1. How do relative ethics compare to universal ethical standards? Should ethics ever be relative? Provide a rationale for your response.
- Relative ethics apply to mainly you and your family while universal ethics apply to everyone across a broad spectrum of situations. Yes ethics should be relative. Because it very important what you do right and what you do wrong.
2. What is an ethical dilemma? Give 3 examples of ethical dilemmas that workers or managers might face in a business setting.
- When whatever you might do will have negative consequences. Forcing you to choose among bad options. 1) If someone was to ask you if he should go to another job, but you need him to complete a job. So you have to make the decision to tell him to go or stay.
2) If your boss tells you that you will get a raise but only if he was to fire your friend at work that will affect him and his family. And you have to make the decision to fire him or get the raise.
3) If an office was wanting a new copy machine at the office and asks you to take it out of your pay or do some extra work and he will take it out of your friend at works pay.
3. Compare the role of the individual and the role of the organization in ethical decision making. How can business promote an ethical climate?
- The individual role comes with making decisions that will affect you, your family your religion. The organization role affects people who work for the organization and ultimately the people who make the decisions reputation. For instance getting a private jet for 20 grand as apposed to just flying first class for a couple hundred dollars.
4. What are the 4 consumer rights originally outlined by President Kennedy in the early 1960s? How would you rank those rights in terms of importance? Why?
- The Right to be Safe, The Right to Be Informed, The Right to Choose, The Right to Be Heard. I think it should be