ETH 321 Week 1 The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business, Ch. 2: The Role of Ethics in Decision Making

Read Ch. 2 of The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business. 

Consider the following as you read:

• How the evolution of society and increasing economic interdependence has led to a strengthening of ethics in business.
• The differences between ethical and legal behavior, and how this can affect profit-oriented business organizations.
• Class, what are the primary approaches to right and wrong as defined by the following approaches to the philosophy of right and wrong:
•  Utilitarianism
• Consequentialism
• Kant’s Categorical Imperative
• Rights and Duties