2.22 Ethics and Society Flashcards
We are shaped by:
Family School Community School Gender Religion Professions Companies Countries
While we are so defined, we are not entirely aware ___ and __
How these factors influence us
Extent of their influences
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.
True
True or false
It is of little importance to be aware of how these factors influence us in making moral decision.
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.
True or false
In differentiation we understand ourselves.
True
True or false
We only know how different we are once we are exposed to different cultures
True
True or false
Due to climate change, we experience everyday disasters.
False
Due to social networking and media, information is readily accessible. Hence, we just become more aware of the current events.
With the world as business’s staging area the digital native’s employment is about being ____
Globally savvy, culturally sensitive
3 Layers of culture
Outer
Middle
Core
Most obvious layer of culture
What we see are manifestations of the values of our culture
Outer layer
May be informal rules
Rules not necessarily written
Values animate the explicit outer layer
Middle layer
World view
Assumed not examined by natives to a culture
Transcend the culture
Core layer
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
Ethical relativism
True or false
In ethical relativism, cultural sensitivity means we must do or act accordingly to that particular culture
True
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
True
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.
True
True or false
Even if we dig beneath the surface, there are only cultural differences.
False
We will see similarities if we dig beneath the surface
Search for universals
Buildings are different because of the natural conditions of our countries
Protection from elements, comfort, to gather the family
Search for universals
Some bury their dead, others burn them.
Respect for the dead
Search for universals
Some live in before marriage; others marry in church
Commitment
Pertains to inherited standards of right and wrong from the community
Morality
True or false
Search for universals
Cultural sensitivity means that there are no objective truths in morality
False
Study of our standards of right and wrong
Ethics
In order to cut the habitual response, we need __
Reflective distance
