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22 Cards in this Set
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normative ethics |
concerned with supplying and justifying a coherent moral system of thinking and judging |
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business ethics |
concerned with good and bad or right and wrong behavior and practices that take place within a business context |
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descriptive ethics |
concerned with describing, characterizing and studying the morality of a people, a culture or a society. |
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3 types of management |
top management middle management lower management |
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which type of manager deals with the most pressure to compromise their own values to complete company goals |
lower management |
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moral rights |
justifiable claims or entitlements |
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legal rights |
rights given under the law |
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triple bottom line |
economic social environmental |
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ethical relativism |
one picks and chooses the societal norms that they follow to justify current actions |
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immoral management |
the operating strategy of immoral management is focused on exploiting opportunities for coporate or personal gain |
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moral mangement |
confirms to highest standards of ethical behaviour |
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amoral management |
intentional: does not consider ethical factors unintentional: casual or careless about ethical factors |
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different levels of ethical issues |
personal level organizational level industry or profession level societal and global levels |
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personal level ethical issue |
situations faced in our personal lives outside the context of our employment |
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organizational level ethical issue |
workplace situations faced by managers and employees |
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industry or profession level ethical issues |
a manager or organization might experience business ethics issues at the industry or professional level |
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societal and global levels |
managers acting in concert through thier companies and industries can bring about constructive changes |
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3 major approaches to ethical decision making |
conventional approach
principles approach (guideline or rules that assists you in making ethical decisions) ethical tests approach |
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narrow approach |
public or social issues are the primary focus |
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broad approach |
strategic issues and the strategic managing process are the focus of attention |
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conventionalist approach |
narrow focus |
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issues management |
broadly focused |
