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perhaps for the rest of their lives. While this also exhibits the importance of duty ethics, virtue ethics essentially describe the character traits that all parents ultimately need to exhibit.
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Serving in the military does require the cultivation of ethical virtues. Just as with parenting, a First Sergeant role involves placing the needs of others before the self—not only because it is one’s duty but because one is driven to do so by ethical virtues and strong moral character. The Air Force and any other military branch depends on ethical people because in times of need, those who have strong ethical characters will be… Continue Reading...
Unlike either deontological or utilitarian ethics, virtue ethics focuses on character. Because virtue ethics are not consequentialist, overall virtue ethical frameworks are more akin to deontological analysis of moral right and wrong. One’s intentions are as important as one’s actions; the consequences of one’s actions are important but not as much as remaining honest, compassionate, and willing to learn. At the same time, Aristotle and other proponents of virtue ethics believed that it is most important to be a good person, and to live a good life, than it is to ascribe to some external moral… Continue Reading...
concerns raised by the firm's operations and utilizes various ethical theories (utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and ethics of care) to evaluate the firm's treatment of the indigenous people of Colberia. Finally, a comparison of WCH's actions and a number of real-world companies is provided.
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Broadly speaking, a stakeholder denotes a person or an entity affected by or that affects the operations of a given organization (Carroll, Brown & Buchholtz, 2017). Stakeholders are groups that are necessary for the existence of an organization. These include employees, managers, communities, customers, shareholders, lenders, investors, and government agencies. Stakeholders may also include suppliers, labor… Continue Reading...
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The three main ethical categories include duty ethics or deontology, utilitarian ethics or consequentialism, and character ethics, or virtue ethics. Ideally, a combination of these three approaches helps to inform a person's ethical and moral behavior. There are pros and cons to each of these. Deontology assumes that everything can be black and white, and the ethical decision-making becomes rigid. At the same time, deontology allows people to become principled and to refrain from making convenient exceptions to rules for selfish reasons. Utilitarian ethics tend to view the ends as justifying the means, allowing for some unethical behaviors to take place as long as the actor deems the… Continue Reading...
Perrett, R. W., & Patterson, J. (1991). Virtue ethics and Maori ethics. Philosophy East and West, 41(2), 185-202.
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• The argument of the author is that the Maori Ethics is a representation of the virtue ethics as it is a representation of what one should be and not how one should act. The author alludes to Aristotle's perceptions of ethics and differentiates the concept of virtue ethics from the deontological and consequentialist theories. The concept of the self as the prime moral agent of nature is one of the main argument brought forward by the… Continue Reading...
diversity, and honoring the need for autonomy. Rooted in virtue ethics, libertarian ethics also focus on the development of good moral character within an organization’s leadership as well as its entire staff (Powell, 2013). Like utilitarian ethics, libertarian ethics are not predisposed to rules but nevertheless realize the importance of overarching ethical tenets that foster good business relationships.
Libertarian ethics prove important from a business standpoint because leaders with strong moral character who respect the efficacy of alternative viewpoints will be more attuned… Continue Reading...
of a moral way of life is not dissimilar to some of the arguments that date to virtue ethics, or even deontological ethics. While there are elements that are different, all of these contrast consequentialism in the sense that they presuppose a set of rules that govern morality. Noddings simply argues that care ethics can form morality. In this, she is not wrong. There are many means by which people form their morality. The religious will see morality is relating to laws handed down by some deity or other; the irreligious may turn to deontology, but there is always some sort of code that people follow, in… Continue Reading...
of the problems that led to the disaster that was the 2007-2008 economic collapse. Ethical principles such as utilitarianism and virtue ethics are explained in connection with these discussions. The issues of diversity and discrimination are evaluated at length, and the issue of corporate sponsored volunteer programs is discussed as well.
Keywords: ethics, workplace ethics, leadership ethics, organizational ethics
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Some of the most common forms of unethical behavior in our workforce today consist of misuse of company funds, misuse of company time, fraudulent activity, and lying. There are many different examples of these unethical activities. Wells Fargo for instance was just punished for signing people up to accounts that… Continue Reading...
the player’s behavior and traits (Virtue Ethics). Therefore, for deontologists, the decision on whether any given situation is bad or good is governed by whether its underlying action is wrong or right. In simpler terms, a choice is considered to be "right" if it conforms to an ethical norm: Right must be prioritized over good. If, for instance, an individual puts forward the idea that all life forms presently inhabiting the world but not supporting agriculture ought to be eliminated for ending the malice of starvation, deontologists would oppose the idea, claiming a world from… Continue Reading...
are participants. While different ethical systems call for different types of action—for example, virtue ethics places the emphasis of action on pursuing the good, while duty-ethics places the emphasis of action on doing one’s duty however it may be defined—the deontological perspective applies to the issue of DNR in an important way. According to Kant, one ought to act as though one were a lawmaker in the Kingdom of Ends. In such a Kingdom, all individuals are respected and no one is abused or exploited. From this perspective, the patient can be seen as one whose desires are to be fully respected and… Continue Reading...
(2008) believe that the sense of ‘community’ lies at the core of the virtue ethics approach. An individual's character traits do not develop separately; rather they are cultivated by and within their respective communities, which include their families, educational institutions, religious institutions, and other public and private associations. With growth and maturity, an individual’s personality will be greatly influenced by values prized by his/her community, traits encouraged by the community, and community role models whose traits, represented in movies, folk tales, soap operas, fiction, etc., they tend to imitate. The virtue ethics approach encourages one to focus on community contours and character traits… Continue Reading...
usage of a virtue ethics perspective. Mill would say that Halevi needs to readjust his argument away from the circular thinking upon which is based both his conclusion and his premise so that the argument is more linear and acknowledges the aim of the side that is doing the boycotting. This would allow Halevi to both highlight the good and develop a suitable alternative to the boycott, which Halevi opposes. The alternative would be based on achieving the objective of the protestors just… Continue Reading...
on individualism and free choice has resulted in a shift from virtue ethics to rule-governed ethics; and from communitarianism to a social individualism, thereby destroying morality. In a similar vein, Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno argue in their book Dialectic of Enlightenment that humanity, instead of advancing towards a truly human state, has been descending into a new version of barbarism, and that Enlightenment is largely to blame (p. xi). The reason for this is that though Enlightenment has inculcated a culture of reason, it has simultaneously undermined morality (Rasmussen 3).
Rasmussen further points out that Enlightenment has weakened religion and… Continue Reading...
