WGU C202 Ch 2
the ethical action best balances good over harm by doing the most good or doing the least harm. -
correct answer ✔✔utilitarian standard
When Southwest Airlines cuts all employees' pay rather than laying anyone off, - correct answer
✔✔utilitarian standard
the ethical action that best respects and protects the moral rights of everyone affected by the action,
including the right to privacy, to be told the truth, or to be safe. - correct answer ✔✔rights standard
If a supervisor tells an employee to handle a toxic substance without appropriate protective gear, the
employee has a right to refuse. - correct answer ✔✔rights standard
the ethical action treats all people equally, or at least fairly, based on some defensible standard. - correct
answer ✔✔fairness standard
central in the debate over the appropriateness of CEO salaries and bonuses that are hundreds of times
larger than the pay of the average employee. - correct answer ✔✔fairness standard
the ethical action shows respect and compassion for everyone, especially the most vulnerable. - correct
answer ✔✔common good standard
Ensuring that suppliers do not employ child labor or provide unsafe working conditions - correct answer
✔✔common good standard
the ethical action is consistent with certain ideal virtues including civility, compassion, benevolence, etc.
This standard asks, "Is this action consistent with my behaving at my best?" - correct answer ✔✔virtue
standard
the ethical action best balances good over harm by doing the most good or doing the least harm. -
correct answer ✔✔utilitarian standard
When Southwest Airlines cuts all employees' pay rather than laying anyone off, - correct answer
✔✔utilitarian standard
the ethical action that best respects and protects the moral rights of everyone affected by the action,
including the right to privacy, to be told the truth, or to be safe. - correct answer ✔✔rights standard
If a supervisor tells an employee to handle a toxic substance without appropriate protective gear, the
employee has a right to refuse. - correct answer ✔✔rights standard
the ethical action treats all people equally, or at least fairly, based on some defensible standard. - correct
answer ✔✔fairness standard
central in the debate over the appropriateness of CEO salaries and bonuses that are hundreds of times
larger than the pay of the average employee. - correct answer ✔✔fairness standard
the ethical action shows respect and compassion for everyone, especially the most vulnerable. - correct
answer ✔✔common good standard
Ensuring that suppliers do not employ child labor or provide unsafe working conditions - correct answer
✔✔common good standard
the ethical action is consistent with certain ideal virtues including civility, compassion, benevolence, etc.
This standard asks, "Is this action consistent with my behaving at my best?" - correct answer ✔✔virtue
standard
