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Chapter 5
Ethics and Social Chapter 5
Responsibility Topics
Ethical values
Social responsibility
Fundamental approaches to ethical issues
The code of moral principles and values that govern the behaviors of a person or
group with respect to what is right or wrong.
Amount of
Explicit Control
High Low
Utilitarian Approach
Individualism Approach
Moral-Rights Approach
Justice Approach
● Moral behavior produces the greatest good for the greatest number
● Critics fear a “Big Brother” approach and ask if the common good is squeezing
the life out of the individual
1. The
1. The right
right of
of free
free consent
consent
2.
2. The
The right
right to
to privacy
privacy
3.
3. The
The right
right of
of freedom
freedom of
of conscience
conscience
4. The right of free speech
5.
5. The
The right
right to
to due
due process
process
6.
6. The
The right
right to
to life
life &
& safety
safety
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Justice Approach
Market Approach
Legal Approach