ethics and governance
... Utilitarianism is an ethics of welfare. Business guided by utilitarian approach focuses on behaviours and their results, not on the means of such actions. It can be described by the phrase, “the greatest good for the greatest number.” The utilitarian approach prescribes ethical standards for manager ...
... Utilitarianism is an ethics of welfare. Business guided by utilitarian approach focuses on behaviours and their results, not on the means of such actions. It can be described by the phrase, “the greatest good for the greatest number.” The utilitarian approach prescribes ethical standards for manager ...
Definitions in Ethics, by Michael Josephson
... define the things we value and prize the most, and, therefore, provide the basis for ranking the things we want in a way that elevates some values over others. Thus, our values determine how we will behave in certain situations. Values vs. Ethics The terms "values" and "ethics" are not interchangeab ...
... define the things we value and prize the most, and, therefore, provide the basis for ranking the things we want in a way that elevates some values over others. Thus, our values determine how we will behave in certain situations. Values vs. Ethics The terms "values" and "ethics" are not interchangeab ...
Universal Business Ethics - E-International Scientific Research
... individual within a company. This includes the morality of a decision, actions or character of an individual who is doing business. Those issues have to be evaluated ethically if their system, corporate practices and policies and individual activities observe ethical standards. Since issues covered ...
... individual within a company. This includes the morality of a decision, actions or character of an individual who is doing business. Those issues have to be evaluated ethically if their system, corporate practices and policies and individual activities observe ethical standards. Since issues covered ...
MCDOWELL`S MORAL REALISM AND THE SECONDARY
... is incorrect: we do not mean by ‘this is good,’ ‘I approve of this, do so as well.’ But Mackie convicts moral language of a different problem, that of failure of reference. We may intend our language to be taken as referring to value aspects of the world, but there are, in fact, no such aspects. McD ...
... is incorrect: we do not mean by ‘this is good,’ ‘I approve of this, do so as well.’ But Mackie convicts moral language of a different problem, that of failure of reference. We may intend our language to be taken as referring to value aspects of the world, but there are, in fact, no such aspects. McD ...
Egoism and Altruism - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... The study of Morality requires that one addresses the dilemma of Psychological Egoism & Psychological Altruism as well as focus on Ethical Egoism & Ethical Altruism. ...
... The study of Morality requires that one addresses the dilemma of Psychological Egoism & Psychological Altruism as well as focus on Ethical Egoism & Ethical Altruism. ...
Environmental Ethics
... Introduction: Two Worldviews Central Questions Human-centered Approaches Expanded-circle Approaches Criteria of Moral Considerability ...
... Introduction: Two Worldviews Central Questions Human-centered Approaches Expanded-circle Approaches Criteria of Moral Considerability ...
CHAPTER 1 - ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS
... is enough testing? Since Viagra promises positive performance for males taking the drug, the manufacturers may need to be more careful in their testing process. The consumer might focus more on the positive effects and less on the possible negative effects, which might increase the manufacturer’s re ...
... is enough testing? Since Viagra promises positive performance for males taking the drug, the manufacturers may need to be more careful in their testing process. The consumer might focus more on the positive effects and less on the possible negative effects, which might increase the manufacturer’s re ...
Title DFEI PPT Template 2 - Department of Public Health Sciences
... • “Morality… is our individual moral compass that lets us know what behavior we expect of our selves and others in particular situation.” (Baird, 2010) ...
... • “Morality… is our individual moral compass that lets us know what behavior we expect of our selves and others in particular situation.” (Baird, 2010) ...
What are Egoism & Altruism? - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... Lincoln argues he saves the piglets after hearing the mother squealing. ...
... Lincoln argues he saves the piglets after hearing the mother squealing. ...
Protagoras
... “For I hold that whatever practices seem right and laudable to any particular State are so for that State, so long as it holds by them.” Yet, in Protagoras it is stated that he held that certain ethical tendencies were given to all men by the gods “because cities could not exist if, as in the case ...
... “For I hold that whatever practices seem right and laudable to any particular State are so for that State, so long as it holds by them.” Yet, in Protagoras it is stated that he held that certain ethical tendencies were given to all men by the gods “because cities could not exist if, as in the case ...
Philosophy Plays
... A crucial point with regard to motivation, however, is that justificatory reasons need only be capable of motivating action. They need not and cannot also be expected to motivate action, or bring about compliance, in every single instance. For consider the psychopath or the sociopath who, though giv ...
... A crucial point with regard to motivation, however, is that justificatory reasons need only be capable of motivating action. They need not and cannot also be expected to motivate action, or bring about compliance, in every single instance. For consider the psychopath or the sociopath who, though giv ...
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... Ignores interests of others Focuses only on bottom line – ...
... Ignores interests of others Focuses only on bottom line – ...
Outline of Singer, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”
... culture's current customary morality, that would just be a descriptive claim and not an argument against Singer. It would just be using custom as a basis for morality, and we know that is not acceptable philosophically. Arthur recognizes this when he says: “But unless we are moral relativists, the m ...
... culture's current customary morality, that would just be a descriptive claim and not an argument against Singer. It would just be using custom as a basis for morality, and we know that is not acceptable philosophically. Arthur recognizes this when he says: “But unless we are moral relativists, the m ...
Habits to Live By - The Woodson Center
... – Knowing what is right and wrong and behaving accordingly is what ethical behavior is all about. – Ethics are standards of moral behavior, that is, behavior that is accepted by society as right or wrong. – In fact, it continue to be ranked the most important attribute of people coming to work for o ...
... – Knowing what is right and wrong and behaving accordingly is what ethical behavior is all about. – Ethics are standards of moral behavior, that is, behavior that is accepted by society as right or wrong. – In fact, it continue to be ranked the most important attribute of people coming to work for o ...
The Question of God – Conversation 3, The Exalted Father
... Robert Kane’s ‘Moral Sphere’ Philosopher Robert Kane wrote a book entitled Through the Moral Maze where he discusses this dilemma. He addresses ‘The Jews in the Barn’ and also poses another dilemma that more clearly illustrates problems with Kant’s 2nd formulation of his Categorical Imperative: “Th ...
... Robert Kane’s ‘Moral Sphere’ Philosopher Robert Kane wrote a book entitled Through the Moral Maze where he discusses this dilemma. He addresses ‘The Jews in the Barn’ and also poses another dilemma that more clearly illustrates problems with Kant’s 2nd formulation of his Categorical Imperative: “Th ...
chapter 2 - TEST BANK 360
... action is the one that provides the greatest happiness for all those affected. In an organizational context, utilitarianism provides an objective way to resolve conflicts of self-interest and encourages a realistic and result-oriented approach to moral decision making. But critics contend that (a) u ...
... action is the one that provides the greatest happiness for all those affected. In an organizational context, utilitarianism provides an objective way to resolve conflicts of self-interest and encourages a realistic and result-oriented approach to moral decision making. But critics contend that (a) u ...
What is Platonism
... which pattern our life and thought more to accord with the Eternal. Plato present five 'core' transcendent virtues. These include the traditional four cardinal virtues of Courage, Wisdom, Moderation, and Justice. In some places he suggests a fifth: Holiness. In any case, Plato is insistent on the un ...
... which pattern our life and thought more to accord with the Eternal. Plato present five 'core' transcendent virtues. These include the traditional four cardinal virtues of Courage, Wisdom, Moderation, and Justice. In some places he suggests a fifth: Holiness. In any case, Plato is insistent on the un ...
Slide 1
... Virtue consists of realizing our natural human potential as rational animals (our telos). The cultivation of human virtues ...
... Virtue consists of realizing our natural human potential as rational animals (our telos). The cultivation of human virtues ...
Document
... to be breeches in professional behaviors relative to the articulated code of ethics for your profession. One of the most disturbing behaviors you observe involves “derogatory comments about patients, their history, their injury/condition, and/or their family ...
... to be breeches in professional behaviors relative to the articulated code of ethics for your profession. One of the most disturbing behaviors you observe involves “derogatory comments about patients, their history, their injury/condition, and/or their family ...
Lecture Presentation Chapter 5
... Interpreting the Differences • Cultural relativity, derives from observation of cultural differences and two important realizations: • 1) that a culture’s values, rituals, and customs reflect its geography, history, and socioeconomic circumstances and • 2) that hasty or facile comparison of other c ...
... Interpreting the Differences • Cultural relativity, derives from observation of cultural differences and two important realizations: • 1) that a culture’s values, rituals, and customs reflect its geography, history, and socioeconomic circumstances and • 2) that hasty or facile comparison of other c ...
Justice Powerpoint
... Act to treat others as means not just as ends People can’t be used as ‘resources’ A government committed to ‘distributive justice’ must treat its citizens as means to a distributive end (i.e. increase taxes to get rid of poverty) For Kantians, this action would be unethical Therefore distrib ...
... Act to treat others as means not just as ends People can’t be used as ‘resources’ A government committed to ‘distributive justice’ must treat its citizens as means to a distributive end (i.e. increase taxes to get rid of poverty) For Kantians, this action would be unethical Therefore distrib ...
(Doesn`t) Make an Heroic Act?
... have seen that a consequentialist moral theory cannot capture the value of heroism. Therefore, we must turn away from consequentialist considerations in order to focus on the nature of self-sacrifice, and try to determine what is morally valuable about self-sacrifice in and of itself, keeping in min ...
... have seen that a consequentialist moral theory cannot capture the value of heroism. Therefore, we must turn away from consequentialist considerations in order to focus on the nature of self-sacrifice, and try to determine what is morally valuable about self-sacrifice in and of itself, keeping in min ...
P H I L O S O P H Y
... expressed in precepts that invite followers to refrain from certain actions and to develop certain virtues. ...
... expressed in precepts that invite followers to refrain from certain actions and to develop certain virtues. ...