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17 Cards in this Set
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Business Ethics |
The study of what constitutes right and wrong, or good and bad, human conduct in a business context. |
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Moral standards |
Concern behavior that is of serious consequence to human welfare, that can profoundly injure the benefit of people. |
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Etiquette |
The norms of correct conduct in polite society, more generally, to any special code of social behavior and courtesy |
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Professional code of ethics |
Rules that are supposed to govern the conduct of members of a given profession. |
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Moral argumenta |
Arguments whose conclusions are moral judgements |
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Nonconsequentialist theory |
Right and wrong are determined by more than likely consequences of actions |
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Consequentialist theory |
The moral rightness of an action is determined solely by its results |
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Egoism |
The view that equates morality with self interest |
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Utilitarianism |
Moral doctrine that we should always act to produce the greatest possible balance of good over bad for everyone effected by our actions |
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Kants ethics |
Provid an excellent example of a thoroughly Nonconsequentialist approach to ethics |
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Good will |
The only thing that's good in itself |
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Optimal code |
Takes into account the dofficulty of getting people to follow a given set of rules |
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Justice |
Fairness |
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Utilitarian approach to justics |
Maximization of happiness ultimately determines what is just and unjust |
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Libertarian |
Refuse to restrict individual liberty even if doing so would increase overall happiness |
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John Rawls strategy |
To ask what promo cooled people would choose to govern their society if they were in the original position |
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Triple bottom line |
Profit (economic prosperity) Planet (environmental prosperity People (social equity) |
