Introduction to Social Responsibility Flashcards
What is Social Responsibility?
- an ethical or ideological theory that an entity (e.g., government, organisation or individual) has a responsibility to society.
- responsibility can be “negative”; a responsibility to refrain from acting.
- responsibility can be “positive”; there is a responsibility to act.
What is one way in which social responsibility can be more complex?
- Psychologists acting in a socially-responsible way.
What do we mean by socially responsible?
What does it mean for psychologists to have a responsibility towards the world?
How can we produce psychological knowledge which is socially responsible?
What are the ethical imperatives for acting in a socially responsible way?
What are the consequences if we do not act in a socially responsible way?
What is another way in which social responsibility can be more complex?
Psychologists studying and understanding socially-responsible action(s) from a psychological perspective.
What kinds of individual and collective action might be considered to be socially responsible?
What psychological theories and models help us to understand these kind of actions?
How can psychological knowledge about these kinds of actions be applied to the world to develop and support more kind of this action?
