ABSTRACT
Overview ..................................................................................................................46 Setting the Stage: Could “Survival of the Fittest” Be the New Ethical Paradigm? .................................................................................................... 47 Sources of Ethical Thinking ....................................................................................48 Terms and Definitions .............................................................................................. 49 Ethics Typologies .....................................................................................................50 Applied Ethics ..........................................................................................................50 Triage: A System of Real-Time Decision Making ................................................... 51
Medical Triage .................................................................................................... 52 Professional Ethics and Codes of Conduct .............................................................. 52
International Association of Emergency Managers Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct .................................................................................... 53
Professional Duty and Self-Preservation .................................................................54 Professional Codes of Ethics for the Media ............................................................. 55 New Media and Social Networking ......................................................................... 56 Relationship between Ethics and Law ..................................................................... 58 Constitutional Rights ............................................................................................... 58 Civil Rights and Anti-Discrimination Laws ............................................................ 61
Americans with Disabilities Act/Rehabilitation Act .......................................... 62 International Law: Recognizing Basic Human Rights ............................................64
