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CST3-Ethics
Ethics and Integrity slides
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ethical Decision | Any decision that could potentially significantly harm or benefit someone |
| Complementary Views on Ethics | Utilitarianism and Formalism |
| "Janusian" thinking | the ability to look at multiple perspectives simultaneously |
| Utilitarian View | Decisions should achieve the greatest good for the most amount of people; use cost-benefit analysis; |
| problems with utilitarian view | may not be "just", emphasis on quantifiable criteria and that criteria may be manipulated for a desired result |
| Formalism view of ethics | universal moral principles are what decisions are developed on; core values to justify ethical decisions |
| Problems with Formalistic View | complex, dogmatic, ignores individual differences |
| Why Formalism and Utilitarian Complimentary | Utilitarian is prospective because you are thinking about what consequences of actions today are going to be in the future Formalism is retrospective because it seeks compliance with a past decision or situation |
| Unintential Lapses of Ethical Judgement | good people do bad things because they fail to think about the consequences of their decisions |
| Thoughtless may result from | Scripts, distractions, moral exclusion |
| integrity - Honoring your word | quality or state of being complete, whole, perfect, sound, unbroken and unimpared "Without integrity, nothing works." |
| Keeping your Word | Doing what you have said, doing what you know to do, doing what other expect, being willing to be held accountable - UNLESS YOU SAID YOU WERENT GOING TO |