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Business Ethics

? Jose A. Cruz-Cruz, William Frey

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Original source: Connexions, Rice University, Houston, Texas



Contents

Chapter 1 Ethical Leadership ........................................................................................1

1.1 Theory Building Activities: Mountain Terrorist Exercise ...............................................1

1.1.1 Module Introduction ..............................................................................................1

1.1.2 Moral Theories Highlighted ...................................................................................1

1.1.3 Mountain Terrorist Scenario .................................................................................2

1.1.3.1 Activity 1.1 .....................................................................................................3

1.1.3.2 Activity 1.2 .....................................................................................................3

1.1.4 Taxonomy of Ethical Approaches..........................................................................3

1.1.5 Comments on the Relation Between Ethical Approaches .................................5

1.1.6 Module Wrap-Up ....................................................................................................6

1.2 Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics .........................................................................7

1.2.1 Module Introduction ..............................................................................................7

1.2.2 Three Versions of Virtue Ethics: Virtue 1, Virtue 2, and Virtue 3 .......................8

1.2.3 Virtue 1: Aristotle's Virtue Ethics ...........................................................................8

1.2.4 Virtue 2 ..................................................................................................................10

1.2.5 Virtue 3 ..................................................................................................................11

1.2.6 Flow Experiences ..................................................................................................12

1.2.7 Virtue Tables ..........................................................................................................12

1.2.8 Exercise 1.1 : Construct Virtue Tables for Professional Virtues ......................13

1.2.9 Exercise 1.2 Reflect on these Concluding Issues ..............................................14

1.2.10 Presentation on Virtue Ethics ...........................................................................15

1.2.10.1 Why Study Virtue Ethics? ........................................................................15

1.2.10.2 Three Definitions .....................................................................................15

1.2.10.3 Virtues and Practices ..............................................................................16

1.2.10.4 IV. Developing Virtues for Practices ......................................................16

1.2.11 Resources ............................................................................................................17

1.3 Moral Exemplars in Business and Professional Ethics ................................................17

1.3.1 Module Introduction ............................................................................................17

1.3.2 Exercise 1: Choose a moral exemplar ................................................................18

1.3.3 Moral Exemplars ...................................................................................................18

1.3.4 Exercise Two: Moral Exemplar Profiles ..............................................................19

1.3.5 Exercise Three .......................................................................................................19

1.3.6 Textbox: Two different Types of Moral Exemplar ............................................20

1.3.7 What Makes a Moral Exemplar? PRIMES Explained .........................................20

1.3.8 Presentation on Moral Exemplars ......................................................................23

1.3.9 Bibliography ..........................................................................................................24

1.4 Ethics of Teamwork .........................................................................................................24

1.4.1 Module Introduction ............................................................................................24

1.4.2 Module Activities ..................................................................................................25

1.4.3 A Framework for Value-Integration ....................................................................25

1.4.4 Value Profiles for Professional Ethics ................................................................26

1.4.5 Exercise 1: Developing Strategies for Value Realization ..................................27

1.4.6 Obstacles to GroupWork (Developed by Chuck Huffor Good Computing: A Vi

rtue Approach to Computer Ethics) .............................................................................28

1.4.7 Exercise 2 -Avoiding the Pitfalls of Group Work ...............................................30

1.4.8 Exercise 3: Socio Technical System .....................................................................30

1.4.9 Exercise 4: Prepare a Final, Group Self-Evaluation ...........................................32

1.4.10 Wrap Up: Some further points to consider... ..................................................33

1.4.11 Ethics of Team Work Presentations .................................................................33

1.4.12 Ethics of Teamwork Jeopardy ...........................................................................34

1.4.13 Bibliography ........................................................................................................34

Chapter 2 Ethical Decision-Making ............................................................................35

2.1 Ethical Rights for Working Engineers and Other Professionals .................................35

2.1.1 Module Introduction ............................................................................................35

2.1.2 What you need to know........................................................................................36

2.1.3 What you are going to do... .................................................................................42

2.1.4 Conclusion .............................................................................................................42

2.2 Three Frameworks for Ethical Decision Making and Good Computing Reports .....43

2.2.1 Module Introduction ............................................................................................43

2.2.2 Problem-Solving or Decision-Making Framework: Analogy between ethics an

d design............................................................................................................................44

2.2.3 Software Development Cycle: Four Stages .......................................................45

2.2.4 Problem specification ...........................................................................................45

2.2.5 Solution Generation .............................................................................................49

2.2.6 Solution Testing: The solutions developed in the second stage must be teste

d in various ways. ...........................................................................................................51

2.2.7 Solution Implementation......................................................................................52

2.2.8 Ethics Tests For Solution Evaluation ..................................................................54

2.2.9 Setting Up the Ethics Tests: Pitfalls to avoid .....................................................54

2.2.10 Harm/Beneficence Test .....................................................................................55

2.2.11 Reversibility Test .................................................................................................56

2.2.12 Steps in Applying the Public Identification Test .............................................56

2.2.13 Code of Ethics Test .............................................................................................57

2.2.14 Meta Tests ...........................................................................................................57

2.2.15 Application Exercise ...........................................................................................58

Decision-Making Presentation .............................................................................59

Decision Making Worksheet .................................................................................60

2.3 Values-Based Decision-Making in Gilbane Gold ..........................................................60

2.3.1 Module Introduction ............................................................................................60

2.3.2 What you need to know... ....................................................................................61

2.3.3 What you are going to do... .................................................................................63

2.3.4 Exercise: Problem Solving With Gilbane Gold ...................................................63

2.3.5 Conclusion..............................................................................................................65

Values in Gilbane Gold Handout ..........................................................................65

Virtues for ADMI 3405 ...........................................................................................66

2.4 Socio-Technical Systems in Professional Decision Making ........................................66

2.4.1 Module Introduction ............................................................................................66

2.4.2 Things to Know about STSs .................................................................................68

2.4.3 Constituents or Sub-Environments of Business Activity ..................................69

2.4.4 Ethics of STS Research .........................................................................................83

2.4.5 Participatory Observation ...................................................................................84

2.4.6 Exercise 1: Make a Table that Describes the Socio-Technical System ............85

2.4.7 Exercise 2: Identify Value Mismatches in the STS..............................................86

2.4.8 Using Socio-Technical System Grids for Problem Specification ......................88

Burger Man Socio-Technical System Table .........................................................89

2.4.9 Media File Uplinks .................................................................................................89

Socio-Technical Systems .......................................................................................89

STS Templates ........................................................................................................90

Chapter 3 CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) ......................................................91

3.1 A Short History of the Corporation ................................................................................91

Word Version of this Template ....................................................................................91

3.1.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................91

3.1.2 What you need to know ... ...................................................................................91

3.1.2.1 The History of the Corporation ...............................................................91

3.1.2.1.1 Passive Devices that hold property .............................................92

3.1.2.1.2 Structures that exert monopoly control and regulate a domain

of specialized ..................................................................................................92

3.1.2.1.3 A set of means specially designed to pool capital and resources

including human resources. .........................................................................93

3.1.2.1.4 Providing a legal shield to limit owner and operator liability ...93

3.1.2.1.5 Organizational structure that subordinate and synthesize the a

ctions of human agents ................................................................................93

3.1.2.1.6 Profile of the Modern Corporation ...............................................94

3.1.2.2 Legal Trail Toward Corporate Moral Personhood: A Table Summary .98

3.1.3 What you will do ... ............................................................................................ 100

3.1.3.1 Exercise One: Other People's Money .................................................. 100

3.1.3.2 Exercise Two: How to punish Arthur Andersen .................................. 100

3.1.3.3 Exercise Three: Group CID Structure ................................................... 101

3.1.4 What did you learn? .......................................................................................... 102

3.1.5 Appendix ............................................................................................................ 102

3.1.5.1 Bibliography ............................................................................................ 102

3.2 Moral Ecologies in Corporate Governance................................................................. 104

Word Version of this Template ................................................................................. 104

3.2.1 Thought Experiment: Plato-The Ring of Gyges .............................................. 104

3.2.1.1 Thought Experiment: The Milgram Experiments ............................... 104

3.2.1.2 Thought Experiment: Zimbardo and the Standford Prison Experiment

............................................................................................................................... 105

3.2.2 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 107

3.2.3 What you need to know ... ................................................................................ 107

3.2.3.1 Personality Characteristics: The "Big Five" (plus one) ........................ 107

3.2.3.2 Three Moral Ecologies ............................................................................ 108

3.2.4 What you will do ... ............................................................................................ 115

3.2.5 What did you learn? .......................................................................................... 116

3.2.6 Appendix ............................................................................................................ 116

3.3 Three Views of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)............................................... 117

Word Version of this Template ................................................................................. 117

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