MGMT 1040 Chapter Notes -Judiciary, Moral Relativism, Formal System
18 Mar 2014
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Mainly referred to as manners, but at times are morally wrong. Courts don"t make laws, but can declare them invalid. Supreme court has highest judiciary power: breaking the law is not always immoral. An action can be illegal but morally right. Such as hiding a jewish family from nazis. The fact that something is illegal does not trump all other moral considerations. An action that is legal can be morally wrong. A chairman of a profitable company lays off 125 workers and uses of the money saved to boost his and other managers pays. Although legal, morally wrong: laws codify a society"s customs, ideals, norms and moral values. Chcanges in law affects peoples view in what is right and what is wrong: professional codes, somewhere between etiquette and law lie professional codes of ethics. These are the rules that are supposed to given the conduct of members of a given profession.
