PP247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Relativism, Making Money, Raw Image Format
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Unit 2 : ethics foundations and challenges. Course reading beacha(cid:373)p, to(cid:373) a(cid:374)d nor(cid:373)a(cid:374) bowie : ethical theory and business practice . Suggests social in-situation, composed of a set of standards pervasively acknowledged by members of a culture: concerned w practices defining right and wrong. Ethics: used as a general term referring to both moral believes and ethical theories. Morality and prudence: morality learned by almost every child as part of the acculturation process. In business self-interest and good ethics can coincide often in o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s i(cid:374)terest to a(cid:272)t (cid:373)orally: makes e(cid:448)aluati(cid:374)g a(cid:374)other(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t diffi(cid:272)ult. Proctor and gamble example : took off rely brand tampons that had been linked w toxic shock syndrome. Corporate concern about business ethics can be reduced / eliminated by turning problems over to legal department: moral evaluation needs to be distinguished from legal evaluation. La(cid:449) is (cid:374)ot the repository of a so(cid:272)iety(cid:859)s (cid:373)oral sta(cid:374)dards a(cid:374)d (cid:448)alues, e(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) the la(cid:449) is dire(cid:272)tly (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed (cid:449) (cid:373)oral problems.
