2Q: Explain and apply the core concepts used by individuals and organizations to make ethical decisions.
The five important components that comprise the basis for ethical making decisions by individuals are:
Ethical Intensity.
Ethical intensity can be defined as the degree of importance is given to an issue. Factors that make up ethical intensity are:
The magnitude of consequences: It is the measure of harm or benefit impacted by individuals by a decision or behavior. For example, the cause of death of human because of a road accident is more when compared to a fracture caused by a man.
The probability of effect: It is the likelihood that if the decision is implemented, it will lead to harm or benefit predicted. The sale of drugs will have …show more content…
Concerns for others principles include disclosure principle, distributive justice principle, and golden rule principle which focus on the need to consider decisions and behaviors from the effected people’s perspectives.
Concerns for affected individuals.
Ethical decision making involves a determination of who will receive benefits or incur costs as a result of a decision. The more specific an individual or a group may benefit or lose, the more likely that ethical implementation will be considered.
An employee at Will: It is an employee relationship in which any party, employee or the employer can terminate the employment relationship at will with no liability if there was not an express contract for a definite term governing the employment relationship. Although employee at Will would allow the employee to quit anytime, it will also allow an employer to fire an employee any time for a reason or no reason.
Benefits and …show more content…
Rights involve people who try to benefit from or participate in the decision. Discrimination and privacy are based on fundamental rights. Slavery, racism, gender, age, and discrimination have been challenged by appeals based on the concept of fundamental rights.
Procedural and interactional justice.
Procedural justice can be defined as the perceived fairness of the rules, guidelines, and processes for making a decision. It implies that making decisions according to fair processes. Firstly, all the cases need to be handled alike. Those who are carrying out the procedure needs to be neutral and impartial. Those who are directly affected by the decision needs to voice and representation in the process. Finally, the implemented process should be transparent.
Interactional justice is the quality of interpersonal treatment individuals receive during the use of organizational procedures. When a supervisor practices interactional justice, he will encourage and motivate the employee based on his merit and performance. However, if a supervisor promotes an employee because he is a close friend of his, that is a violation of interactional justice. Managers who use procedural and interactional justice believe that their employees are going to be encouraged to highly perform when they find the procedures and their implementations as
The five important components that comprise the basis for ethical making decisions by individuals are:
Ethical Intensity.
Ethical intensity can be defined as the degree of importance is given to an issue. Factors that make up ethical intensity are:
The magnitude of consequences: It is the measure of harm or benefit impacted by individuals by a decision or behavior. For example, the cause of death of human because of a road accident is more when compared to a fracture caused by a man.
The probability of effect: It is the likelihood that if the decision is implemented, it will lead to harm or benefit predicted. The sale of drugs will have …show more content…
Concerns for others principles include disclosure principle, distributive justice principle, and golden rule principle which focus on the need to consider decisions and behaviors from the effected people’s perspectives.
Concerns for affected individuals.
Ethical decision making involves a determination of who will receive benefits or incur costs as a result of a decision. The more specific an individual or a group may benefit or lose, the more likely that ethical implementation will be considered.
An employee at Will: It is an employee relationship in which any party, employee or the employer can terminate the employment relationship at will with no liability if there was not an express contract for a definite term governing the employment relationship. Although employee at Will would allow the employee to quit anytime, it will also allow an employer to fire an employee any time for a reason or no reason.
Benefits and …show more content…
Rights involve people who try to benefit from or participate in the decision. Discrimination and privacy are based on fundamental rights. Slavery, racism, gender, age, and discrimination have been challenged by appeals based on the concept of fundamental rights.
Procedural and interactional justice.
Procedural justice can be defined as the perceived fairness of the rules, guidelines, and processes for making a decision. It implies that making decisions according to fair processes. Firstly, all the cases need to be handled alike. Those who are carrying out the procedure needs to be neutral and impartial. Those who are directly affected by the decision needs to voice and representation in the process. Finally, the implemented process should be transparent.
Interactional justice is the quality of interpersonal treatment individuals receive during the use of organizational procedures. When a supervisor practices interactional justice, he will encourage and motivate the employee based on his merit and performance. However, if a supervisor promotes an employee because he is a close friend of his, that is a violation of interactional justice. Managers who use procedural and interactional justice believe that their employees are going to be encouraged to highly perform when they find the procedures and their implementations as