Ethics

Question 1

When doing an ethical analysis, whose point of view should you consider?

Answer 1

The stakeholders

Question 2

What is the term for the creativity in identifying available, ethical alternatives?

Answer 2

Moral imagination

Question 3

True or False?

Stakeholder interests are inherently tied together and should be viewed as joint.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What are the 3 ethical traditions/theories?

Answer 4

Utilitarianism, Deontology, Virtue Ethics

Question 5

What is an ethical relativist?

Answer 5

Someone who holds that ethical values are relative to particular people, cultures, or times and there is no way to resolve who is right and wrong

Question 6

Which ethical tradition has been called a consequentialist approach to ethics and social policy?

Answer 6

Utilitarianism

Question 7

What are some defining qualities of utilitarianism?

Answer 7

1. We should act in ways that produce better consequences than the alternatives we are considering
2. Best decision will promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people
3. No act is ever absolutely right or wrong in all cases in every situation; it will always depend on the consequences

Question 8

True of False?

Utilitarians are not pragmatic thinkers

Answer 8

False

Question 9

What is expert utilitarian policy?

Answer 9

Policy experts try to predict the outcome of various policies and carry out policies that will attain utilitarian ends

Question 10

According to utilitarianism, does competition improve or hurt the overall good?

Answer 10

It improves the overall good

Question 11

Do the ends justify the means with utilitarianism?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

Which policy sacrifices the good of individuals for greater overall good?

Answer 12

Utilitarianism

Question 13

Do the ends justify the means with deontological ethical theories?

Answer 13

No

Question 14

Which ethical tradition stresses the importance of protecting individual rights?

Answer 14

Deontology

Question 15

What is deontology?

Answer 15

Deontology is an ethical tradition that tells us that there are some rules that we ought to follow regardless of consequences

Question 16

Which ethical theory respects the dignity of each individual human being?

Answer 16

Deontology

Question 17

Which ethical theory states that humans have a fundamental right of autonomy, or self-rule?

Answer 17

Deontology

Question 18

Which ethical theory shifts the focus from questions about what a person should do, to a focus on who that person is?

Answer 18

Virtue Ethics

Question 19

Of the 3 ethical traditions, which is the least relevant in business?

Answer 19

Virtue Ethics

Question 20

Which ethical theory seeks to understand how our traits are formed and which traits bolster and which undermine a meaningful, worthwhile, and satisfying human life?

Answer 20

Virtue Ethics

Question 21

Which ethical theory recognizes that social institutions impact and shape people’s character?

Answer 21

Virtue Ethics