{"id":1075,"date":"2015-06-02T21:24:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T21:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/masterybusinesslaw1x6xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1075"},"modified":"2017-01-09T19:42:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T19:42:41","slug":"why-it-matters-7","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/chapter\/why-it-matters-7\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters","rendered":"Why It Matters"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why describe, analyze and apply\u00a0ethical issues in business, including their legal implications?<\/h2>\r\n<h3>INTRODUCTION<\/h3>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1076\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"467\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/421\/2015\/06\/21040127\/640px-The_Thinker_Rodin.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-1076 \" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/421\/2015\/06\/21040127\/640px-The_Thinker_Rodin.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of Rodin's &quot;The Thinker&quot; in Paris. The statue is of a man sitting on a rock with his left arm resting on his left leg, and his right arm is bent so that his right elbow touches his left knee and his arm bends so that he can rest his chin on the top of his right hand. He is deep in thought.\" width=\"467\" height=\"622\" \/><\/a> Statue of Rodin's \"<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Thinker#\/media\/File:The_Thinker,_Rodin.jpg\">The Thinker.<\/a>\"[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWhat\u2019s on his mind? \u00a0What is he \u201cthinking\u201d? \u00a0Maybe he is pondering...\r\n\r\n\"What should I decide to do? Which decision is the \"right\" one? The \"moral\" one? the \"ethical\" one to make?\"\r\n\r\nYou and I too have asked ourselves those questions many times. Ultimately we chose one decision or the other. One was the \u201cright\u201d decision and the other was the \u201cwrong\u201d decision.\r\n\r\nA business is a legal person not a flesh and blood person like you and me. But a business can only operate by decisions made be flesh and blood people like you and me. Every business, just like every person makes decisions after considering those same questions:\u00a0\"What should I decide to do? Which decision is the \"right\" one? The \"moral\" one? the \"ethical\" one to make?\"\r\n\r\nOf course, everyone of us has considered or flirted with the idea that maybe with this decision there really isn\u2019t any right or wrong, at least for me...this time...in this decision. But, that\u2019s really just a cop out and denial. The real truth in these moments is that we are overwhelmed by the difficulty and consequences of the ethics of our pending decision. We are afraid of and don\u2019t want to consider the consequences of our decisions to ourselves and to others. If you or I have no moral considerations or ethics to aid our decision-making, then we become strangers, even enemies of our society.\r\n\r\nThis next section will not provide an absolute answer to these ethical\u00a0questions, because that is always for you and me to decide for ourselves. But,\u00a0this section will offer some theories and ideas about HOW you or I could or perhaps should think about and weigh these decisions before making them.\r\n\r\nIn the very first section of this course you were \u00a0briefly introduced to the Josephson Model of ethical decision making, now you will be introduced to several possible models and theories that could be used to make the \u201cright\u201d decision...the ethical decision. \u00a0In the closing section of this class you will discover and consider alternative theories and models of ethical decision-making including:\r\n\r\n1) \u00a0Normative ethics (what you should do) \u00a0vs. descriptive ethics ( what you actually do)\r\n\r\n2) \u00a0Do the \u201cends justify the means\u201d? \u00a0\u00a0Or is it the other way around?\r\n\r\n3) \u00a0Duty Theories:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Aristotle\u2019s Perennial Duty: develop and improve yourself and avoid doing harm to others.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Kant\u2019s Categorical Imperatives: I should only decide and act as if everyone else always decided and acted the same way.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n4) Rights Theories:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>John Locke: the natural unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Libertarian\u2019s: \u00a0the individual dominates over the government.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n5) \u00a0Alternative \u201ctoe to toe\u201d comparisons of rights and duties theories to actual ethical problems.\r\n\r\nA little knowledge never hurt, right? \u00a0You\u2019re going to be pondering the ethics of it all anyways. \u00a0Go get after it!\r\n<h3>LEARNING OUTCOMES<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Define,\u00a0analyze and apply\u00a0differing philosophical approaches to ethics in business settings<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Identify, describe and debate\u00a0specific scenarios that pose ethical dilemmas<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2>Why describe, analyze and apply\u00a0ethical issues in business, including their legal implications?<\/h2>\n<h3>INTRODUCTION<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1076\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/421\/2015\/06\/21040127\/640px-The_Thinker_Rodin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1076\" class=\"wp-image-1076\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/421\/2015\/06\/21040127\/640px-The_Thinker_Rodin.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of Rodin's &quot;The Thinker&quot; in Paris. The statue is of a man sitting on a rock with his left arm resting on his left leg, and his right arm is bent so that his right elbow touches his left knee and his arm bends so that he can rest his chin on the top of his right hand. He is deep in thought.\" width=\"467\" height=\"622\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statue of Rodin&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Thinker#\/media\/File:The_Thinker,_Rodin.jpg\">The Thinker.<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What\u2019s on his mind? \u00a0What is he \u201cthinking\u201d? \u00a0Maybe he is pondering&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What should I decide to do? Which decision is the &#8220;right&#8221; one? The &#8220;moral&#8221; one? the &#8220;ethical&#8221; one to make?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You and I too have asked ourselves those questions many times. Ultimately we chose one decision or the other. One was the \u201cright\u201d decision and the other was the \u201cwrong\u201d decision.<\/p>\n<p>A business is a legal person not a flesh and blood person like you and me. But a business can only operate by decisions made be flesh and blood people like you and me. Every business, just like every person makes decisions after considering those same questions:\u00a0&#8220;What should I decide to do? Which decision is the &#8220;right&#8221; one? The &#8220;moral&#8221; one? the &#8220;ethical&#8221; one to make?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, everyone of us has considered or flirted with the idea that maybe with this decision there really isn\u2019t any right or wrong, at least for me&#8230;this time&#8230;in this decision. But, that\u2019s really just a cop out and denial. The real truth in these moments is that we are overwhelmed by the difficulty and consequences of the ethics of our pending decision. We are afraid of and don\u2019t want to consider the consequences of our decisions to ourselves and to others. If you or I have no moral considerations or ethics to aid our decision-making, then we become strangers, even enemies of our society.<\/p>\n<p>This next section will not provide an absolute answer to these ethical\u00a0questions, because that is always for you and me to decide for ourselves. But,\u00a0this section will offer some theories and ideas about HOW you or I could or perhaps should think about and weigh these decisions before making them.<\/p>\n<p>In the very first section of this course you were \u00a0briefly introduced to the Josephson Model of ethical decision making, now you will be introduced to several possible models and theories that could be used to make the \u201cright\u201d decision&#8230;the ethical decision. \u00a0In the closing section of this class you will discover and consider alternative theories and models of ethical decision-making including:<\/p>\n<p>1) \u00a0Normative ethics (what you should do) \u00a0vs. descriptive ethics ( what you actually do)<\/p>\n<p>2) \u00a0Do the \u201cends justify the means\u201d? \u00a0\u00a0Or is it the other way around?<\/p>\n<p>3) \u00a0Duty Theories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aristotle\u2019s Perennial Duty: develop and improve yourself and avoid doing harm to others.<\/li>\n<li>Kant\u2019s Categorical Imperatives: I should only decide and act as if everyone else always decided and acted the same way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4) Rights Theories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Locke: the natural unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.<\/li>\n<li>Libertarian\u2019s: \u00a0the individual dominates over the government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5) \u00a0Alternative \u201ctoe to toe\u201d comparisons of rights and duties theories to actual ethical problems.<\/p>\n<p>A little knowledge never hurt, right? \u00a0You\u2019re going to be pondering the ethics of it all anyways. \u00a0Go get after it!<\/p>\n<h3>LEARNING OUTCOMES<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Define,\u00a0analyze and apply\u00a0differing philosophical approaches to ethics in business settings<\/li>\n<li>Identify, describe and debate\u00a0specific scenarios that pose ethical dilemmas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1075\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li><strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Allen Jorgensen and Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":74,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"\",\"author\":\"Allen Jorgensen and Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1075","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":86,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1077,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1075\/revisions\/1077"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/86"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1075\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/montgomerycollege-masterybusinesslaw2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}