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Appendix B Ethical Theories Chart


Complete the chart below using information from the weekly readings and additional research if necessary. Include APA formatted in-text citations when applicable and list all references at the bottom of the page.

Ethical Theory

Utilitarianism

Deontological

Virtue ethics

Definition

A consequentialist theory which one decides an ethical decision should maximize benefits to society and minimize harms. Mark Felt

Concerned with moral obligation (the right) rather than ends or consequences. Moral obligation relates to duty, the ought, rightness, or appropriateness. Moral obligation has priority over moral value. Emmanuel Kant

The virtue ethics approach focuses more on the integrity of the moral actor than on the moral act itself.

Aristotle

Ethical thinker associated with theory A utilitarian would approach an ethical dilemma by identifying the alternative actions and their consequences (harms and/or benefits) for all stakeholders. Make everyone do mandatory overtime, give an incentive to do it, and minimize the backlog orders also. Deontologists base their decisions about whats right on broad, abstract universal ethical principles or values such as honesty, promise keeping, fairness, loyalty, rights (to safety, privacy, etc.), justice, compassion, and respect for persons and property. If an employee goes to upper management and notifies of another cheating the company out of money and supplies. A virtue ethics perspective considers primarily the actors character, motivations, and intentions.

Decision-making process

Workplace example

If you decide to tell on your supervisor for taking hour long breaks. Are you doing it because you don't believe it's fair for everyone or did you do it because you didn't get a good raise?

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Reference: Part II-Ethics and the Individual. In Chapter 4: Deciding What's Right: A Presecriptive Approach. .

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