MGMT 1040 Lecture Notes - Ethical Subjectivism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Deontological Ethics
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Outside of, prior to or independent of experience. This is a term used by kant and many other philosophers to justify knowledge or beliefs that we have that cannot be understood strictly within the world of empirical experience. When we use the word god we understand a being that functions independently of experience and is not bound to it. A moral theory that emphasizes the importance of partiality as an ethical principle in our relationships with individuals. We focus on the needs of the other person as defined by that other person. It has been associated by carol gilligan and others with feminist ethics, which critiques certain masculine characteristics (aggression, competitiveness) and challenges their classification as virtues. At the base are a corporation"s economic responsibilities to earn a profit for shareholders and to satisfy its basic fiduciary responsibilities. The next highest level consists of legal responsibilities, which entail full compliance with laws and all applicable regulations.
