Quiz 2 Info Ethics

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Ethics Vs. Morals

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Ethics - The rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group or culture. External: Social System

Morals - Principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct. While morals also prescribe dos and don'ts, morality is ultimately a personal compass of right and wrong. Internal: Individual

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3 Major Ethics Areas

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Meta ethics - Theoretical meaning

Applied Ethics - concerning what a person is obligated to do.

Normative Ethics - concerning the practical means of determining a moral course of action.

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Normative Ethics

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Relating to a norm, especially an assumed norm regarded as the standard of correctness.

Normative statements: make claims about how things should or ought to be, how to value them, which things are good or bad, which actions are good and bad.

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Ethical Egoism

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The normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest.

Does not require moral agents to harm the interests and well-being of others when making moral deliberation.

Acknowledges that current self-interest may be at odds with the future self-interest.

Recognizes that individuals may be parts of greater wholes. (a person may be an employee of a corporation.)

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Globalization

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The process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture.

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Enablers of Globalization

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Transportation: Time, Distance, Population

ICT: Time, Distance, Population

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Transportation

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Goods from China or India can be delivered within 24 hours. Produced at lower cost because US labor is more expensive than the cost of shipping materials/parts to Asia and shipping the manufactured goods back to the US. Rapid distribution at a lower cost than if they were produced in the US.

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ICT

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Enables: communication across space/time/national boundaries. Oversight without being resident/on-site; and delivery of documentation and training in a controlled environment.

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Pros of Globalization

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Lower manufacturing costs = higher profits

Global engagement

Increase in Global Living Standards

Those in most need, benefit most.

Cultural expansion

International Harmony

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Cons of Globalization

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Few employment opportunities in the US

Local responsibility and obligation

Decrease in living standards locally

Many in need in US suffer

Cultural disruption

Global consequences: climate change, pandemics, financial crisis, political instability.