ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN BUSINESS 3.1 Ethics Ethics has been defined as concerned with the development of moral standards by which actions, situations and behaviour can be judged. (Boyd et al) Oelgeschlager. et al gave the simplest definition of ethics as standards conduct. Ethics is the discipline that examines one’s moral standards or the moral standards of a society. It asks how these standards apply to our lives and whether these standards are reasonable or unreasonable, that is, whether they are
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be committed towards his work and the duties assigned to him to solve problems but also follow the process of vocation. As we take a look at the ethics and moral values we see that the study of ethics is not just involvement of basic instrumental values but also refers to the complete domain of moral philosophy and morality. The terms moral is derived from a Latin word “mores” and the word ethics comes from the Greek word “ethos”. We see the real idea and meaning of these words directly or indirectly
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main features of absolutism: • Moral command / prohibition that is true for all time, in all places & cultures, in all situations. • Objective, deontological, universally applicable – Kant • Universalisability. • LOUIS POJMAN – only one rule needs to be absolute. • Exist independently of human experience. • Motives, consequences, mitigating circumstances don’t count. • E.g. rape, torture and murder are always wrong, intrinsically wrong, because break a moral rule. • Illogical, if torture is
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one is to consider all the different cultures in the world, the differences between each of them are extraordinary. One’s culture can shape their morals, principals, and perspective of what is right or wrong. Cultures are driven by religion and tradition. Cultural relativism is the ethical theory that right or wrong rests with a society’s actual moral guidelines, and these guidelines vary from place to place and from time to time (Quinn, 2013). This theory can be proven on many levels. Although,
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absolute and relative approaches to ethics Absolutism and relativism approach ethics in two very different ways. Absolutists believe that some things are either right or wrong and there is a rule that is true in all situations, this is a lot easier to apply, whereas, relativists believe it’s a judgement that depends on the circumstances where there’s no universal right or wrong. The theory of ethical relativism holds that there are no moral rules, all principles and values depend on a particular
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and wrong are predestined by ethical relativism, what a person’s society believes becomes a major factor in that person’s ethical decision making process. Society often follows blindly the advice of positions of authority. If society is to let them lead the way in determining what is right, their behavior is directly affected by a third party. They are not making decisions for themselves and are rather being manipulated by society’s demands Ethical Relativism does not have a clear decision making
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Ethical Perspectives University of Phoenix MGT/344 Organizational Behavior and Ethical Responsibility Stephen D. Kempisty December 4, 2008 Ethics maybe considered as a large field of study, however, it is generally designed to demonstrate to people “what is right or wrong in human behavior and conduct” (Thiroux, 2003). Ethics is also applicable to the ability to make choices, so the absence of this ability or opportunity to
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For scenario 2, it’s supposed that the majority of the German people approved of Hitler’s killings of millions of Jews during WWII. In this scenario it’s supposed that the majority of the German people thought that what Hitler had done was morally right in their belief; they approved. Though that was the German’s belief, I would say that it doesn’t morally justify that what Hitler had morally right. Their approval is only coming out of one culture but doesn’t take in account that other cultures would
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repercussions are too far reaching. In a business environment, a business should be more conscious of acting morally correct than any individual, because the number of live affected are incalculable. In a business environment, why should people be moral as individuals? Introduction Businesses should be morally responsible because the damage they can do is monumental. Businesses that do not act morally destroy lives; while these individual may not die their lives are irrevocably changed. For example
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feel that businesses need to practice good ethical and moral values within their company. Ethical questions can range from a company’s obligation to be honest with its customers, to a company’s responsibility to protect employee’s rights. There are several concepts and approaches that businesses can refer to in helping them make moral business decisions. Business Ethics Business Ethics studies and evaluates business decisions according to moral concepts and judgments. Business ethics has two main
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