rules) 3. Positivism (it must put faith before reasoning – "I am a Christian, so what should I do?") 4. Personalism (people should be at the centre of the theory) Six Fundamental Principles There are six fundamental things that underlie Fletcher's Situation Ethics: 1. Love is the only absolute (it is intrinsically good) 2. Christian decision making is based on love 3. Justice is love distributed 4. Love wants the good for anyone, whoever they are 5. Only the end justifies the means 6. Love is
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and laws) resulting in meaningfulness. From the earliest moments of recorded human consciousness, the ethical discipline has exhibited four fundamental "approaches" These four approaches are often called "ethical decision-making frameworks:" Utilitarian Ethics (outcome based), Deontological Ethics (duty based), Virtue Ethics (virtue based) and Communitarian Ethics (community based). Each has a distinctive point of departure as well as distinctive ways of doing the fundamental ethical task of
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stakeholders because in the article it talks about consumer’s preference when it comes to prepaid cards. Prepaid cards allows consumers who do not participate in the traditional banking systems be able to have better control of their finances by only using what is loaded onto the card. By having overdraft and other credit like terms these may cause consumers to outspend their means, and rack up big debts. Other competitors who do not offer the overdraft or credit like features like Green Dot Corp, J.P Morgan
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reasons. What are the interests of the stakeholders? Joe was recently promoted to the position of District Manager of Computer Operations of this company. John is the CEO and received an anonymous letter stating: A recent installed and very expensive computer system does not perform as expected and has not produced the expected results. The computer information system represents a major financial investment by the company. Joe has been aware that the system’s actual performance is like what was described
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Analyze the ethical dilemma faced by Antonio Incidents such as these - and today's heightened sensitivity to the risks of the insider threat - force organizations to redefine their screening strategies as part of their risk management approach. No longer is the focus solely on pre-hire background screening. Increasingly, organizations are engaging in continual screening, to catch anomalous activity that could be a precursor to actionable behavior. And they also are embracing policies and procedures
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internet. It’s truly amazing how we can achieve what we want with just a click of a button. A business man can gain all the market knowledge while sitting in his office, students can access thousands of documents they wish to research on unlike earlier times when they had to physically go through hundreds of books. It’s true that the internet has made a huge impact on our lives and has made us more accessible. But is this impact considered to be good or is it bad? Most people would argue it is certainly
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the workplace” (Rothschild, et.al, 1999). But with the right motives in place, whistleblowing is good for an organization or agency because it protects that organization and agency from fraud, misconduct, and in most cases, failure. And, when affective communication is in place, the organization’s goals are kept in clear focus which can only be beneficial as an end result. This paper will focus on what ethical theories and perspectives the whistleblower chooses to use in order to validate their motives
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Ethics 368 22 June 2014 The Ford Pinto Case from a Utilitarian Perspective “Utilitarianism adopts a teleological approach to ethics and claims that actions are to be judged by their consequences” (DeGeorge 44). When looking at an decision from this view, we are to be impartial that decisions are not right or wrong by themselves, but also that we must analyze the results to determine if actions are good or bad. We know that Ford became more completive in the subcompact market from the Pinto
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Owners Ethical/Moral Approach To lessen the damage that has been done to the ratings and how the people view the NFL in its current state, I would impose what I believe is best for not only the team, but for the entire NFL organization. Therefore, from an owner’s perspective, I would be using a utilitarian approach. If I decided that players have no right to kneel during the national anthem, I would be infringing upon their rights, but I would be doing so in a way that is right for the organization
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ethical virtue. John Rawls contributes his Theory of Justice as Fairness as another approach for consideration in resolving ethical dilemmas. Utilitarianism The utilitarian view states that an action is considered right or good based on its consequences (2009). The utilitarian approach tries both to increase the good done and to reduce the harm done. An ethical corporate action is the one that produces the greatest good and does the least harm for all who are affected, including customers, employees
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