Jacketta Collins REST386-Morality in Business October 22, 2014 Commissions at Brock Mason When offered the opportunity to make more money, who is the victor and who suffers? In a struggling economy, who will come out as the victor and who will lose? When it is the sole purpose of a company to maximize profits and (in essence) take from consumers should they be held accountable if a customer feels wronged? In the case study “Commissions at Brock Mason”, those are the questions that must be answered. Millions of people feel wronged by big companies like McDonald’s and Apple, claiming that those companies are unethical or immoral.…
The congressman case is really fascinating for me as I read your comments. Like Saul Gellerman wrote:"How does honest, intelligent,compassionate human being act in a ways that are callous, dishonest and wrong headed ". No matter how many training human go thru about ethics, there will be always questions about human…
Article Review On Civility and Resilient Governance. Matthew S. Mingus and Catherine M. Horiuchi. Public Administration Quarterly, spring 2012, pp. 119-129.…
Ethics is “the critical structured examination of how individuals and institutions should behave when their actions affect others” (Law 122 Ethical Reasoning Module, 2013). Sometimes laws and Ethics may coincide and other times may go in opposite directions. In the situation of CDU Inc., they are liable for breach of contract, by the Pharmaceutical Association of Canada because in the contract CDU is obliged in explicit terms “that the drug fees must include a modest to reasonable profit margin and not to gouge the price” (Law 122 Ethical Reasoning Module, 2013). The decision made by CDU is upheld by ethical reasoning of consequences as well the law through contract law.…
In this paper I will argue that society influences one man’s ethics and so his actions affect the public sphere. The expectations of and the relationships we have with people impact how we decide to act towards others. Disregarding the morals and needs of those around us is selfish and may cause displeasure to either of us rather than promoting happiness to many. John Stuart Mill’s “Utilitarianism” and Bethany McLean’s article “Everything You Know About Martin Shkreli Is Wrong - Or Is It?”…
In Ruggiero, chapter seven there are 2 inquiries that I would like to examine for ethical decisional-making to analyze the situation along using the three criteria (consequences, obligations, and morals ideals) started by Errol Harris. Let’s discuss what the 3 criteria are “Consequences are the beneficial or harmful effect that result from an action and affect the people involved, including, of course, the person performing the action and Obligations, restrictions on our behaviors, demands to something or to avoid doing it” (Ruggiero, p.79). Moral ideals, “are aspect of excellence, goals that bring greater harmony within one’s self and between self and other” (Ruggiero, p. 80). Inquiries #18: A young woman is diagnosed with a serious kidney…
Tom Morris does a great job of explaining the different challenges of ethics we face on a daily basis. We as a society go through life with so many obstacles to overcome, and yet society has shown us that most of the time the obstacles dictate the outcome. We read Tom’s book which gives us so many categories to help us better understand the ethical actions people take during certain situations. The first part of this chapter starts us off with the title, what are the rules now, anyway? As we read this statement alone it relates to society in such a big way.…
Ethics and Terrorism Investigations Ethics and laws are dependent upon one another. Society knows what is right and what is wrong based on the laws of that community; however, laws are usually defined within narrow parameters. Not every application of the law may be the correct course of action which requires the ethical deliberation of all facts and circumstances to ensure justice is served. The question that needs to be answered in any ethical dilemma is, “Who will be harmed and who will benefit” (Skeen 2015)? According to British Philosophers John Mill and Jeremy Bentham, the answer to the question lies in the Utilitarian Theory that “Actions are right to the degree that they tend to promote the greatest good for the greatest number” (as cited by Kay, n.d.).…
People have many different opinions about dishonesty and its effect on society. Some believe that it is the cause for most problems and it is detrimental. Personally, I do not consider dishonesty to be destroying American culture and society. The lines are blurred when it comes to lying and morality. In today’s world it sometimes seems that lying is the only option and that honesty would actually cause more harm than good.…
Individuals hold distinct values and often conclude their interpretation of the world is true and right. It is this complex fusion of values and beliefs that lead to ethical dilemmas. Newman and Pollnitz (2005, page 108) describe ethics as what we perceive to be the right course of action, what we…
I agree with Sandra and ethical experts. It is really difficult to distinguish right and wrong ethically, and these judges are based on situation, personal character, and culture. According to IS reading 4, a strong culture has a big influence to the judgment of ethical act or unethical act and high ethical standards. Moreover, IS reading 4 also said that internal and external factors also affect decision of ethical action or unethical action. Personality, value and conviction are recognised as internal factors.…
In applied ethics, specific issues such as this are analyzed to attempt to answer the question of whether something is morally right or morally wrong using the theories and concepts of normative ethics. (Fieser,…
Overall, this ethical issue is an issue that really opened my eyes on the moral of some individuals in America. We say we care for people but our actions says…
It is a simple fact of life that at some point in our lives, we will be faced with a moral dilemma. These situations arise due to the fact that as professionals, we are bombarded with the ethical standards and principles of different stakeholders. We all develop a personal moral code, but what are we to do when this code differs from the code of our employer? The code our customers/clients? The law?…
A police officer refused to arrest a homeless person for sleeping in a private garage. Despite a local ordinance that clearly forbids such behavior, the officer felt it would be unethical to make an arrest in that situation unless the homeless person was disturbing the peace. The officer’s supervisors were unsympathetic to his ethical stance, and he was suspended from duty without pay (Gaines, and Miller 17). It is often said that ethics are rules or standards that govern people when a situation arises. Ethics is defined as the moral principles that governs a person’s perception of right and wrong.…