2.22 Ethics and Society

Question 1

We are shaped by:

Answer 1

Family
School
Community
School
Gender
Religion
Professions
Companies
Countries

Question 2

While we are so defined, we are not entirely aware ___ and __

Answer 2

How these factors influence us

Extent of their influences

Question 3

True or false
If we do not know how dramatically the community influences us, our natural tendency is to believe the community and not question.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or false

It is of little importance to be aware of how these factors influence us in making moral decision.

Answer 4

False
If we are not aware of how these factors shape us, we will just mimic what our communities have traditionally accepted to be correct.

Question 5

True or false

In differentiation we understand ourselves.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or false

We only know how different we are once we are exposed to different cultures

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or false

Due to climate change, we experience everyday disasters.

Answer 7

False
Due to social networking and media, information is readily accessible. Hence, we just become more aware of the current events.

Question 8

With the world as business’s staging area the digital native’s employment is about being ____

Answer 8

Globally savvy, culturally sensitive

Question 9

3 Layers of culture

Answer 9

Outer
Middle
Core

Question 10

Most obvious layer of culture

What we see are manifestations of the values of our culture

Answer 10

Outer layer

Question 11

May be informal rules
Rules not necessarily written
Values animate the explicit outer layer

Answer 11

Middle layer

Question 12

World view
Assumed not examined by natives to a culture
Transcend the culture

Answer 12

Core layer

Question 13

Theory which claims that because different societies have different ethical beliefs there is no rational way of determining whether an actions is morally right or wrong other than by asking whether the people of this or that society believe it is morally right or wrong

Answer 13

Ethical relativism

Question 14

True or false

In ethical relativism, cultural sensitivity means we must do or act accordingly to that particular culture

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or false
In ethical relativism, there are no standards that are absolutely true and should be applied to the companies and people of all societies

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or false
Relativism holds that something is right for the people or companies in one particular society if it accord with their moral standards, and wrong for them if it violates their moral standards.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or false

Even if we dig beneath the surface, there are only cultural differences.

Answer 17

False

We will see similarities if we dig beneath the surface

Question 18

Search for universals

Buildings are different because of the natural conditions of our countries

Answer 18

Protection from elements, comfort, to gather the family

Question 19

Search for universals

Some bury their dead, others burn them.

Answer 19

Respect for the dead

Question 20

Search for universals

Some live in before marriage; others marry in church

Answer 20

Commitment

Question 21

Pertains to inherited standards of right and wrong from the community

Answer 21

Morality

Question 22

True or false
Search for universals
Cultural sensitivity means that there are no objective truths in morality

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Study of our standards of right and wrong

Answer 23

Ethics

Question 24

In order to cut the habitual response, we need __

Answer 24

Reflective distance