Critical Thinking Student’s Name University Affiliation Critical Thinking Analyze your chosen scenario from a critical thinking perspective. In this assignment, we are going to focus on the Unocal in Burma. Unocal is a company that was established in California in 1890 to help in the development of the oil fields in the country. However, the company highly failed in its obligations since, by 1990s, the oil fields in the United States were performing very poorly almost reaching depletion and
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developed throughout the course. The “Qualify or Not” Ethics Case on pp. 288-290 (Ch. 4) introduces an accounting professional who faces an ethical dilemma. Your task is to apply your understanding of philosophical approaches to ethical decision making and stakeholder impact analysis to resolve the ethical dilemma detailed in the Ethics Case. Decide upon an ethical course of action the accountant could take and support that action with critical thinking and argumentation. Analyze the case using the
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Critical Thinking and Ethics Krystal Borrego ETH/316 January 12, 2015 Tim Tietjen Critical Thinking and Ethics When it comes to human organs and individuals buying them from prisoners that have been executed to survive one would have to ask themselves if they are making an ethical decision. Buying and selling human organs is illegal in the United States yet it is happening right now as we enter into the year 2015, a lot of critical thinking has gone into this industry and made a world wide
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In order to properly describe the relationship between critical thinking and ethics, one must first understand what they are. Per Michael Scriven and Richard Paul, “Critical thinking is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness.” Whereas, ethics, as defined by the dictionary, is “a branch of philosophy dealing with values (morals) relating to human
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more dominant or outspoken student involved. Also I think, especially at that age, decision making may be highly stressful in a group setting for the less outgoing students. Low self-esteem and stress were the major factors for the groupthink these scenarios. As an adult, I also have experienced groupthink when asked to get together with the other 3 ladies in accounting come up with a better flow and more up-to-date accounting in conjunction with production and sales. The company has been growing and
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that are somewhat measured by compassion along with what is thought of as justice or sufficient. Critical thinking paints a clear and cut picture of a situation while ethical reasoning is measuring right or wrong. Critical thinking involves using logic to arrive at a conclusion without regards to morals or virtues. Ethical reasoning is used to arrive at morally sound decisions. The Blood Money scenario presents the ethical dilemma of the black market human organ transplant operation in China. Logically
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Ethics Game Dilemmas ETH/316 4/21/2014 There were many ethical issues presented throughout Ethics Game Simulation that could be related to any person’s work place or daily life in general. The ethical issues presented in the Ethics Game Simulation “The Mysterious Blogger” were about whether the information obtained by a director of Information Technology was going to be enough information to discipline an employee for violating the company’s security policies by posting the compnay’s confidential
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principles apply to a specific case scenario. To write a good ethical analysis you must first understand the tools in the Ethicist's Tool Box, which include the following four (4) things: 1. Ethical Theories (Chapter 2 in the text) Ethical theories, or schools of thought, include Virtue Ethics, Utilitarianism, Rights Based Ethics, etc. 2 . 21st Century Ethics (Genuine Moral Intelligence) (Chapter 3 in the text) 3. Uncommon Sense (Critical Thinking) (Chapters 4 and 6) 4
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Scenario Maria a recently divorced mother of three children desperately needs to return to work but nursing jobs in her area are scare there is one opening at a women’s health clinic that performs abortion the job which has excellent salary and benefits including on site child care looks great to Maria except that abortion are against her religious and personal belief. Before we start to reflect on above scenario it’s necessary to reflect on what’s reflective thinking is according to “Dewey “contends
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Nintendo-related injuries as Nintendinitis. On what principle(s) would you make a decision in this case? How is it related to ethics? Answer: Many things that are praised or rewarded in contemporary life are unworthy. Things that are portrayed as important (e.g., money, power, advantage) often promote unethical conduct by encouraging rash, selfish, or unlawful behavior. Critical thinking is the ability to evaluate viewpoints, facts, and behaviors objectively in order to assess the presentation of information
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