Mordidas
The Case Study of Mordidas (Bribery)
In the Case Study of Mordidas, the local police officers in Mexico City have taken the payoff money that collected from the street to compensate their low salaries. In the following paragraphs, we will present the opposite views of whether this is a bribery issue. We will analyze the different views based on cultural relativism, and evaluate the theory of cultural relativism as well.
First, Let’s see what is cultural relativism and how does the vision of ethics associated with it diverge from the traditional ethical theories. Our textbook defines the cultural relativism is “the suspicion that values and morality are culture specific—they’re just what the community believes and not the result of universal …show more content…
However, they do not belief the right and wrong in general terms as though there’s a set of rules applying to everyone.
On the other side, the cultural relativists do accept moral guidelines originated within a specific culture, they view these guidelines as there are only rights and wrongs as defined within a specific society, and they do not think that these moral guidelines should be judged as wrong because they are different from the moral guidelines that practice within other cultures. Thus, we can see that the vision of ethics associated with it diverge from the traditional ethical …show more content…
The value can be associated with this behavior is the concept of the cultural relativism. The cultural relativists do not view the bribery as unethical, because they believe what they do are justified. They believe that what they do are perfectly normal and ethical since they protect the city and people, they should be entitled of a deceit pay to support themselves and their families, this type of practice has been adopted as a normal local cultural. In addition, the people in the city are going along with this way of paying off the ticket. So, the moral rules they practice are as a set of opinions that has been shared and practiced in the locals. Therefore, it is
In the Case Study of Mordidas, the local police officers in Mexico City have taken the payoff money that collected from the street to compensate their low salaries. In the following paragraphs, we will present the opposite views of whether this is a bribery issue. We will analyze the different views based on cultural relativism, and evaluate the theory of cultural relativism as well.
First, Let’s see what is cultural relativism and how does the vision of ethics associated with it diverge from the traditional ethical theories. Our textbook defines the cultural relativism is “the suspicion that values and morality are culture specific—they’re just what the community believes and not the result of universal …show more content…
However, they do not belief the right and wrong in general terms as though there’s a set of rules applying to everyone.
On the other side, the cultural relativists do accept moral guidelines originated within a specific culture, they view these guidelines as there are only rights and wrongs as defined within a specific society, and they do not think that these moral guidelines should be judged as wrong because they are different from the moral guidelines that practice within other cultures. Thus, we can see that the vision of ethics associated with it diverge from the traditional ethical …show more content…
The value can be associated with this behavior is the concept of the cultural relativism. The cultural relativists do not view the bribery as unethical, because they believe what they do are justified. They believe that what they do are perfectly normal and ethical since they protect the city and people, they should be entitled of a deceit pay to support themselves and their families, this type of practice has been adopted as a normal local cultural. In addition, the people in the city are going along with this way of paying off the ticket. So, the moral rules they practice are as a set of opinions that has been shared and practiced in the locals. Therefore, it is