and development of ethical theories; and also the systematic study of right and wrong‚ good and evil. These concepts and theories will then be applied to contemporary managerial dilemmas. Topic 1. Moral Reasoning and Ethical Theory LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this topic‚ you should be able to: 1. Explain the five factors involved in the formation of individual ethics; 2. Explain normative philosophy and ethical relativism; 3. Compare all the major ethical systems; and 4. Apply
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Critical Thinking and Ethical Reasoning Jennifer Browning ETH 316 April 2‚ 2015 Professor Peter Fortuna Critical thinking and ethical reasoning are not far on the scale of relevance to one another. In ethical reasoning we look at two scenarios: are we harming ourselves or someone else OR are we bettering ourselves or someone else? Humans tend to do what is best for themselves whether not they could be hurting someone else. They do not typically look at the big picture or the consequence
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Short Incidents for Ethical Reasoning Tiger Woods Thesis: In my opinion‚ corporate sponsors should apply their ethical standards to celebrity endorsers. Rule: Ethics is the study of good and evil‚ right and wrong‚ and just and unjust. The Disclosure Rule tests ethical decisions and behaviors by asking one to consider how you would feel if you had to explain the decision or action to a wider audience. (pg. 197/ pg. 243) Explanation: Ethical behavior requires many different aspects of behavior
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Describe the situation at Lehman Brothers from an ethics perspective. What’s your opinion of what happened there? The ethical issue here was that Lehman’s executives exploited loopholes in the accounting standards to manipulate their balance sheet in order to mislead the investing public. Using “Repo 105”‚ Lehman was able to clear huge amount unprofitable assets off its balance sheet instead of selling at loss. Evidence pointed out that the chief executive‚ Richard Ruld‚ knew about the use of
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Cultural considerations in moral and ethical reasoning The sound development of moral reasoning and ethics is an integral part of the growth and maturation of a healthy and productive human being. Without morals and ethics‚ a person cannot exist within society’s boundaries and would be doomed to be forever barred from its hallowed walls for as long as that person did not conform to the societal norms of having the ability to morally reason and implement a set of ethics. But morals and ethics
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judgement forming the basis for a reasoned‚ impartial decision about what is right or wrong. Ethical decisions are impartial‚ meaning that they apply to everyone. When it comes to ethics there are two types of reasoning: Consequences-based ethical reasoning and rule-based ethical reasoning. Consequences-based ethical reasoning is right or wrong is only based on the results of the action and rule based ethical reasoning is when someone believes every act is either right or wrong. In the eyes of the law‚ laws
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Impact of Culture on the Ethical reasoning of an Individual Abstract The purpose of this paper is to identify‚ relate and assess the impact of culture on the ethical reasoning of an individual. This report reviews current literature on this topic and identifies the various factors involved in the same. Established theories on ethics and moral development are reviewed and a culture-based model of ethical decision making is derived. Prepositions concerning the influence of various cultural dimensions
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society may be reflected immoral in another. Therefore‚ since no collective standard of morality subsists‚ no one has the right to judge another society’s customs or to hold one society as better than the other. Ethical relativism is closely related to cultural relativism in that ethical relativism views truth as capricious and not absolute. What establishes rights and wrongs is determined merely by the individual or by humanity. Truth is not objective‚ henceforth there can be no objective standard
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The Nature of Reasoning What is Reasoning? a mental act whereby starting with several judgments which we relate to one another. the process which uses arguments‚ statements‚ premises and axioms to define weather a statement is true or false‚ resulting in a logical or illogical reasoning. the process of using a rational‚ systematic series of steps based on sound mathematical procedures and given statements to arrive at a conclusion. the cognitive skills with which we reach
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References: * Bernstein‚ JM 1995‚ Recovering Ethical Life: Jürgen Habermas and the Future of Critical Theory‚ Routledge‚ New York. * Badillo‚ RP 1991‚ The Emancipative Theory of Jürgen Habermas and Metaphysics‚ CRVP Publishers‚ London. * Dryzek‚ JS & List‚ CA 2003‚ ‘Social Choice Theory and Deliberative
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