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v=vmVu66Fpd9U&list=PLqLh3lLn0ilnqqveUPFNeqW5co8Hs7hP&index=1 What is ethics what is business ethics Ethics is the study of standards of behavior which promote human welfare & the good Business ethics is the study of standards of business behavior which promote the human welfare and the good. What is Ethics About? Ethics is about how we behave, the standards we hold ourselves to Ethics is about how we teach each other, even those we dont know (relationship) Ethics is not about Just feeling or conscious Just the same as religion Just following the law Just following what everybody else does Just science & technology what can be done Ethics is About How as an individual we act How we structure our organization and work How we structure our society, our laws. our systems Web Site- scu.edu/ethics/business ethics@scu.edu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMArWnKUwm0&list=PLqLh3lLn0ilnqqveUPFNeqW5co8H-s7hP Introduction to ethics Why bother studying ethics

Where ethics fit in college The ethical climat Questions ethics asks Questions on this lesson Why Bother Studying Ethics Ethical decisions are everywhere In the Home should I spank my children, should I cheat on my taxes to provide for my family? Should I let the truth if it would do more damage? In the Work place _ should I take things without asking if no one notice? Should I go along the boss who asks me to do something I dont feel right about? Should I rat out a co-worker? In Politics - should I vote PTI or MLN? should the government recognize same sex marriage? should the government provide free health care to every citizen? Advancing technologies create new decisions and dilemmas can you think of examples So it is irresponsible not to study ethics So you need to have a framework to handle new ethical decisions and dilemmas that may arise you need to have thought through the ethical decisions/dilemmas that currently exist To have an opinion over an ethical issue, you first need to understand the issues involved We do both the theory behind ethics, and the actual issue Where Ethics Fit in College As a field in its own right and As a field seeing other fields Sciences, practical study, Humanities and basic sciences Can ask what is the ethics of biology, what is the ethics of patient care, what is the ethics of business, what is the ethics of religion Scientific Fields Mathematical precision Exact Right or wrong answers Ethics Philosophical precision Less exact Better or worse answers

Little opinion involve Sone times disconnected to life Rhetoric/arguments doesnt matter much Ethical Climate The surrounding climate of ideas how to live The ethical climate shape What we find acceptable and unacceptable What we think is admirable or contemptible How we evaluate when things are going well or badly What is due to us, by whom, and for what reason?

Opinion often ground views Often deeply connected to life Rhetoric/arguments matter much

Our emotional response, pride or shame, anger or gratitude, what can be forgiven opr not Our standards of behavior Our very oidentities Features of our ethical climate Seeking our rights not our good. We dont like to talk about our duties, obligations or personal behavior; we think what we do or think in our private doesnt matter for the whole society (this is contrary to Confucius, Plato, etc.) Human as comparative animals We grade, evaluate and compare our behavior to others to justify ourselves, and then we often expect others to adopt our preference because they are right (gossips, reality, tv, soap, opera etc.) Ethics in Publicthere - is public debate not just universities: health care debates, cartoonists, satirists, novelists, plays, face book, new stories etc. We value Freedom We dont like being told what to do. People who disturb our equilibrium are uncomfortable for us Simon Blackburn - Ethics Some Questions Ethics Asks What is right What is good

What is just Who benefits What should people do How ought people behave What do we think we are right/just/good etc, when infact we can not see the whole picture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QScIJnWQxE&list=PLqLh3lLn0ilnqqveUPFNeqW5co8H-s7hP Ethical Theory Questions to consider The Options and Issues Relativism Subjectivism Religion Egoism Social Contract Utilitarianism Absolutism Ethics of Care Virtue Ethics Conclusion