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PHI 445 Entire Course Personal and Organizational Ethics *NEW SYLLABUS*
PHI 445 - Week 1 - 5 All Assignments and Discussion Questions - Latest Version
Week 1
Psychological Egoism
After reviewing Chapter 1 in your textbook and watching “Virtue Ethics,” find a contemporary article showing how the theory of psychological egoism in a corporation resulted in an ethical dilemma.
Is there a way that the decision-making process within a large corporation can overcome this fact of human selfishness?
What would be a solution in this scenario?
How does the theory of psychological egoism fit within your personal body of ethics and values?
How does the theory of psychological egoism fit within the ethical structure of the company or organization you work for now or have worked for in the past?
Self-Interest or Community Interest
As read in Chapter 2 of the course text, Adam Smith argued that self-interest is a critical element in a society’s economic development. Karl Marx, by contrast, argued that society functions better when each of us is more community oriented.Pretend you are either Adam Smith or Karl Marx, and explain economic recession from these perspectives.
Discuss when greed and selfishness in businesses go too far and become a hazard to society.
Stepping back into your shoes again, contrast your system of values and ethics concerning greed and self-interest with the system of values of Smith or Marx.
Discuss if the ethical perspective of a particular group to which you currently belong, or previously belonged resembles the perspective of Adam Smith or Karl Marx?
Week One Journal
PHI 445 Week 1 DQ 1 Psychological Egoism
PHI 445 Week 1 DQ 2 Self Interest or Community Interest
PHI 445 Week 1 Journal
Objective: The learner will be able to recall, analyze, evaluate, and apply Week One activities to a Week One Journal in preparation for the Final Paper.
Instructions: In this assignment you will summarize the key points from this week’s activities so you may attribute them to the Week Five Case Study. The journal is the same for every week so you will be able to plan your journal responses as you are completing the readings and participating in the class. Please populate all fields in the table appearing under each section of the journal. Please post the completed table to the in-box designated for the journal activity in Week One, Day 7.
PHI 445 Week 1 Quiz
PHI 445 Week 2 DQ 1 Puffery and Deception
Puffery and Deception
A critical point of distinction between deceptive advertising and mere puffery is whether a claim is a measurable statement of fact.
Think of some contemporary examples of each and explain why they are or are not measurable statements of fact.
When you notice deceptive advertising or puffery, how does your sense of personal ethical perspectives and values affect the way you make decisions about those advertised goods and services?
How does the ethical program of a particular group to which you currently belong, or previously belonged, treat the topic of misrepresentation or exaggeration of company goods and service?
PHI 445 Week 2 DQ 2 Unintentional Discrimination
Unintentional discrimination occurs when a company’s policies uncritically reflect prejudicial stereotypes yet do not involve overt racial prejudices of its managers or executives. Does legislation to verify voter identification fall under the domain of unintentional or intentional discrimination? Explain your views.Also, how does your personal ethical perspective on discrimination- intentional or unintentional- compare to the culture of a particular group to which you currently belong, or previously belonged?
PHI 445 Week 2 Journal
Week Two Journal
Objective: The learner will be able to recall, analyze, evaluate, and apply Week Two activities to a Week Two Journal in preparation for the Final Paper.
Instructions: In this assignment you will summarize the key points from this week’s activities so you may attribute them to the Week Five Case Study. The journal is the same for every week so you will be able to plan your journal responses as you are completing the readings and participating in the class. Please populate all fields in the table appearing under each section of the journal. Please post the completed table to the in-box designated for the journal activity in Week Two, Day 7.
PHI 445 Week 3 Annotated Bibliography
Annotated BibliographyThe purpose of the annotated bibliography is to assist you in developing research analysis skills including critical thinking, writing, and literature research skills. The annotated bibliography should include a paragraph for each source containing the following information:
Name of the article, including the complete bibliographic citation, using APA format.
Summary/abstract of the article – annotation (sometimes it is helpful to ask yourself the following questions in synthesizing the information:
Who? (author)
What was done? (e.g., an experimental study investigating the interaction of short term memory and attention)
How? (was it done)
PHI 445 Week 3 DQ 1 Managerial Incentives
Managerial Incentives
Henry Manne believed that companies cannot become too incompetent or corrupt, as eventually their share price would fall and they could be taken over by another firm that would get rid of incompetent management. Adolf Berle and Gardiner Means believed that company managers have an incentive to feather their own nests and to undermine shareholder wealth.Can elements or parts of these theoretical perspectives have governmental applications? If so, which theory do you think best describes the segment of American government known as the Congress and the Senate? Explain your answer.Which theory best fits your ethical perspective? Which theory best fits a particular group to which you currently belong, or previously belonged?
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