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Reynolds 4th Edition Chapter 1 Moral Code - concept of right vs wrong - can lead to dilemmas If a friend cheats on an exam it is wrong he is a friend (subjective) It is wrong if Billy cheats, but I can cheat Extensions and adaptations of existing rules Stealing is bad how about copying a movie Privacy is important can a boss read his employee's emails Morality - social consensus - can we all agree on something Abortion - china (forced) - Sweden (woman's right) Italy (crime) - USA (battle) Euthanasia justifiable murder? Or just plain murder Ethics set of rules that we can use to distinguish between good and bad right and wrong How is it taught? Parents - kids leam by watching what the parents do Mixed messages are taught :: "do as I say, not as I do parents are not consistent The next time you see your kid fill in the blank) recall what you did TV - Tony Soprano - Breaking Bad (evil people who are idolized) - Even good 'bad guys are problematic Dexter (serial killer) Leverage - Ocean 11 Music - some of the lyrics are just plain evil Church sermons - even clergy have "clay feet' especially when they cover things up - Richard Nixon - Bill Clinton - sometimes the cover up is worse than the crime School - reward the A's - hence cheat to get an A - just don't get caught - current SAT scandal Work best salesman gets the promotion - don't care if the sales were achieved by deceit Virtue vs Vice Integrity another term for consistency Hard: Give the benefit of the doubt to all people (key word :: all) All people are innocent until proven guilty (profiling)(but look at the results) Lying is bad but you have to lie sometimes. My 93 year old grandmother was sick. Her son died unexpectedly. Nobody told her of his death. Recall the movie Inglorious Bastards. Morality: good and bad Law: Can change good to bad and bad to good Abortion was bad until the law made it legal. Avoiding the truth was legal until Sarbox. Some people want the marketplace to police itself. It works in the long run (maybe). In the short term, there are problems. So the law steps in Example: Price gouging during a hurricane. As the amount of unethical behavior rises, the number of laws has gone up. Why is unethical behavior on the rise