Evaluate to what extent expectancy theory and equity theory can explain motivation at work. Motivation can be defined as a set of reasons which regulates ones behaviour. As observed the success of any organization depends largely on employee motivation. Motivated workforce leads to reduced absenteeism‚ staff turnover‚ greater efficiency leading to higher productivity. Various motivation theories by social scientists can be classified into process and content theories. Content theories concentrate
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Description Duty-based ethics commonly known as Deontology is an ethical theory that uses rules to distinguish right from wrong. As a deontologist you focus more on the action in itself disregarding the consequences it produces. Immanuel kant the founder deontology‚ was a german philosopher who believed that morality and religion should be kept apart‚ therefore he created the philosophical concept “categorical imperative” or “CI”. Categorical imperative is a moral law‚ which must be followed and
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Ethical Theory Summary This is an outline and summary of three of the most prominent ethical theories in the history of philosophy. (Note that all three of these represent different ethical absolutist/universalist theories. A view known as ethical relativism follows these.) Please take this as a sketch that invites you to investigate these ethical theories further. After each brief sketch‚ I will provide some web links that will be helpful to read. Virtue Ethics (especially Aristotle)
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no rules in Situation Ethics.” Assess this claim Some people have criticised Situation Ethics‚ saying that it has no rules as each situation must be considered when making an ethical decision. But how accurate is this criticism? William Barclay is very vocal on this. He accuses Fletcher of heading towards anarchy. In his view we need rules in society. He says that rules are the result of our past experiences as a society and that to discard them is dangerous. His system of ethics is a deontological
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IRUM SUBMITTED BY IMAM BAKHSH ASSIGMENT BUSINESS ETHICS IN ISLAMIC CONTEXT DEPARMENT MANAGEMENT SCIENCES SUBMISSION DATE 9_07_2010 What is Ethics?Ethics may be defined as the set of moral principles that distinguish what is right from what is wrong. Ethics has a twofold objective: it evaluates human practices by calling upon moral standards; also it may give prescriptive advice on how to act morally in a given situation. Ethics‚ therefore‚ aims to study both moral and immoral behaviour
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society‚ culture‚ or even one’s own individual values. You may disagree with someone and believe your view is superior‚ relative to you as an individual; more often‚ relativism is described in terms of the values of the community in which one lives. The view of ethical relativism regards values as determined by one’s own ethical standards‚ often those provided by one’s own culture and background. Rather than insisting that there are moral absolutes‚ moral claims must be interpreted in terms of how they
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To what extent can Bosola be considered a tragic hero? “Let worthy minds ne’er stagger in distrust/ to suffer death or shame for what is just. / Mine is another voyage.” Thus the dying Bosola concludes his last speech and‚ in doing so‚ ends the life of a character whose very nature is at odds with the others’ – and with himself. For Bosola is a paradox: as a malcontent‚ he delivers line after line of poisonous verse; insults old women; sneers at the Cardinal and Ferdinand‚ whom he sees (justifiably
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Religious ethics or the church has an authorized role to play in influencing the public policy. The upbringing‚ education‚ and experience all influence the politicians like others. The politicians vote on policy issues based on their religious conscience. The church lobbies the politicians to make changes to the legislation through their representatives. The church can step in civil litigation between private individuals (Skene & Parker‚ 2002). There is a diversity of religions throughout the
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of Situation Ethics" as well as the pioneer of "Biomedical Ethics." His book Situation Ethics is used as a model for the Situation Ethics platform and nearly all later studies and research refer to Fletcher’s model. He died in 1991‚ at the age of 86. He was born a protestant and became a priest in the Episcopal Seminary in the 1960’s. He was an advocate of Planned Parenthood and member of the Euthanasia Educational Council. Definition • Situation Ethics is based on one principle: Ethics (or
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Discuss to What Extent Psychology Can Be Considered a Science. According to Merriam Webster (2008)‚ science is a‚ “knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method”‚ with scientific method in five steps being‚ “observation/research‚ hypothesis‚ prediction‚ experimentation and conclusion.” (sciencemadesimple.com‚ 2006). With this to consider‚ is psychology a science and if so‚ to what extent. It would be fair to say that psychology
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