Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ethical Principles in
Business
JUSTICE, RIGHTS,
UTILITARIAN, ETHIC OF
CARE & VIRTUE ETHIC
Judgments about justice are based on moral principles
that identify fair ways of distributing benefits and
burdens among the members of a society.
Judgments about violations of people’s rights are
based on moral principles that indicate the areas on
which people’s rights to freedom and well-being must
be respected.
A utilitarian standard of morality; a moral principle,
that is, that claims that something is right to the extent
that it diminishes social costs and increases social
benefits.
An ethic of care is an ethic that emphasizes caring for
the concrete well-being of those near to us.
ETHICAL THEORIES