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| Is the decision good for the group? Must always tell the truth. |
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| Do what is in your self-interest. Business is a game. Business ethics & personal ethics are separate. |
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| You must explain your decision and actions to a larger audience. In other words would you make this decision if you had to tell it on the news. |
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| Virtue through moderation. (wide interpretation) |
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| Look at the end result and compare if the end result is worth any sacrifices made during the process. |
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| "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Put yourself into another person's position. |
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| What do you feel or understand to be right. What does your "gut" say. |
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| The Might-Equals_Right Ethic |
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| Whoever is stronger can overtake the weaker. (not used in most civilized settings.) |
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| The welfare of organization comes before individual. (practiced strongly in Japan) |
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| The Principles of Equal Freedom |
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| A person has a right to act as along as it does not deprive another person of a proper freedom. |
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| The Proportionality Ethic |
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You must weigh both the good and evil consequences.
Weigh five factors.
1. Assess type of good and evil
2. Calculate urgency of situation
3. Estimate the probability of both good and evil effects
4. The intensity of influence over effects
5. Existence of alternatives |
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| Protect the Rights. (Is it against the law.) |
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| Basic principle of justice: the bonds of community must be maintained. Usually everyone is treated equally. |
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| Actions that promote happiness are right and actions that promote unhappiness are wrong. The greatest good for the greatest number. (Tends to be a problem because of self-interested reasoning.) |
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