The relationship between laws and ethics is not always clear. Although we may have a legal right to do something, this does not necessarily mean it is ethically justified. Sometimes, a law is unjust, meaning that does not achieve ethical goals. This video details the difference.
When making ethical decisions, the one consideration that a theory favors over all other considerations is called the Fundamental Moral Unit. Western philosophy identifies the individual as the FMU; feminist theories tend to use relationship and maintaining the connections among people; Eastern and indigenous theories put natural or spiritual systems as the core to be…
This video explores the different types of harm that may be caused to people or groups and the potential reasons we may have for justifying these harms. It helps form a basis for thinking critically about decisions.
Attribution is giving credit where credit is due. Appropriation is the complex borrowing of ideas, images, symbols, sounds, and identity from others. This video from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas walks through the ethical issues around using another person’s work.
Relativism is the belief that a harmful act is ‘right’ if the perpetrator claims it is ‘right,’ but what is right and what is wrong is not always relative. This video from the McCombs School of business at the University of Texas examines the applications and limitations of relativism.
BY JEREMY WILLINGER Introducing Head to Head: A conversation on behavioral science and ethics, a new eBook created for anyone interested in improving the effectiveness of compliance and ethics (C&E) programs in organizations. About: Head to Head is structured as a series of dialogs between ES collaborator Jeff Kaplan and our CEO Azish Filabi on various facets of compliance and ethics work. By…
An Ethical Systems Highlighted Syllabus BY ETHICAL SYSTEMS Download syllabus for Leading With Values, taught at University of Michigan-Ross School of Business in 2013 by Dave Mayer. Download
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