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Outline
1. Understanding Moral Standards – Zennia Wilson
1.1. Values and Core Beliefs what are they and how do they affect how we make decisions
1.2. What is ethical thinking
1.3. A look at morality from a scriptural point of view
1.3.1. Applying Scripture to the everyday moral situations
1.4. Balancing Moral Standards with
2. Recognize Moral Impacts – Amanda Shuler
2.1. Benefits of moral impacts
2.2. Harmful results that may come from moral impacts
2.3. Rights of people are recognized by their moral impacts
2.4. People who make a moral impact, but their rights are limited by their decisions
3. Define the Complete Moral Problem – Zennia Wilson
3.1 What is the basis for our moral problem - The Fall of Man [Spr15]
3.2 A proper diagnosis of man’s complete moral problem, what is the solution – Getting
the Problem Right [Joh04]
4. Economic Outcomes – Amanda Shuler
4.1. Improving health for the population
4.2. small businesses are essential for job growth
5. Legal Requirements – Amanda Shuler
5.1. Amount of employees that requires the company to carry health insurance
5.2. Tax Credits
6. Understand organizational policies and government regulatory initiatives to reach company
goals instead of government goals, pursuing secure and sound investment for our economy.
Zachary Shull
6.1 Organizational policies vs. government regulator initiative (Canary 2015) (Lyon 2003)
6.2 Company goals (Valieva 2013)
6.2.1 Being compliant with government regulations (Salgado 2009)
6.2.2 Short and long range investments/high risk vs. low risk (Graham 2013)
7. Strive to follow strategic goals that are designed to drive the organization’s mission and it
will inspire followers to have ethical goals that avoid moral dangers. Zachary Shull
7.1 Having goals that help drive the mission of the company (Wilson 2009)
7.2 Promoting ethical based programs and staying clear of potential problems (Huhmann
2014)
8. Evaluate the Ethical Duties – Jason Lotter
8.1. Long-Term Interests
8.1.1. Healthier and longer lives for employees
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8.1.2. Lower health costs and increased profitability
8.2. Personal Virtues
8.2.1. Personal beliefs about health/exercise lifestyle changes
8.2.2. Is the decision being made is more than just about the bottom line
8.3. Religious Injunctions
8.3.1. The policies are in line with religious beliefs
8.3.2. The policies are out of kindness and caring
8.4. Universal Rules/Contributive Liberty
8.4.1. The positive changes on the workforce will be a positive influence
8.4.2. New policies will assist in allowing the workforce to self-develop and self-
improve
9. Moral Solution – Courtney Kraus
9.1 Xx
9.2 Xx
9.3 Xx
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