MGT 3211 Lecture 1: Week 1
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Deductive ethical reasoning: moves from a general ethical principle to a specific ethical judgement/conclusion. Jack decoste should (ethically obligated to) report what he overhears as sexual harassment: fellow manager ron french against secretary julia martinez. If we accept the first statement & can demonstrate proof, we cannot reject the ethical judgement. C is an a (possibly premise with the fact) Valid, but not sound because grounded in untrue generalization. Reporting it would not stop the act. Unsound does not mean conclusion is false, only that it is not convincing, may need stronger arguments. Utilitarian: greatest good for the greatest # of people.
