Exam 2: Ethical Decision Making: Personal and Professional Contexts

Which of the following statements commits the ethical oversight known as normative myopia?

Within business,an organization's context sometimes makes it difficult for even the well-intentioned person to act ethically.

There is a role for science and theoretical reason in any study of ethics.

Identify and describe the intellectual or cognitive stumbling blocks that can come in the way of responsible ethical decision.

Which of the following considerations can sometimes override consequences when comparing and weighing alternatives for ethical decision making?

_____ is one element that distinguishes good people who make ethically responsible decisions from good people who do not.

Which of the following conditions makes issue identification the first step in the ethical decision-making process?

Kathy,your best friend and classmate,asks you to help her with a challenging ethical dilemma.Which of the following would be your first step in the decision-making process?

Normative myopia occurs only in business.

Which step in the ethical decision-making process occurs once you have considered how a decision affects stakeholders by comparing and weighing the alternatives?

Explain how the ethical decision-making process does not end with making a decision.

_____ refers to shortsightedness about values.

Identify the final step in the ethical decision-making process?

Outline the importance of "walking a mile in another's shoes" and associate it with the fifth step of the ethical decision-making process.

Identify the cognitive barrier which might appear to relieve us of accountability for a decision?

Identify the institutional role from the following.

Explain the importance of determining the facts when making a responsible ethical decision.

Which of the following is a cognitive barrier to responsible,ethical decision making?

Identify the true statement about normative myopia.

We tend to give in to _____ in our professional environments,both because we want to "fit in" and to achieve success in our organizations,and also because our actual thinking is influenced by our peers.