Exam 2: Deciding Whats Right: a Prescriptive Approach

Ethical dilemmas represent conflicts in values.

Jerome abides by the "Golden Rule -- Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." This is an example of which of these approaches to ethical decision making?

Matching Key Terms and Descriptions (each can be used more than once) -For example, followers of this approach would rely on Western biblical tradition or moral intuition for guidance.

Utilitarianism is the best known example of a consequential theory.

In business, concerning yourself with how your decision making affects stakeholders is useless given the number of stakeholders and their different interests.

The ___________ approach to ethical decision making focuses on how people actually make ethical decisions.

It is good advice to go with your gut.

Matching Key Terms and Descriptions (each can be used more than once) -A philosophical tradition that began with Aristotle and primarily considers the actor's character, motivations, and intentions.

Matching Approach and Weakness (each can be used more than once) -We can't always say exactly why we're uncomfortable in a situation, but years of socialization have likely made us sensitive to situations where something just doesn't feel quite right.

Discuss the disclosure rule and the ethical role model rule. When might the disclosure rule be most helpful? When might the role model rule be most helpful?

Matching Key Terms and Descriptions (each can be used more than once) -The______________ approach best known as consequentialist theory is Utilitarianism.

The _____ approach focuses more on the integrity of the moral actor (the person) than on the moral act itself (the decision or behavior).

Which of these is the first step in the sound ethical decision making in business?

Matching Key Terms and Descriptions (each can be used more than once) -Focuses on the integrity of the moral actor.

The prescriptive approach is to ____________ as the descriptive approach is to _____________.

A stakeholder is any person who only owns stock in a company.

A challenge involved in using a strictly consequentialist approach is that it is often difficult to obtain the information required to evaluate all of the consequences for all stakeholders who may be directly or indirectly affected by an action or decision.

A virtue ethics perspective requires a moral actor to look to the community that will hold the moral actor to the highest ethical standard and support the moral actor's intention to be a virtuous person.

Business managers generally rely on the consequentialist approach.

A _______________ is any person or group with a stake in the issue at hand.