Ethical Decision Making: Personal And Professional Contexts

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The first step in making decisions that are ethically responsible is to consider all of the people affected by a decision, the people often called stakeholders.

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

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A person who acts in a way that is based upon a careful consideration of the facts has acted in a more ethically responsible way than a person who acts without deliberation.

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In the ethical decision-making process, the issue identification step always follows the fact gathering step.

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Decisions made on economic grounds imply the lack of ethical considerations.

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Inattentional blindness is the inability to recognize ethical issues.

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Normative myopia occurs only in business.

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Stakeholders include only those groups and/or individuals within an organization affected by an internal decision, policy or operation of a firm or individual.

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The most helpful way to compare and weigh the alternatives is to try to place oneself in the other person's position.

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A critical element of comparing and weighing the alternatives is the consideration of ways to mitigate, minimize, or compensate for any possible harmful consequences.

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Consequences or justifications are the only means for comparing alternatives.

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The best environment for high quality ethical decision making involves "thin air thinking."

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

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Responsibility for the circumstances that can encourage ethical behavior and can discourage unethical behavior falls predominantly to the business management and executive team.

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Within a business setting, individuals must consider the ethical implications of both personal and professional decision-making.

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Question 16

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The first step in making decisions that are ethically responsible is to:

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determine the facts.

consider the available alternatives.

monitor and learn from the outcomes.

identify and consider the impact of the decision on stakeholders.

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Question 17

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Which of the following is the second step of the ethical decision-making process?

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Considering available alternatives

Making the decision

Identifying the ethical issues involved

Considering the impact of the on stakeholders

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Question 18

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

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Identifying the ethical issue

Considering the available alternatives

Determining the facts of the situation

Making the decision

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Question 19

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When does issue identification become the first step in the ethical decision-making process?

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When you are not accountable for the decision

When you are solely responsible for a decision

When you are presented with an issue from the start

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Question 20

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In the ethical decision-making process, identify the steps that might arise in reverse order, depending on the circumstances.

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Identifying the ethical issues; considering the impact of the decision on stakeholders

Determining the facts; identifying the impact of the decision on stakeholders

Identifying the impact of the decision on stakeholders; considering the available alternatives

Determining the facts; identifying the ethical issues

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