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Ethical Systems Table

• Fill in brief definitions of each primary ethical theory.

• Identify alternate names or variations of each ethical system based on your reading of the text and supplemental materials.

• Match the real-world examples listed below with the corresponding systems. The first one has been completed for you in the table.

Real-World Examples

A. I believe people should be able to eat sand if they like the taste of it.

B. I believe that if sand is going to be eaten, it should be available for everyone to eat.

C. I believe people should be able to eat sand because it is the right thing to do.

D. I believe people should be able to eat sand because it is good for one’s health.

E. I believe people should be able to eat sand if they decide they want to, regardless of whether it is someone else’s sand.

F. I believe people should be able to eat sand if they want to because they are free to make the decision themselves.

G. I believe I will eat sand because it is the standard meal for my community.

• Develop your own workplace example that fits with each system. Present each workplace scenario in a substantial paragraph of approximately 40 words. Although the table field will expand to accommodate your workplace examples, you may list them at the end of the table; make a note in the table to see the attached examples, however, so your facilitator knows to look for scenarios below the table.

• Format references consistent with APA guidelines and include them after the table.

|Theory/System and Brief Definition |Other Names |Real-World Example |Workplace Example |

|Duty-based ethics |Deontology, pluralism, |C. I believe people should be |It is my duty to follow through |

| |moral rights, |able to eat sand because it is|with instructions my boss gives |

|Regardless of consequences, certain moral |rights-based |the right thing to do. |me, even if I do not agree with |

|principles are binding, focusing on duty rather | | |the concept. It is my moral |

|than results or moral obligation over what the |Categorical imperative| |obligation to respect authority |

|individual would prefer to do (Treviño & Nelson, | | |figures. |

|2011, Ch. 2). |Golden rule | | |

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|In ethics, deontological ethics, or deontology | | | |

|(Greek: deon meaning obligation or duty), is a | | | |

|theory holding that decisions should be made | | | |

|solely or primarily by considering one's duties | | | |

|and the rights of others. Some systems are based | | | |

|on biblical or tenets from sacred. | | | |

|Consequence-based ethics | | | |

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|Rights-based ethics | | | |

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|Human nature ethics | | | |

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|Relativistic ethics | | | |

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|Entitlement-based ethics | | | |

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|Virtue-based ethics | | | |

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References

Treviño, L. K., & Nelson, K. A. (2011). Managing business ethics: Straight talk about how to do it right (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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