PHI 2397 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Game Players, Business Ethics
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Bluffing is not telling the truth but this is not the same thing as lying. Business is like a board game in which the players do all they can within the rules to win the game. Strategies of deception are part of the game of business and part of the games of life. Business is only ethical when it"s in it"s own interest morally. Ex: going to buy a car at a dealership, you bluff a little but it"s not like lying. Winning for him means doing as well as you can against your component. Strategies of deception are part of the game of business and part of the game of life. We do this for our own enhancement and well being in our life. Ex: boss asks you how a project is doing, and you tell him it"s going well, you exaggerate it in a positive way.