[회사 이름 입력] Ethical Decision-Making in Business THE302 Business Ethics Ms. Ariane Lellmann Due Date: 31/May/2012 Student ID: 201212068 2045 words Executive Summary In one of two dilemmas Mr. Owen is facing‚ he decided not to inform the guests about the construction. In narrow view‚ he is responsible for profit maximization for his shareholders. Even though he was not honest to his guests‚ his action is considered as morally right since different situation makes different
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Summer Peterson 12-13-06 Hour 3 7 Great Virtues - Ben Franklin - The first virtue Ben Franklin wanted was “An Aversion to Tyranny”. The main idea of this to Ben is that he doesn’t like tyranny‚ which is power or control of one person. He didn’t like to be told what to do to and he also liked some control and therefore‚ have a limited government. Ben didn’t want any dictatorship either‚ which meant no kings or queens. Franklin realized that he didn’t like the idea of tyranny when he was 12
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Institutional Virtue Philosopher Miranda Fricker attempts to make a connection between epistemic justice and the ideal of political freedom in her essay‚ Epistemic Justice as a Condition of Political Freedom? She demonstrates that individuals must not face epistemic injustice when an institution interferes on its citizens’ liberty. She proposes a solution that consists of a collective ethos within institutions. In the essay titled‚ Generic Liberal Ideals and the Problem of Institutional Virtue‚ Ross Jensen
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childhood‚ “and the virtues have been practiced for so long that the whole Confucian manner of relating to the world has become completely natural” (Molloy‚ 2010). The ideal person is known to be at its perfection‚ but he does not qualifies himself as perfect‚ instead is humble‚ and admits he can commit errors as any human being. The ideal person excellence it’s manifested through five virtues‚ according to Confucius: ren‚ li‚ shu‚ xiao‚ and wen. Having and putting these virtues in action proof the
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on Moral Virtue Phil 103 19 Apr 2006 Aristotle was a Greek philosopher c 384-322 BC. He presented us with an idea of moral virtue that is unique. He believed that each moral virtue was a delicate balance of a certain characteristic. This balance was kept between the two extremes: The vice of deficiency and the vice of excess. This balance was unique to each person‚ and to discover it one must use reason‚ the highest capacity of the soul. For example‚ we can look at the virtue of courage
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Utilitarianism has its strengths. Firstly‚ the utilitarian philosophy recognizes that we all like pleasure and dislike pain. This has also become the basis of moral and political life. That is‚ maximizing utility is a principle not only for individuals but also for legislators. In deciding what laws or policies to enact‚ a government should do whatever will maximize the happiness of as a whole. Secondly‚ Utilitarianism is probably the most defensible approach in emergency situations. For example
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2. Officer Nelson performed an extensive investigation to resolve any ambiguity and reasonably conclude W.M. had authority to consent to the search. W.M.’s unusual relationship with Mr. Larson prompted Officer Nelson to engage in an extensive and thorough investigation to resolve any ambiguity or uncertainty regarding W.M.’s authority to consent to the search of the apartment. “[W]here an officer is presented with ambiguous facts related to authority‚ he or she has a duty to investigate further
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Virtues of a Perfect Bride by Chris Mount English 101 Dr. Mary Ann Kohli October 12‚ 2001 Chris Mount Dr. Mary Ann Kohli Eng 101 October 11‚ 2001 Virtues of a Perfect Bride In Dandin ’s "The Perfect Bride‚" Saktikumara is searching for patience‚ creativity and a good sense of other virtues in a wife along with her beauty. The definition of virtue is as follows: moral excellence and righteousness; goodness and an example or kind of moral excellence. Saktikumara is looking for a wife to do the daily
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Rand‚ THE VIRTUE OF SELFISHNESS‚ Topic: anarchism In The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand‚ Rand talks about anarchism. Anarchism is the belief that any type of government should be prohibited. If there is no government then how would the country be standing. A type of government is need to keep the country from falling part. Rand mentions the problem of anarchism in her book. Here Rand says: “Anarchy‚ as a political concept‚ is a naive floating abstraction: . . . a society without an organized
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Virtue‚ rather than being a teachable piece of knowledge‚ seems to be an innate understanding. Every person in the world‚ save perhaps psychopaths and sociopaths‚ naturally has a strong moral compass. An example that proves this idea is the innocence of children. I have never witnessed a child perform an action with solely malicious intent. Children always have some outside motivation for any hateful actions they perform‚ so they never do it only to hurt someone. At this point you might think that
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