PHI 2397 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Arlie Russell Hochschild, Business Ethics, Flight Attendant
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Reading notes: chapter 1: on the job, everyday ethics at. Respecting the humanity in a person: norman e bowie personality. Respecting the humanity in a person: albert carr challenged the application of the golden rule in business. It is morally better to be nice than to be cruel; however the method in which an employer uses to fire an employee does not matter because the real issue is morally justifying firing someone. The cringing and the craven: freedom of expression in the workplace: Its often about what they do not do rather than what they do examples include exclusion and silent treatment: challenges to approach the situation cause there is not solid proof of the treatment. Doing business in dangerous places: risks must be kept under review. The employee may consent to risk for the wrong reasons: what makes the situation amplified is frequency or duration of exposure and persistency.
