Ethical Systems Table
PHL/323 Version 5
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Ethical Systems Table
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Fill in brief definitions of each primary ethical theory.
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Identify alternate names or variations of each ethical system based on your reading of the text and
supplemental materials.
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Match the real-world examples listed below with the corresponding systems. The first one has been
completed for you in the table.
Real-World Examples
A. I believe people should be able to eat sand if they like the taste of it.
B. I believe that if sand is going to be eaten, it should be available for everyone to eat.
C. I believe people should be able to eat sand because it is the right thing to do.
D. I believe people should be able to eat sand because it is good for one’s health.
E. I believe people should be able to eat sand if they decide they want to, regardless of whether it
is someone else’s sand.
F. I believe people should be able to eat sand if they want to because they are free to make the
decision themselves.
G. I believe I will eat sand because it is the standard meal for my community.
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Develop your own workplace example that fits with each system. Present each workplace scenario in
a substantial paragraph of approximately 40 words. Although the table field will expand to
accommodate your workplace examples, you may list them at the end of the table; make a note in the
table to see the attached examples, however, so your facilitator knows to look for scenarios below the
table.
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Format references consistent with APA guidelines and include them after the table.
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Theory/System and Brief Definition
Other Names
Real-World Example
Workplace Example
C. I believe people
should be able to
eat sand because it
is the right thing to
do.
It is my duty to follow
through with
instructions my boss
gives me, even if I do
not agree with the
concept. It is my moral
obligation to respect
authority figures.
Duty-based ethics
Regardless of consequences,
certain moral principles are binding,
focusing on duty rather than results
or moral obligation over what the
individual would prefer to do
(Treviño & Nelson, 2011, Ch. 2).
In ethics, deontological ethics, or
deontology (Greek: deon meaning
obligation or duty), is a theory
holding that decisions should be
made solely or primarily by
considering one's duties and the
rights of others. Some systems are
based on biblical or tenets from
sacred.
Consequence-based ethics
Deontology,
pluralism,
moral rights,
rights-based
Categorical
imperative
Golden rule
F. I believe people
should be able to
eat sand if they want
to because they are
free to make the
decision
themselves.
Rights-based ethics
Certain things are acceptable in a
community because the majority of
people in the community agree the
behavior is acceptable. Consider
laws and civil rights.
KEY TERMS SHEET
A. I believe people
should be able to
eat sand if they like
the taste of it.
Human nature ethics
Beliefs based on the extremes of
human behavior, both good and
bad, without the direction of an
outside authority.
KEY TERMS SHEET
B. I believe that if
sand is going to be
eaten, it should be
available for
everyone to eat.
Relativistic ethics
Relativism often uses the
personalized approach to ethics. It
is subjective and focuses on
personal experience as a form of
judgment, and many different
G. I believe I will eat
sand because it is
the standard meal
for my community.
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factors play a role in determining
how a person uses this system.
There are no absolutes within this
type of ethical approach.
KEY TERM SHEET
Entitlement-based ethics
Moral decisions are based entirely
on what is in the best interest of the
individual, regardless of
relationships, the needs of others,
or business.
KEY TERM SHEET
E. I believe people
should be able to
eat sand if they
decide they want to,
regardless of
whether it is
someone else’s
sand.
Virtue-based ethics
This approach focuses more on
integrity of the moral actor (the
person) than on the moral act itself
(the decision or behavior). (Treviño
& Nelson, 2011, Ch. 2).
D. I believe people
should be able to
eat sand because it
is good for one’s
health.
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References
Treviño, L. K., & Nelson, K. A. (2011). Managing business ethics: Straight talk about how to do it right (5th
ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
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