Week 12 Flashcards
Five-phase ethical decision-making model
- Problem recognition
- Information search
- Construction of alternatives
- Decision making choice
- Implementation
Ethical Absolutism
Emphasizes principles of right and wrong behavior in accordance with set of universally fixed standards regardless of cultural differences.
Ethical Relativism
Importance of understanding cultural context in judging conduct.
cultural insiders’ viewpoint.
Ethical Universalism
Importance of deriving universal ethical guidelines by placing ethical judgments within proper cultural context
Meta-Ethics Contextualism
Application of ethics is understood only through systematic analysis of the multiple layers of the ethical dilemma
4 Preliminary procedures recommended in analyzing international business cases
a. Collect factual data before rushing to premature conclusions.
b. Consider the total situation and cultural context.
c. Identify intentions of others from three viewpoints (intention alone, action alone, taken as a whole).
d. Analyze weighted positive and negative consequences.