Unit Intro Flashcards

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Business Ethics

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The study of business situations, activities and decisions where issues of right and wrong are addressed

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Morality

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Concerned with the norms, values and beliefs embedded in social processes which define right and wrong for an individual and community

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Ethics

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Study of morality and application of reason to explain rules and principles that determine right and wrong for a given situation

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Ethical absolutism

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Eternal and universally applicable moral principles, where right and wrong are objective and can be rationally determined

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Ethical relativism

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Morality is a context-dependent situation without inherent universal rights or wrongs

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