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new2.docxIntro. to Case- and Ethical-Analyses
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The Week Ahead · This is a heavy reading week. See the list of readings, below. There is no seminar this week. · Introduction to Case Analysis · Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching · Ask questions (and answer if you know) in the Virtual Office this week. · Rely explicitly on the management principles in Carpenter et al. (2015). · Begin to develop your case-analysis worksheet for the Week 6 case seminar . This week we will focus a new skills for most students: case analysis in business, and ethical analysis using theories of ethics (philosophy) that assess the ethics of managerial decisions. A manager's primary role is to make decisions. When they do so with little regard for ethics, logic, or social justice, the organization and its people suffer. |
Lecture on Ethical Analysis-2
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· Ethical Theories and Logical Reasoning
· Ethical Decisions Framework ---o0o---
Unlike many/most professional business curricula, at SHU we highly emphasize ethical decision-making in business. This is a core value of our university mission statement and a central Dominican value, in keeping with Catholic social-justice traditions. The discipline of philosophy has given us centuries of thought on ethics, and there are many good resources available to guide managers. The Markkula ethics app [ link (Links to an external site.) ] is the one used in this course to evaluate proposed recommendation, to ensure they have the best possible ethics outcomes. (Note, on the Markkula page, scroll down to find the "continue" button.) The Markkula app uses the common philosophical approaches to ethical analysis to walk you through an evaluation of your recommendation. Some of these compete with each other, e.g., deontology, which says that one must follow the rules, and relativism, which says that the rules can be broken in certain circumstances. The classic example of this conflict is a poor person stealing expensive medicine that will save his daughter's life. Deontology says it's always wrong to steal; his daughter must, unfortunately, die. Relativism says this circumstance is not envisioned by the rule so it's okay to steal; his daughter's life is more important than property rights. Markkula walks you through this thicket to help you refine your recommendations so they are the best they can be, ethically. In reporting your Markkula results, explain the nuances along with the final score. Try to explain what is more ethical, less ethical about the recommendation.
See this PDF they provide for steps in using their process Download steps in using their process. Also, following is a short video walking through the pages of the Markkula ethics app. Markkula_Demo Download Markkula_Demo Play media comment.
