CASE STUDY
1) Choose one of these ethical theories and explain it as clearly as you can (highlight its key aspects):
a) Either Virtue Ethics
b) Or Natural Law (Ethical) theory
c) Or Deontological Ethics
Virtue ethics looks at the virtue or moral character of the person carrying out an action, rather than at ethical duties and rules, or the consequences of particular actions (BCC, 2014). Evidently virtue ethics is explored as a concept of having moral characteristics of an individual’s perception and self-value to flourish and predict concepts of governing one’s choice to think for themself. Virtue ethics extends beyond the sphere of moral, as morality urges us to avoid wrongful activities such as cheating, lying, thief, adultery and murder. (Van, 2014). This statement explores moral injunction, which deals with issues by honouring and respecting sexual relations and the sanity of life. The core issue of this statement is morally concerned with the avoidance of doing wrong, as it inherits principles on matters for people to distinguish moral issues from non-moral issues.
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Consumers today want to do business with reputable companies that are led and managed by ethical decision makers. Ethical decision makers look to partner with other companies that share similar morals and values. In other words, the public and other companies want to associate with an organization that will make ethical judgements. Ethical decisions are not always obvious nor are they based on what is right or wrong or what is good or bad (Gonzalez-Padron, 2015). They are choices made by managers at all levels and stakeholders who follow the company’s core values, ethics policies and moral compass. One leader who is an example of integrity and ethics is Bill Daniels, who opened and operated a small insurance agency in Wyoming. Analyzing Bill Daniel’s ethical tradition, decision approach, and moral development will provide a foundation to Bill’s business methodology.
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Some people think that one aim of a moral theory is to give one a “decision procedure” to use when faced with moral problems. Decision procedures are defined as procedures that are similar to an algorithm for determining a finite number of specific steps that validate a particular proposition or argument. Well known examples of a decision procedure is the popular Venn-diagrams for aid in determining an interpretation of categorical knowledge and truth tables which are used in calculus problems. But what makes this procedure different from these examples is that we are talking about moral problems. Moral problems or moral issues are concerns that are shown to be any issue with the possibility to help and or harm anyone which could include ourselves. When making any decision, the consequences of that decision we make could reflect on our own morality. This means that this reflects our character, judgment, and our thoughts, but what is clearly defined when we make a decision is where we place ourselves to be. We classify ourselves and associate our decision making based on what we identify ourselves as. Aristotle’s virtue ethics, Mill’s utilitarianism, and Kant’s deontological theory are examples of possible classifications that one may associate and identify themselves as. Each of these theories present a particular procedure to abide by when making a decision. The purpose of this paper is to define each of these theories, explain what procedure each theory gives us, how we
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