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Ethics and Ethical Reasoning: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Ethics and Ethical Reasoning: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Ethics and
Ethical Reasoning
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Ethical Principles
Guides to moral behavior
Business Ethics
Application of general ethical ideas to business behavior
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Sources of Ethics
Notions of right and wrong come from many sources
Religious beliefs
Family background
Education
Community/neighborhood
Media influences
Ethical Relativism
Concept which holds that ethical behavior should be
defined by various periods in time in history, a societys
traditions, the special circumstances of the moment, or
personal opinion
The meaning given to ethics would be relative to time, place,
circumstance, and the person/s involved
There would be no universal ethical standards on which
people around the globe could agree
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Figure 4.4
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Utilitarian
Rights
Justice
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Figure 4.5
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