Business Ethics-Changing Jobs and Changing Loyalties
1) What should Cynthia do? What ideals, obligations, and effects should she take into account when asking her decision?
Cynthia should re-consider her decision to shift to Crytex Systems. Moral obligations and interpersonal responsibilities have been increasingly differentiated both in the philosophical and in the psychological literature. Moral obligations in the Kantian tradition define duties or obligatory actions that we owe to everybody under all circumstances. They include, for example, the obligation to keep a promise or to be veridical. These obligations have been subsumed under the principle of justice and fairness. On the other hand, expectations and responsibilities in office relationships that Cynthia refers to concerns about the well being of Altrue Company. In general, at least in the Western cultural context; they define actions that are less obligatory, that we do not owe to everybody equally, and which depend more on the circumstances of the situation. In philosophy and psychology these responsibilities have been addressed under the topics of sympathy and empathy, pro-social or altruistic concerns and the principle of beneficence or care. It has come to be increasingly accepted that both justice and care or solidarity are necessary components of morality. Research in moral development has been differentially concerned with the two principles of justice and care. This can be supported with the research in the Kohlberg-tradition has focused primarily on the principle of justice. The principles of justice and care have been related differentially to cognition and feelings, and they have been addressed in empirical research with different methodologies and assessment strategies.
In moral dilemmas that were presented to persons in the Kohlberg-oriented justice-tradition predetermined moral obligations or rights conflict with each other. In the famous Heinz dilemma, where a husband has to consider whether he ought to steal a medicine in order to
Cynthia should re-consider her decision to shift to Crytex Systems. Moral obligations and interpersonal responsibilities have been increasingly differentiated both in the philosophical and in the psychological literature. Moral obligations in the Kantian tradition define duties or obligatory actions that we owe to everybody under all circumstances. They include, for example, the obligation to keep a promise or to be veridical. These obligations have been subsumed under the principle of justice and fairness. On the other hand, expectations and responsibilities in office relationships that Cynthia refers to concerns about the well being of Altrue Company. In general, at least in the Western cultural context; they define actions that are less obligatory, that we do not owe to everybody equally, and which depend more on the circumstances of the situation. In philosophy and psychology these responsibilities have been addressed under the topics of sympathy and empathy, pro-social or altruistic concerns and the principle of beneficence or care. It has come to be increasingly accepted that both justice and care or solidarity are necessary components of morality. Research in moral development has been differentially concerned with the two principles of justice and care. This can be supported with the research in the Kohlberg-tradition has focused primarily on the principle of justice. The principles of justice and care have been related differentially to cognition and feelings, and they have been addressed in empirical research with different methodologies and assessment strategies.
In moral dilemmas that were presented to persons in the Kohlberg-oriented justice-tradition predetermined moral obligations or rights conflict with each other. In the famous Heinz dilemma, where a husband has to consider whether he ought to steal a medicine in order to