w6 ethics

"Describe Ancient Ethics"

"Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, virtue ethics, personal character"

"Explain Confucian Ethics"

"moral behavior, social harmony, respect for relationships"

"Define Religious Ethics"

"compassion, charity, honesty, personal accountability"

"What is Medieval Scholasticism?"

"St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, divine law, natural law"

"Describe deontological ethics"

"Kant, universal duties, categorical imperatives, ethics of justice"

"Explain the greatest happiness principle"

"Utilitarianism, Bentham, Mill, actions right if they promote well-being"

"Define Marxist ethics"

"Karl Marx, social justice, critique of capitalism, advocacy for equality"

"How does existentialism view morality?"

"Individual freedom, authenticity, personal responsibility, questioning traditional values"

"Describe contemporary environmental ethics"

"Social impacts, corporate responsibility, sustainability, ethical consumption"

"Explain postmodern ethics"

"Foucault, Derrida, context-dependent ethics, plurality, cultural sensitivity"

"What are the ethical concerns in AI and digital ethics?"

"Privacy, artificial intelligence, data ethics, responsibilities of tech companies"

"Define global and cross-cultural ethics"

"Globalization, cultural diversity, fundamental human rights"

"What is sustainable and socially responsible ethics?"

"Environmental sustainability, ethical supply chains, social justice"

"Describe ethical absolutism"

"Universal moral principles, right and wrong, universally applicable"

"Define ethical relativism"

"Morality depends on context, no universally valid principle, each view equally right"

"Describe normative ethics"

"Prescriptive ethics, ethical absolutism, how people ought to act"

"Explain the purpose of normative ethics"

"Provides rules, principles, frameworks for evaluating moral choices"

"Define consequentialism"

"Actions judged by outcomes, maximize overall good, minimize harm"

"How does consequentialism apply in management?"

"Weighing cost-benefit impacts on all stakeholders"

"What is deontology?"

"Duty-based ethics, actions right or wrong based on rules, do right regardless of consequences"

"Describe the application of deontology in management"

"Upholding contracts, honesty, justice even when inconvenient"

"What is virtue ethics?"

"Focuses on character and virtues, be a good person, act with integrity"

"How does virtue ethics influence management?"

"Fostering ethical cultures, role modeling, personal character"

"Explain Aristotle’s golden mean"

"Virtue lies between deficiency and excess"

"What are ethical decision-making frameworks?"

"Using ethics to guide tough decisions"

"Describe the role of leadership in ethics"

"Guiding ethical behavior, setting examples"

"What are codes of conduct?"

"Guidelines for ethical behavior, standards for organizations"

"What are critiques of normative ethics?"

"Idealism vs realism, cultural and contextual blindness"

"Explain idealism vs realism in ethics"

"Assumes rational and ethical actions, may not reflect reality"

"Describe the overemphasis on rational thinking in ethics"

"Downplays emotions, intuition, relationships"

"Explain the implementation gap in ethical decision-making"

"Knowing right actions doesn’t ensure action, ethical principles may clash"

"Define consequentialism in a business context"

"Justifies unethical means for greater good, eg. layoffs for shareholder value"

"How does deontology affect decision-making?"

"Ignores consequences, may lead to impractical decisions"

"Describe virtue ethics and its challenges"

"Vague, hard to apply consistently in large organizations"

"What is descriptive ethics?"

"Under ethical relativism, non-judgmental, research-driven"

"How does descriptive ethics recognize cultural variation?"

"Ethics vary across cultures, industries, organizations"

"Explain how descriptive ethics reveals ethical gaps"

"Identifies disconnects between stated values and actual behavior"

"Describe the application of understanding organizational culture"

"Reveals informal norms, ethical climates"

"What are ethical blind spots?"

"Helps recognize unconscious biases, rationalizations"

"Explain cross-cultural management in ethics"

"Informs perceptions and practices in different regions, teams"

"How does descriptive ethics analyze employee behavior?"

"Examines ethical decision-making patterns"

"Critique the descriptive ethics approach"

"Describes but doesn’t guide, normalizes unethical behavior"

"Describe cultural bias in ethical research"

"Data shaped by researchers’ cultural lenses"

"Describe how unethical norms can affect ethical progress"

"tolerance for unethical behavior, fitting in with groups"

"Explain the role of ethical climate surveys in business"

"reflect fear or conformity, not true values"

"Define cross-cultural excuses in business ethics"

"used to justify unethical practices, cultural norms"

"How can conformity impact ethical decision-making?"

"may lead to tolerance of unethical norms, fear of standing out"