GMS 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Workplace Harassment, Milgram Experiment, Selfishness
1 Feb 2015
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What we should do and how we should live. To clarify your values so you can make decisions that align with them. To respect yourself as a person of good character and integrity. To address issues such as: protecting the environment, avoiding scandals (e. g. enron, worldcom, tyco, workplace harassment and discrimination, making products that do harm consumers. Studying ethics will improve your ability to make good decisions and to be able to defend your choices. Deontology looks at the actions or means people use to achieve their goals. Character (virtue) ethics looks at the agents or persons who are acting in the situation. Consequentialism (utilitarianism) looks at the ends or goals that are outcomes of actions \ Deon duty or obligation (to follow standards) Evaluates actions based on standards of right and wrong. Standards of human decency, worth and respect rule out treating others in certain ways (i. e. lying to them, physically harming them.
