Chapters 4-10 Flashcards
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What is the first step of the Baird Decision Model?
Be Attentive
What three things do you do when you are “Being Attentive”?
1) Attend to the context, 2) identify the decision maker, & 3) pinpoint the ethical issue
What is the second step in the Baird Decision Model?
Be Intelligent
What are the three things you do when you are “Being Intelligent”?
1) Determine the stakeholders, 2) explore the values in tension, & 3) identify options for action
When you “attend to the context” what do you consider?
1) the facts of the situation, 2) our personal worldview (received wisdom about ethics, evaluating received wisdom, and new ideas)
When you “identify the decision maker”, ethical decisions are always _____.
contextual
When you “pinpoint the ethical issue” what do you consider?
1) is this an ethical question?, 2) for the question we are answering, what is the very specific issue to be resolved?
When “determining the stakeholders”, what are the four tiers?
1) shareholders, 2) employees and customers, 3) competitors and vendors, and 4) interested community members
When “exploring the values in tension”, what are the four values in the core value sets for the person in community?
1) rationality, 2) autonomy, 3) sensibility, and 4) equality
____: safeguarding expectations and rules of the game
rationality
____: safeguarding the ability to nimbly more with emerging circumstances - flexibility, tolerance, and freedom
Sensibility
___: the ability to choose for one’s self how best to live both in terms of rights and responsibilities
autonomy
____: fairness in sharing the burdens and benefits
equality
What are the third, fourth, and fifth steps of the Baird Decision Model?
3) Be Reasonable, 4) Be Responsible, & 5) Be Reflective
What are the two things you do when you “Be Reasonable”?
1) Hone critical thinking skills, 2) examine from multiple perspectives
What are the two things you do when you “Be Responsible”?
1) Strive for ethical maturity, 2) act with courage
What are the two things you do when you “Be Reflective”?
1)Reflect on results, 2) seek continuous improvement
What are the benchmarks of ethical maturity?
1) pre-conformist stage, 2) conformist stage, 3) conscientious-conformist stage, 4) conscientious stage 5) compassionate inter-individual stage
When you “Be Responsible”, how do you strive for ethical maturity?
through the four ethical lenses
What are the analytical pitfalls that can happen when you are being reasonable and hone critical thinking skills?
1) circular arguments 2) ad hominem arguments 3) diversions 4)false dichotomy
____ make sure that you do not argue one point by using the same point as validation
circular arguments
____ do not attack a person (or their mental skills) evaluate the argument itself
ad hominem arguments
___ don’t go off on tangents or use glittering generalities to hide the reasoning or assumptions to stir emotions
diversions
____ don’t set up the problem so that the reader is forced into believing that only two choices are available
false dichotomy