week 3 discussion 1
Prepare: In your first post in this discussion, you
will identify and apply one ethical theory of your choosing to a current
problem in business, also of your choosing. Start by reviewing your
notes on the Week 1 course material and your completed work for Week 1.
Then, choose one of the three ethical theories—i.e., utilitarianism,
deontology, or virtue ethics—on the basis of your thoughtfully
considered preference in general and independent of the business problem
that you will select here. Keep in mind that you will employ this
ethical theory for supporting your position not only for this
discussion, but also for this week’s assignment and the Final Project.
To prepare for your selection of the current problem in business,
look at the list of required articles and multimedia which are divided
in the six case-categories as follows:
- Banking (Lehman Brothers)
- Environment (BP)
- GMOs (Monsanto)
- Pharmaceuticals (Merck)
- Gender Discrimination (Goodyear)
- Factory Farms (Perdue) Choose the case-category that you find the most interesting and note
that each category also corresponds to one particular case. Please
choose carefully because your choice for this discussion will establish
the case that will be central to your argumentative essay this week as
well as your Final Project in Week 5. It is recommended that you leaf
through all the required resources indicated for the possible
case-categories that you identify as possible contenders before making
your final choice. Reflect: Once you have selected your ethical theory
and your case category, articulate the characteristics of the economic
system (or combination of both systems) that serves as the setting for
the case presented in the case category sources. Given this context,
examine how the nation’s laws affect the operations of the business.
Next, identify the characteristics of your chosen ethical theory and
its notion of the moral good. For the latter, you will need to review
again the PowerPoint that was introduced in Week 1, which is also listed
in this week’s Required Resources and it is titled The Moral Good in
Three Traditional Ethical Theories. Then, think how you would apply the
ethical theory to the specific problem presented in the case category
sources. Write: Start your post by (a) identifying the issue
or problem that you want to address in the case that you have selected
and providing an impartial presentation of the controversy, (b)
articulating briefly the characteristics of the economic system that
serves as the setting, and (c) examining the laws that affect the
operations of the business.
The following illustration should help. Consider, for example, the
case of Uber that we examined in Week 2. If the California decision
establishes a precedent for similar claims, then Uber would have to do
business as an employer and not merely as a service that pairs consumers
with ride sharing services by means of a unique phone app. Accordingly,
the law would require Uber to reimburse its drivers for certain costs
and perhaps offer benefits. Take in consideration, then, the legal
setting for the case that you have chosen. Does the case take place in
the United States or another country? What are the laws that are
relevant to the problem under examination? Keep in mind that all laws
are constraints on our actions, whether those by individuals or
corporations. The relevant laws, then, will be (a) any laws that present
not only a constraint on the company’s operations, (b) any laws that
are being violated by the corporation, or (c) any laws that unfairly
limit the goods and services that can be offered to and are demanded by
consumers.
In a second paragraph, formulate a sentence that presents the moral
position that you want to defend in regard to the issue or problem
introduced in the previous paragraph.
In the same paragraph, present the ethical theory that you choose to
employ. Your choices are utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics,
and the necessary material is included in the required readings and
media. Make sure to identify the characteristics of the ethical theory,
and include in-text citations and full references in APA form at the end
of the post. Once you have done this, apply the ethical theory to your
selected case by explaining how it lends itself to the moral position
that you are defending.
Requirements for Your Initial Post: - Your initial post should be at least 400 words in
length and have citations and references in APA notation. It should
address the prompt in its entirety. This means that you should not split
your response to the prompt in multiple posts. Your examination should
be both thorough and succinct. This is a combination that demands time
and thought, so give yourself sufficient time to draft and revise. - Please be advised that until you post, you will not see what your
fellow students are posting. Once you submit your post, you will be able
to view the posts from your other classmates. You can then proceed to
reply to at least two different threads based on the required material
for this discussion. - Your list of references for your initial post should include the
videos and the other required reading material pertaining to your chosen
subject heading, as well as the ethics, economic, and law components of
Weeks 1 and 2, the Instructor Guidance, and any other announcements
presented to you by your professor. In addition, your references should
include any other sources that you consult to inform yourself about your
chosen case category (but not Wikipedia or similar sources). - Your initial post for this discussion should be submitted no later than the end of Thursday (11:59 pm, U.S. Mountain time).
Hardy, J, Foster, C., & Zúñiga y Postigo, G. (2015). Section 9.1: The Argumentative Essay
. In With good reason: A guide to critical thinking. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/
- Section 9.1: The Argumentative Essay is a section of Chapter 9 of
the introductory course in logic textbook that is employed in the PHI103
Informal Logic course offered at Ashford University. The link for this
source will take you to a PDF format of this chapter. Section 9.1
introduces the thesis and premises in an argumentative essay, which are
elements that students in this course must employ in both assignments in
this course.
Hardy, J, Foster, C., & Zúñiga y Postigo, G. (2015). Section 9.2: Strengthening the Argumentative Essay. In With good reason: A guide to critical thinking. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/
- Section 9.2: Strengthening the Argumentative Essay is a section of
Chapter 9 of the introductory course in logic textbook that is employed
in the PHI103 Informal Logic course offered at Ashford University. The
link for this source will take you to a PDF format of this chapter. For
the purposes of the work for this week, it will be necessary to read
only thesubsection called Clarification and Support. This subsection
explains the kind of support needed in an argumentative essay for the
claims offered in its premises, which students in this course must know
in order to apply in discussions and both assignments.
Zúñiga y Postigo, G. (2015). The moral good in three traditional ethical theories [PowerPoint Slides].
- This PowerPoint document covers the main characteristics of
utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics, and what is the moral
good in each of these.
- **** I want this to be about Gender Discrimination.*****
