TEST 1 CHAPTER 4 Flashcards
An ethical principle guided. by what will result in the greatest good for the greatest number of people
Utilitarian Approach
This approach is guided by what will result in the individual’s best long-term interests, which ultimately are in everyone’s self-interest.
Individual Approach
This approach is guided by respect for the fundamental rights of human beings such
as life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
Moral Rights Approach
This approach is guided by respect for impartial standards of fairness and equity.
Justice approach
Theory of corporate. social responsibility that holds that managers are agents of shareholders whose primary objective is to maximize profits
Shareholder model
Theory of corporate social responsibility that suggests that managers are obliged to look beyond profitability to help their organizations succeed by interacting with groups that have a stake in the organization
Stakeholder model
Company mechanisms typically designed by corporate counsel to prevent, detect, and punish legal violations
Compliance-based ethics programs
Company mechanisms designed to instill in people a personal responsibility for ethical behavior
Integrity-based ethics programs
An act that established strict accounting and reporting rules to make senior managers more accountable and to improve and maintain investor confidence
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Ethical Decision Making takes (1) Moral _______, (2) Moral ________, and (3) Moral
_________
Awareness, judgement, and character