Occupy Wall Street Movement Analysis

Assignment 1: Occupy Wall Street Movement

BUS 309: Business Ethics
Strayer University
Nov 4, 2012

Occupy Wall Street Movement
The moral and economic implications involved with the “Occupy Wall Street Movement” was to address the issue of how the people here in the United States and around the world are being subject to unfair and unjust treatment by those who control the top 1% of the wealth in this country and abroad. The “Occupy Wall Street” wanted to oppose decision that had been made in the past by key personnel that had been put in key positions, who were responsible for making moral decision and setting standard for the improvement for society as a whole. They felt like the leaders that were
The recession that started back 2007 had economic implication deeming from the decision made or influence by the top financial institutions and political leaders of U.S. The same individuals who were elected to oversee the rights and uphold a higher standard of morals for those individuals they were elected to represent. Along with financial institutions, who were no longer acting as financial advisor to their customers, but rather as profiteers for their organizations. Basically, when all the fact where uncover and situation where discuss explaining how the financial collapse of some of this country most well-known recognizable businesses and organizations actually happen. In my opinion lead most individual as well as group like “Occupy Wall Street”
real estate pricing to plummet, damaging financial institutions globally. The first (2) theory to evaluate “Occupy Wall Street” against will be the Kantian and virtue ethics theory, which the group action had characteristic of each associated with its movement. In analyzing the “Occupy Wall Street Movement” against the Kantian theory which held that only when we act from duty does our action have moral worth and good will is the only thing that is good in itself. The movement was done with the intent of being a good will gesture for society as a whole. Also, the movement could fall under the Kantian theory, because this theory does not concern itself with consequences of a person or group action, but whether the action had good intention when it was committed. As Kant describes will as a duty and only when that duty has no self-interest, causing harm, or inclination will our action have moral worth. Therefore, the Occupy Wall Street movement had moral implication, even though it didn’t yield great result or was it single handedly responsible for creating changes to how Wall Street and other organization conduct business. In evaluating the virtue ethic of the “Occupy Wall Street Movement” the