagogical education, especially in philology. Modern higher education should not aim only at forming the necessary amount of professional knowledge, skills and abilities of the future philologist-translator or interpreter. It is required nowadays that the instrumental sphere of the personality of the graduate of the Faculty of Philology is closely combined with the development of motivational and value sphere, moral and ethical qualities, which in the synthesis provides a thorough professional and ethical training. The purpose of research is to analyze the essence of the phenomenon of ethical competence of the future translator, because the success of the future specialist – translator, his formation as a professional directly depends on the level of his professional and ethical training. In view of this, the realities of today require the intensification of pedagogical research aimed at studying the processes of formation and development of ethical competence in future translators. Results of research. Analysis of philosophical, psychological and pedagogical literature allows us to draw the following conclusions about the essence of the ethical component of the professional activity of a translator. First, the profession of translator performs an important social function. The translator in his professional activity is guided by two motives that have a purely moral and ethical character: internal, which is based on the moral consciousness of the individual, and external, which is based on the strength of the professional code of the specialist. Secondly, the study of the components of the professional competence of the translator led us to the system-forming nature of the personal component, which, in turn, breaks down into two components, one of which relates to the moral and ethical sphere of the specialist. Third, the review of research in the field of professional competence of a translator showed the lack of study of the analyzed problem, but pointed out the importance of its solution to ensure the appropriate level of professional activity of the translator. Fourth, a thorough component analysis of the professional competence of a specialist allowed us to determine the internal structure of ethical competence, which will consist of knowledge, skills, abilities and personal characteristics, i.e. those personal qualities necessary to ensure this competence. The above principles give us a reasonable basis for allocating the ethical component of the professional activity of a translator into an independent significant competence necessary for the successful performance of a professional's professional duties and meeting public needs.

Moral Awareness: A Source of Improved Sustainable Performance

Despite the increasing realization of the significance of work ethics and moral awareness (MA) in businesses after mega scandals, such as those of Enron and Tyco, few studies have investigated the relationship between MA and employees’ performance and the intermediate mechanisms that explain this relationship. This study proposes that as employees’ work ethics are calibrated through ethical training, their MA increases, in turn affecting employees’ job performance. This experimental study is aimed at investigating the impact of MA, increased through ethical training, on employees’ job performance. Based on institutional theory, the multidimensional work ethic profile (MWEP) and strategic human resource management literature, it is hypothesized that MA of employees’ is positively correlated with employees’ performance and that this relationship is moderated by the age, gender and education level of the employees. In particular, the moral awareness component of ethical decision-making (EDM) models is considered as coextensive with work ethics in experimental design, and work ethics is depicted by a multidimensional work ethic profile (MWEP). The study used a sample of 100 employees of a golf club, divided into an experiment group and a control group with 50 employees each. The experiment group was subjected to an ethical training program focused on increasing MA. Employees’ performance for both groups was evaluated based on eight sub-variables. The study concluded that increasing MA increases employees’ performance, with no significant moderation effect of age, gender and education level on this relationship. The results of this study will go a long way in helping managers to increase the productivity of their employees through increased MA.

Corporate Ethical Training: An Answer to White-Collar Crimes

The modern business corporation is a culturally significant component of American Society. It is facing a cultural invasion of the highest order. The categorical imperative, an unconditional principle that rational individuals must follow despite natural desires or inclinations to do otherwise, is today being called into question. This is most likely the result of grounding moral values upon information that is transient and unstable rather than upon established data. The social contract, which governs the formation and maintenance of individual morals, is a requirement in organizations that demands collective agency – employees acting together to set forth moral rules of behavior and eschew pernicious leanings and tendencies. From that perspective, ethical training becomes a key leveraging point in the disconnect between cultural expectations and individual behaviors in corporate America.

ARABIC: اِسْتِقْرَارُ الْاُسْرَۃِ فِیْ ضَوْءِ الْقُرْآنِ الْکَرِیْمِ

A family is a basic unit of life. It gains a huge importance among healthy and civilized nations. Good parents not only rare and care of their children, they also focus on emotional, spiritual and religious aspect. Ethical training of a child is a sacred responsibility of parents and other relatives of a family. Family as whole, prod aim and sustains a human society. A person can be resilient and confident under the umbrella of his family. According to anthrop logistics, inadequate child supervision and discipline causes the collapse of a wider community facts show that a large number of children in the world are not given on affectionate attention by their mothers, fathers and other veteran members of their families. Due to that, ratio of juvenile crime has been increased. Every religion denounces.

The ethical decisions of life insurance salespeople: the effects of interest conflicts, ethical leadership and ethical training

Purpose Life insurance salespeople are hired to pursue the best interests of life insurers on the one hand, the salespeople are also expected to pursue the best interests of customers on the other hand. However, the best interests of life insurers are not necessarily consistent with the best interests of customers. This study aims to investigate the influences of interest conflicts on the life insurance salespeople’s ethical attitude and ethical intention by focusing on the role of ethical leadership and ethical training. Design/methodology/approach Four types of interest conflicts are studied. Questionnaires are administered to a total of 757 full-time life insurance salespeople. Data analysis is performed by using analysis of variance tests and partial least squares regression. Findings The main results indicate that the types of interest conflicts change the life insurance salespeople’s ethical attitude and ethical intention. Moreover, ethical training could make the life insurance salespeople become more concerned about the interests of customers, but not the interests of life insurers. The results also challenge a belief that ethical leadership and ethical training will often have direct, consistent and significant impacts on the ethical attitude and ethical intention of life insurance salespeople. Originality/value Interest conflict is an important issue in the literature on financial regulation. The potential for life insurance salespeople to behave unethically has also received extensive attention by researchers. This study provides clarification of the relationships among interest conflicts, ethical leadership, ethical training and ethical decision-making of life insurance salespeople. This is the first study that analyzes the relationships. The results of this study may provide some contributions to the relevant literature.

Standing Out and Blending In: Contact-Based Research, Ethics, and Positionality

ABSTRACT This article explores the ethical difficulties that arise because of the interaction between fieldwork practitioners and their sites, in terms of the positionality of the researcher. What are the ethics of blending in or of standing out? This question stems from my experience of 12 months of fieldwork in South Africa in two distinct locales and among two different populations, one in which I could “pass” and another in which I was marked as various degrees of “outsider.” Drawing on this fieldwork, as well as an overview of the literature in political science on positionality, I argue that our discipline—because of the way it shapes interactions and research outcomes—must take positionality seriously in ethical training and practice.