what is legally required. It is ‘conscience driven’. CSR enhances ‘legitimacy’ of firms Idea is entrenched to different degrees in different places in the world 5 dimensions: 1.) workers’ quality of life 2.) commitment to community 3.) business ethics standards 4.) environment 5.) responsible marketing practices CSR can succeed depending on how management conceptualizes‚ positions‚ and explains the initiative. the three legs of sustainability: economics (based on Mogab project)‚ environmental
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that according to the Bentham’s features of happiness that if she does report the incident restaurant may get long term happiness by not having any bad publicity or bad financial occurrences due to selling contaminated foods. Kantian ethics Under Kantian ethics‚ Kate should report to the FSA. Selling or let someone to consume contaminated milk is not acceptable. So if everybody in the food industry does the same thing‚ what would happen to the entire society‚ who consumes those foods? In this
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Normative Theories Application Normative ethical theories can generally be divided into three types: teleological‚ deontological‚ and virtue ethics. The first two types are considered as action-based theories because they focus entirely upon the actions which a person performs. The last one focuses on training decision maker’s character. Teleological theories are characterized focus primarily on the consequences. In order to make the correct ethical decisions‚ decision-maker has to evaluate
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“Office Gossip. Do you act on rumor or respect privacy?” It was easy for me to make a choice in between the two cases. Gossip is much more palpitating for me‚ especially gossip about somebody’s private life. It is maybe due to my female nature or maybe due to different attitude towards this matter in my ex Soviet Union culture. After reading the case I felt myself completely in the same shoes with a manager. I respect his hesitation and the “softness” of his leadership style. I know I would
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to come back up‚ the author of this essay still feels guilty for what was not done for the Sadhu (Donaldson 280). There are three general approaches in examining a moral issue and making a decision‚ those being consequentialism‚ deontology and virtue ethics. The essay does not clearly indicate which method was used to assess the situation. In my opinion‚ the best method would be Kantian deontology. Let us discuss consequentialism first. Consequentialism focuses on consequences as the most important
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Charles Lee 8 April 2013 A Game of Chess In After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre‚ he discusses the metaphor of a child playing a game of chess to help explain his theory on practices‚ internal goods‚ external goods‚ motivation‚ and virtues. In his example‚ a child is promised candy for participating in a game of chess each week‚ regardless of the child’s performance. However‚ if the child wins the game‚ which is not an easy feat‚ the child will be rewarded with extra candy. Though the situation
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Living a worthwhile life involves being a virtue ethicist where you not only maximize mental and physical benefits to yourself but also to those around you. Virtue ethics revolves around having a moral character‚ and a moral character is necessary for freeing the body of pain and anxiety‚ living in moderation‚ caring more about friends and family than material goods‚ and finally and most importantly; thinking positively and rationally. These ideas are fundamental for living an advantageous life.
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Through the stories that I listened to as a child‚ Little Red Riding Hood‚ Jack and the Beanstalk‚ the Little Mermaid‚ and Pinocchio‚ the philosophies that were demonstrated impacted my life. They influenced the way I approach decision making in social situations such as school and family life. The true meaning of these fables are meant to help children decipher right from wrong and influence good behavior and decision making. The media also has an increasing impact on the society I grew up in
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person who believes in Kantian duty-based ethics might say that the torturing of any individual would be wrong in any circumstance. A person with this type of view would answer this way because they believe that the result of the information being gathered from the torture would not justify the wrong act of torturing someone and that the act of torture is wrong because of the motive of the torturer. This is because a person who believes in Kantian duty-based ethics contends that right and wrong is not
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situation? Aristotle says‚ “a virtue is a habit‚ but not a mindless one. You act virtuously with the intent to do the right thing” (pg. 55) Aristotle would say that Ted’s behavior is probably stemming from something he learnt from a role model or society. He also describes virtue as a habit‚ Ted is probably used to behaving in this manner‚ because it has become a habit for him. Aristotle also says that virtue is not a mindless one‚ so although Ted’s behavior is a virtue from habit‚ he is aware of his
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