Week 4 - Ethics (Ch. 4)

Question 1

Ethics & Ethical Behavior

Definitions

Answer 1

Ethics: A set of principles that defines what is right and wrong
Ethical Behavior: Behavior that conforts to a society’s accepted principal of right and wrong

Question 2

Ethical intensity

Answer 2

The degree of concern people have about an ethical issue

Question 3

Encouraging ethical behavior

Answer 3

Recruit, select, hire ethical people
Establish code of ethics
Training
Ethical Climate
Measure and enforce

Question 4

6 factors of ethical intensity

Answer 4

1. Magnitude of Consequences
2. Social Consensus
3. Probability of effect
4. Temporal Immediacy
5. Proximity Effect
6. Concentratio of effect

Question 5

3 steps in ethical decision making model

Answer 5

1. Identify the problem
2. Identify the constituents
3. Diagnose the situation

Question 6

Stages of Moral Development

Answer 6