Theories of ethics & context of business ethics

MODULE 3: THEORIES OF ETHICS

MODULE 4: THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS
ETHICS

, MODULE 3
THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO RESOLVING ETHICAL
PROBLEMS
• INTRODUCTION
• TERMINOLOGY
• THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS
• TELEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
• DEONTOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
• ACTIVITY 3.1 .

, PERENNIAL QUESTIONS

• WHAT IS THE RIGHT OR WRONG THING TO DO ?
• WHAT SHOULD I DO?
• HOW CAN I JUSTIFY OR EXPLAIN MY DECISIONS IN A GIVEN SITUATION ?
• HOW CAN I ANALYSE THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS AND KNOW WHETHER THEIR DECISIONS A
BASED ON MORAL VALUES?

, THIS MODULE


• UTILITARIANISM :HOW IS IT APPLIED IN A GIVEN SITUATION TO ARRIVE AT EN ETHICALLY
CORRECT DECISION ?
• RIGHTS-BASED ETHICS AND DUTIES-BASED ETHICS: HOW CAN THESE CONCEPTS BE APPLIED
DECISION MAKING?
• ETHICS OF JUSTICE : HOW IT CAN BE APPLIED IN BUSINESS DECISION MAKING?
• ETHICS OF CARE : WHAT ARE THE KEY IDEAS ON WHICH THIS CONCEPT IS BASED?