ENGR 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cooperativeness, Assertiveness, Risk Society
12 Feb 2018
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Involves finding agreement: spirit of mutual agreement between parties, flexibility to vary from stated goals. Negative connotation: sign of weakness in conviction, surrender of one"s objectives and principles. Individual agree on fundamental values but disagree on application. Individuals disagree on the relative importance of two different values. When does compromise involve ethics: when individuals disagree on the same fundamental value, making such a compromise betrays ones ethical principles and personal integrity. When is it ok to disagree on fundamental values. If there is a great degree of factual or conceptual uncertainty: the moral issue has great complexity there is no black/white answer, when there is a danger of breaking cooperative relationships team, friends, or family. Individuals deal with conflict & disagreement very differently. Depends on: degree of concern about self - assertiveness, degree to satisfy other"s concerns - cooperativeness, awareness about personal mode provides a pathway to resolve conflicts. Accommodating: neglects self- interest to consider other person"s needs.
