How to Write an Ethics Case
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Ethics Review
Short Answer Questions
Matthew
Table of Contents Hosmer, Chapter 1 3 Sexty, Chapter 1 3 Sexty, Chapter 2 6 Sexty, Chapter 3 9 Sexty, Chapter 4 12
Hosmer, Chapter 1
Identify and explain the individual determinants of moral standards * Personal goals * Expectations of outcomes * Things we want out of life and things we expect others want out of life too * Material possessions, lifestyle preferences, personal goods, social aims * Personal norms * Expectations of behaviour * Ways we expect to act and expect others to act * Norms are expectations, morals are gauges * Personal beliefs * Expectations of thought * Beliefs support norms, norms lead toward goals * Personal values * Priorities between goals, norms and beliefs * Judge relative importance between what we want, how we want to act, and why we believe as we do * Individual determinants work in combination with religious/cultural traditions and economic/social situations * Religious beliefs and cultural norms * Relative income and financial security * Membership in different organizations whose members can influence goals, norms, beliefs and values -> ultimately moral standards
How are personal moral standards formed? Answer with reference to the individual determinants of moral standards. * Beliefs support norms, norms lead toward goals, values rank these determinants * Beliefs, norms, goals and values are all influenced by external factors * Religious/cultural traditions * Economic/social situations
Sexty, Chapter 1
Define and explain the significance of five factors influencing the integrity of Canadian business. * There’s actually 7 * Diversity of business interests * Corporations differ in sizes, appropriateness is relative * Industries differ in competitiveness * When wrongdoing is identified in particular
Ethics Review
Short Answer Questions
Matthew
Table of Contents Hosmer, Chapter 1 3 Sexty, Chapter 1 3 Sexty, Chapter 2 6 Sexty, Chapter 3 9 Sexty, Chapter 4 12
Hosmer, Chapter 1
Identify and explain the individual determinants of moral standards * Personal goals * Expectations of outcomes * Things we want out of life and things we expect others want out of life too * Material possessions, lifestyle preferences, personal goods, social aims * Personal norms * Expectations of behaviour * Ways we expect to act and expect others to act * Norms are expectations, morals are gauges * Personal beliefs * Expectations of thought * Beliefs support norms, norms lead toward goals * Personal values * Priorities between goals, norms and beliefs * Judge relative importance between what we want, how we want to act, and why we believe as we do * Individual determinants work in combination with religious/cultural traditions and economic/social situations * Religious beliefs and cultural norms * Relative income and financial security * Membership in different organizations whose members can influence goals, norms, beliefs and values -> ultimately moral standards
How are personal moral standards formed? Answer with reference to the individual determinants of moral standards. * Beliefs support norms, norms lead toward goals, values rank these determinants * Beliefs, norms, goals and values are all influenced by external factors * Religious/cultural traditions * Economic/social situations
Sexty, Chapter 1
Define and explain the significance of five factors influencing the integrity of Canadian business. * There’s actually 7 * Diversity of business interests * Corporations differ in sizes, appropriateness is relative * Industries differ in competitiveness * When wrongdoing is identified in particular