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MGT 356
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Business
Undergraduate 4
05/18/2011

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Philosophy (Rand)
Definition
study of existence, of man, and of mans relationship to existence
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Values (Rand)
Definition
the which one acts to gain and/or keep
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Virtues (Rand)
Definition
the act by which one gains and/or keeps values
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Rights (Rand)
Definition
a right is a moral principle defining and sanctioning a mans freedom of action in a social context
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Justice (Rawls)
Definition
a characteristic set of principles for assigning basic rights and duties and for determining what they take to be the proper distribution of the benefits and burdens of social cooperation
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Hypernorms (Donaldson and Preston)
Definition
moral precepts fundamental to human beings
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Hypernorms (Donaldson and Preston)
Definition
moral precepts fundamental to human beings
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Hypernorms (Donaldson and Preston)
Definition
moral precepts fundamental to human beings
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Price gouging
Definition
a practice in which prices of certain kinds of necessary items are raised in the wake of an emergency to what appear to be unfair or exploitatively high levels
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Stakeholders
Definition
persons or group with legitimate interests in procedural and/or substantive aspects of corporate activity
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Corporate Governance
Definition
roles, responsibilities and balance of power among executives, directors and investors.
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Moral Philosophy
Definition
normative, how people should behave in moral situations
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Moral psychology
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descriptive, describes how people behave in moral situations
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Negative rights
Definition
right to pursue something
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Positive Rights
Definition
right to something
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Utilitarian justification for capitalism
Definition
capitalism in the economic system that best maximize the common good
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Rights justification for capitalism
Definition
capitalism is the only economic system the respects fundamental human rights such as property rights and freedom of association
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Subject Egoism
Definition
in the short term, humans are fundamentally different therefore you can't judge each other
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Objective egoism
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in the long run, humans are fundamentally the same therefore you can judge each other
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Stakeholder Target Level 1
Definition
Descriptive: how managers do treat their stakeholders
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Stakeholder target Level 2
Definition
Instrumental, how managers should treat their stakeholders if the want to achieve a certain goal (profit Maximization or shareholder value)
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Stakeholder Target Level 3
Definition
Normative: how managers should treat their shareholders because it is the right/moral thing to do, most important part of stakeholder theory
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How to apply Rawls Justice theory...
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Greatest benefit to the least advantaged
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How to apply Nozicks Rights theory..
Definition
Freedom of force and fraud. (remember positive rights violate negative rights)
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How to apply Utilitarianism
Definition
Maximize the common good
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How to apply Rand's Objectivist Theory
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to be ethical you have to be a rational and logical man qua man, aspire to be the best possible self (Do whats best for you in the long run)
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How to apply social contract theory...
Definition
Step 1- does it violate a hypernorm? (if yes stop)
Step 2- Does it violate a authentic norm? (If yes stop, if no then do it)
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How to apply ethics of care...
Definition
relationships, dialogue, responsibility
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A norm is authentic if
Definition
Compliance is approved
deviance is disapproved
Almost everybody does it
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