Throughout my lifetime of work and school, one thing I always valued is friendship from others. I always tried to gain friendship from my peers and superiors because it gives me the sense of belonging. The reason I believe to seek and value friendships because I rarely had the support and joy and occasionally strife when I was young. When I was growing up, I had strict parents, only allowing me to focus on school, music and art. Rarely did I have the chance to go out and make friends. The outcome of my Personal Ethical Threshold questionnaire gave me the rating of 2.4. With this rating, I am more likely follow my moral compass but will still find ways of personal gains. Given the questions and the scenarios, I believe I will find ways that
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As friendship is the value that I believe is the most important to me, it strongly associates with the western framework are caring. A popular definition of Ethics of Caring is “a species of activity that includes everything we do to maintain, contain, and repair our 'world ' so that we can live in it as well as possible” (Tronto, Moral Boundaries). For me to live well in this world, I need to have a sense of belonging. I want to be feel important and have a relationship to the people I closely associated with. I also want to also be taken care, such as promotions in the future and be acknowledged of my skills. Carol Gilligan, a psychologist who was one of the founders of the care ethical theory, states the ethics of care can be broken into four parts. These four parts are “(1) the individual is defined in connection and relationships to others, as well as embedded in multiple contexts whether social, historical, political, economic, etc. (2) responding to other in his or her own terms, acknowledging the other may construct reality in a different way from oneself, (3) promoting the well being …show more content…
In the framework of caring, Bob fits into the four categories that Gilligan has stated above. First, Bob created a relationship with the buyer, even if it’s for economical gain. To do so he took his client to Red Ruby Club, a strip club. Second, for Bob to create a relationship with the clients, Bob had to do something he never thought about it in the light of day. Bob responded to Galen idea of earning the relationship of the client, even though at first he thinks it’s unusual. Third, for Bob to promote the well being of others, landing these partnerships may help the overall of the company. This may prevent the company from going under, or laying people off in the future which may cause harm. This type of decision can be said to be similar to a utilitarian framework because it was for the greater good. Lastly, for Bob to prepare, earn or maintain a relationship, customer’s needs to trust Bob; even if it takes himself out of his comfort zone. Everything Bob did is for his company, his staff, and co-workers. Overall, taking the potential clients to the Red Ruby Club is ethical decision in the framework of caring. Bob did nothing unethical, as he did not exploit, disrespect nor did injustice to the clients. He also did not fail to develop a relationship with the
As friendship is the value that I believe is the most important to me, it strongly associates with the western framework are caring. A popular definition of Ethics of Caring is “a species of activity that includes everything we do to maintain, contain, and repair our 'world ' so that we can live in it as well as possible” (Tronto, Moral Boundaries). For me to live well in this world, I need to have a sense of belonging. I want to be feel important and have a relationship to the people I closely associated with. I also want to also be taken care, such as promotions in the future and be acknowledged of my skills. Carol Gilligan, a psychologist who was one of the founders of the care ethical theory, states the ethics of care can be broken into four parts. These four parts are “(1) the individual is defined in connection and relationships to others, as well as embedded in multiple contexts whether social, historical, political, economic, etc. (2) responding to other in his or her own terms, acknowledging the other may construct reality in a different way from oneself, (3) promoting the well being …show more content…
In the framework of caring, Bob fits into the four categories that Gilligan has stated above. First, Bob created a relationship with the buyer, even if it’s for economical gain. To do so he took his client to Red Ruby Club, a strip club. Second, for Bob to create a relationship with the clients, Bob had to do something he never thought about it in the light of day. Bob responded to Galen idea of earning the relationship of the client, even though at first he thinks it’s unusual. Third, for Bob to promote the well being of others, landing these partnerships may help the overall of the company. This may prevent the company from going under, or laying people off in the future which may cause harm. This type of decision can be said to be similar to a utilitarian framework because it was for the greater good. Lastly, for Bob to prepare, earn or maintain a relationship, customer’s needs to trust Bob; even if it takes himself out of his comfort zone. Everything Bob did is for his company, his staff, and co-workers. Overall, taking the potential clients to the Red Ruby Club is ethical decision in the framework of caring. Bob did nothing unethical, as he did not exploit, disrespect nor did injustice to the clients. He also did not fail to develop a relationship with the