Unit 1
John Stuart taught this philosophy
What is utilitarianism?
The attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguish one group of people from another; the intangible and concrete ways that the tone or feel of an environment is established.
What is culture?
Planning the life span of a product with the attempt to deceive customers
(e.g. Apple)
What is planned obsolescence?
A categorized list of words that are related to a particular topic.
What is a taxonomy?
Kant taught this theory of knowledge
What are ethics and duties?
A bribe offered to an employee in exchange for access to specific products, services, privileges, or influence.
What is kickback?
What is delegating work?
Kant’s theory that the moral worth of an action is based upon whether it can be applied universally—that is, in every situation, for every person. If an action can be turned into a universal law, it is good and comes from purely good will.
What is universal law?
A framework that is used for ethical decision-making
What is a Decision Making Framework?
Figure out what the problem really is.
Identify key facts and opinions.
Think about other possible options.
Test your decision.
Make your decision and evaluate the outcome
Informing on someone; providing information about illegal activity to the police.
What is snitching?
Being responsible in your actions to other people and other companies
What is social/commercial responsiblity?
In ancient Greece, midway between two extremes (rather than the average).
What is the mean?
Something that governs our moral behaviors
What is a ethical standard
Someone who tells a person in authority about unethical or illegal activity occurring in the workplace.
What is a whistle-blower?
The regulation agency over US companies
What is the US Sentencing Commission?
Something you cannot touch because it does not have a physical presence; for example, a dream or a value.
What is intangable?
Aristotle taught this philosophy
What is human happiness and virtue?
An ethical duty to be honest to customers about the product or services being offered.
What is truth-in-advertising?
What is free trade?
The Greek philosopher Aristotle’s theory that we must cultivate character traits that will best bring us a happy life.
What is Virtue Theory?