LEGISLATION AND VETERINARY ETHICS

1. What is ethics?

Ethics is the set of good values that is chosen by humans to do good actions.

2. What is moral ethics?

Moral ethics has 3 components which are

a) does not cause a loss to society and the country

b) does not burden in its application

c) does not disturb the rights of someone when carried out.

3. Compare ethics and law

Ethics: Is a code of conduct for a profession. It is developed based on the agreement of a group of
professionals.

Law: It is rules that are for everyone. It is developed by the government.

4. What are the 4 aspects of legislation?

History, consequences, philosophy and socioeconomics

5. What is ethical leadership and what do you understand about it?

Ethical leadership is a leadership to respond to a situational factor with ethical behavior which includes
moral intensity and ethical sensitivity

6. What is ethical behavior?

Ethical behavior is the behavior that is socially accepted by the society as good and acceptable

7. What are the bodies that develop legislation?

Government and legislation body

8. What is legislation?

Legislation is the laws that are developed for the society to control the behavior of the people

9. What are the ethical leadership levels?

Do less bad, Don’t do bad, Seldom do good, Often do good, Always do good

10. What is the definition of animal welfare?

Animal welfare is everything related to the physical and mental health of the animal based on the
natural behavior. It includes the 5 freedoms:

Freedom from hunger and thirst

Freedom from discomfort

Freedom from pain, injury and disease

Freedom from fear and distress

Freedom to express natural behaviour

11. What is the difference between animal welfare and animal wellbeing?

Animal wellbeing is related to animal health in terms of diseases. Animal welfare is the wellbeing of the
physical and also mental status of the animal.

12. What are the views on animal use?

Animal liberation, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Animal control, Animal Use, Animal Exploitation

13. What are the categories in veterinary malpractice?

Wrongdoing

Improper treatment of patient by medical standard

Illegal action for own benefit while in position of trust

14. What are the 3 levels in organizational behavior and organizational culture?

Organisational behavior:

a) Awareness and performance

b) Commitment, teamwork and technological mastery

c) Synthesis and development

Organisational culture:

a)Base assumptions

b) Values

c) Artifacts

15. What are the veterinary point of views?

Animal, Disease, Environment

16. What is the paradigm of animal disease control?

Agent-Animal: Observation, Prevention, Safety, Eradication, Treatment

Animal-Environment: Area Concept

Agent-Environment: Information system, Technical conditions of animal health

17. What is outbreak?

Appearance of a new unknown disease

Increase of prevalence in a normally controlled disease

Appearance of a disease in a new area

Appearance of a disease in a new species.

18. What is sentience?

Sentience is the ability to have feelings.