Weekly Reading Reflection

In this essay I will be discussing how the weekly reading has on reflected me and how it has deepened my understanding of theories and application of it to the real world. This reflection is based on the readings, classes and assessments that have helped me throughout the duration in business in context class and the understanding of responsible business decision making. I didn’t believe ethic was important in business and always had thought that it was something that was always irrelevant to the business world. It was to my understanding before undertaking Business in Context that business was all about profit, nothing more or else just profits. Throughout the lectures and workshop this has changed the way I look at the business world. As I reflect, my understanding has deepened and now come to realise that business is not just about profit, but more importantly about the …show more content…
Kant’s say’s that “treating other people as an ends in themselves, never merely as a means. After learning these ethics, I have found myself in situations where I have thought that my actions should respect the goals of human beings than merely using them for my own purpose. Although I’m fully aware of basic idea behind Kant’s ethics, I believe I still lack moral worthiness. If I happened to win the lottery and gave away some of the money to the poor so I could find happiness and get fame, but according to Kant I would still lack moral worthiness as I would only do it for the happiness’s and fame. According to Kant, moral worthiness only comes when you do something only because it is your duty and you would do it regardless of whether I liked it or not. This thought has arose many times in my mind through day to day, but it’s in my goal to be a good person where I can perform my moral duties not for the sake of my happiness but instead to be doing it even if it did not generate any happiness or pleasure to