Student Name: Bader Hussain

Student number: 20171968

Date: 5/16/2020

GBU200 SEMESTER 1 2020

TUTORIAL EXERCISES TO BE DONE IN CLASS

WEEK 2 – Normative Theories of ethics

2 MARKS PER WEEK.

The weekly tutorial tasks must be completed in class for the relevant Week. They will assist students
to build a series of notes which will be useful for preparation for exams.

Learning Outcomes:

LO1 Discuss key ethical theories and their application in the business environment
LO3 Apply ethical theories and concepts to organisations
LO4 Apply a framework for examining ethical dilemmas in specific business cases

DEFINITIONS:

Define the following terms:

Act utilitarianism
The branch of utilitarian in which judgment about an act made on the bases of
morality of that act rather than following rules and principles.

Rule utilitarianism
The branch of utilitarian in which morality is judged with the reference to principle
and rule instead of making judgment on case by case basis.

Categorical imperative
A moral responsibility/command that is universally and unconditionally binding.

Ethical dilemma
An event which raises questions about morality and rules and principles.

Ethical dimension
An ethical aspect which is likely to affect stakeholders positively or negatively.

Ethical mindset
An individual reflection of personal beliefs and values like honesty, harmony, integrity,
balance, pursuit of happiness and being professional rooted from inner-self.

Moral agent
An individual who make decision about an ethical issue.

In preparation for Case Study 1:

Students to briefly outline Virtue/Deontological/Teleological theories and apply to David

Jones case study
Characteristics David Jones application
Aristotle virtue theory explains how human can
a life of moral character. in this theory a moral a
Virtue theories: individual who make decision about an ethic
Issue.
Aristotle: In david jones case study if we look at Ian N
We will think what would a virtuous person
Moral Agent Aware of the company operational procedure
Ethical dimension Labour is being mishandled in Rana plaza in
Ethical mindset Unsafe working conditions were provided to
Quality of the person taking the action: courage, generosity, He took steps to introduce policies to ensure
pride Jones sourced products from a company that
Do they have an ethical mindset? Code of conduct design to prevent exploitatio
workers which shows his courage as quality
taking that action
Ethics of Care:
Think about how people involved in the situation will be 1. Although value of life can’t be matched
affected: Impose on these retailers gaining maximum profi
Suppliers. But some kind of justice has been don
Is justice being done? David Jones F grade and fines imposed in other L
Is equality being achieved? by trying ti improve the workers' lives it could be
How would you feel if put in a similar situation? David Jones is trying to crate a more just society
What is the right thing to do? factories that produce goods for David Jones wil
Is anyone suffering? underpaid, nor will they have to working unsafe
some might ask whether David Jones supplies ar
By taking the above into account can you conclude the party is into singing David Jones code however ,they arg
acting ethically? are being coerced into singing David Jones
code however ,they had a choice in the matter a
given notice about David Jones new initiative

2. if workers are paid a fair wage and provi

conditions they are being treated more like their
in other parts of the world where workers are p
employment legislation

3. how would you feel if put in a similar sit

imagine if you had to work extremely long hours
environment and there where no feasible altern
additionally the wage you were
being paid was not enough for you to survive ,le
support a family how would you feel if you were
that enabled you to effect change ,and improve
exploited ,whould you have a moral responsibilit
remember the fundamental points of ethics livin
harmoniously
4. what is the right thing to do ?
the right thing to would be to ensure that no on
exploited ,and to right any wrongs
that you can people in power are well placed to
change although we can play a part ,whether or

Deontological (non consequential theories
Kant
Kant’s categorical imperative stages that an action is morally
right if and only if we can see that action as a representation as
a universal law.
 Universally acceptable – ask whether rational beings
would accept these conditions?
 Human beings as an end
 Goodwill, moral worth
Teleological theories (consequential theories
Egoism
A doctrine that advocates individual self-interest as its guiding
principle and contends that an act is morally right if and only if it
best promotes an agents long term interest
Achieving the best outcome for the moral agent
Utilitarianism
An action is moral only when the greatest good for the greater
number is achieved
1.Identify all stakeholders and who the action will impact them
2.consider what the positive and negative consequences might
be for each group or individual
3. weigh up whether the action or decision is likely to result in
the greatest possible good for the maximum number of
stakeholders
Achieving the best overall good for the greatest number of
stakeholders.
in powerful position as more and more manufac
that people are becoming increasingly aware of
such a child labour and sweatshops ,and
5. that these costumers are prepared to pa
to ensure that workers are not exploited ,they
that changing is good business sense although N
inactivate seems like a drop in the ocean ' when
the global nature, and size of the problems ,man
movements started with one small step
1. "We should buy products only from supp
who do not exploit their workers" A rational
person would accept this principle as universal l
To otherwise is irrational because rational peopl
would not want to be exploited
2. Nairn has introduced an initiative that is
to protect workers from expiation, so the worke
being treated as means to Nairn’s' end
3. As Nairn has introduced this imitative to
protect workers from being exploited
so we can conclude that he has acted from a
sense of duty a
1. Nairn will have a clear conscience. A clea
affects an individual's ability to function well.
This would carry more weigh than dealing with
a few disgruntled suppliers. since the positive
consequences 'outweigh' the negative ones,
Nairn acted ethically.
1. A number of stakeholders
 Ian Narin
 Jason Roberston
 All stackholders of David Jones
 customers
 suppliers
 workers