7th and 10th Commandment Flashcards
7th Commandment:
You shall not steal.
10th Commandment:
You shall not covet
your neighbor’s goods.
Focuses on the
prohibition to steal
from others
Seventh
Commandment
Focuses on the prohibition to succumb to greediness and desire for material wealth
Tenth
Commandment
Primary Offense:
Stealing
The rich and powerful take advantage of the poverty and powerlessness of the poor
Theft from above
Committed by the poor who take the goods of others in violation of the principles of justice and fairness
Theft from below
Values protected
Universal destination of goods and
private ownership
Social Justice-
Preferential option for the poor-
protects the basic
human right through equal distribution
of wealth
Social Justice-
means
preference to the well-being of the poor
and powerless in society, “live simply so
that others may live”
Preferential option for the poor-
Concerned with the maintenance of
harmonious relationship between
businessmen and consumers,
employees and employers
Founded in the principles of truth,
honesty and justice
Business Ethics
Issues affecting business ethics
Proliferation of Mass Media
Advertisements
Consumerism
We can resolve to not steal by upholding the value of
integrity