Stage one emphasize that there are two major types of cultural values – individualism and collectivism. ... Westerners value more of a self-serving, and self- improvement type of attitude. ... In other countries cutting your tongue off for reporting a crime to the police is a norm, consequences for this crime is unlikely. ... This article highlighted how important it is to think rationally and consider cultural norms before making any decision....

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To answer this, one must go through the three types of moral standards, utilitarian, rights, and justice, while deciding which moral standards apply to the case. The norm of utilitarianism states that an action is proper if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number. ... Next, one must look at the norm of individual rights, which is a person's entitlement to something. ... Finally, there is the norm of justice, which "requires all persons, and thus managers too, to be guided by fairness, equity, and impartiality." ... By determining the appropriate moral standard of the thr...

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Countless young female dancer-singers and celebrities, who are mostly under nineteen years of age, debut on various types of TV programs. ... Furthermore, not just IU, but all Korean entertainment industries should ban the use of Lolita Concept because of its negative impacts on the child sexual welfare, morality, and the social norm. ... However, as a Korean social norm, Koreans regard Lolita Concept as a taboo, and they also state that if there are any possibilities of increasing the sexual abuse of children, these possibilities should be prohibited under a strict law and consequence. ... ...

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For example, if your family has a high appreciation for culture, and educates you well by reinforcing certain behavioral norms, then these positive reinforcements are likely to instill a certain sense of cultural values in you. ... Almost every culture has some type of religion. ...

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I think it's very valid and important to study these types of factors, but at the same time I think it's hard to study it. ... He didn't attempt to explain why individuals engage in criminal acts, but rather why individuals choose to conform to conventional norms. ...

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(Naylor, 2000) This is desensitising violence because it is not the norm of society to act in a violent way towards other people, it desensitises them for several reasons. ... As some of his fans accept his views on women and sexuality as the norm in society, for example a song that quotes lyrics such as, Oh, now he's raping' his own mother, abusing a whore, snorting coke, and we gave him the Rollin Stone cover?' ... And with Helmore view that he is a cultural icon' causes concern that our children are being brain washed by this type of music. ... These artists promote vi...

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The University of Santa Clara describes ethical relativism as, "The theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture. That is, whether an action is right or wrong depends on the moral norms of the society in which it is practiced. ... Kant would argue that no matter the society there are always going to be something that is morally good throughout any type of society. ...

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This individual is free from resentment, the master of morality, and has no need for norms. ... Nietzsche does not attempt to disprove of the Christian's morality; instead, he points outs what type of constitution produces this moral system. He also indicates that other moral systems exist that express the perspective of other kinds of humans, and while he seems to attack what he labels the "slave morality" and applauds the "master morality," he is simply showing that for some types, the master morality is more appropriate that the slave morality. ... There is an appropriate truth for ...

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The laws that encapsulate securities are not new to our business culture, they have been around since the Stock Market Crash of 1929, but as with anything, they have evolved though the years to stay congruent with modern-day norms and values. ... Conflicting interests arise; ones" driving ambition and underlying greed (the norm in this type of environment) verses the work ethics of the industry, are extraordinarily challenging to split, but doing so is fundamental to such ranking positions. ...

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Electronic surveillance could be considered much more invasive than a physical search because it is in fact much a great deal easier for government agents to perform this type of surveillance. ... With the aim of, an act being right or wrong depends on the ethical norms of the society where it is experienced. ... In countries that are prone to terrorist, state surveillance may be accepted and be the norm, but in other countries this may not be acceptable to the citizens. ...

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If students are not exposed to these types of novels, they remain oblivious to the history and lose an opportunity to shape their own moral beliefs and opinions. ... In this section, students have the ability to connect with the conflict present because they can identify with the difficulties of conforming to society's norms versus being able to develop his or her own set of moral standards. ...

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He said:" Give me a dozen healthy infants and my own specified world to bring them up in, and I will guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist that I might select doctor, lawyer and yes even beggar-man and regardless of his talents, penchant, abilities, and race of his ancestors." ... Carol Gilligan, a woman psychologist was disturbed by Kohlbeg's research because how she saw it was that he comparing everyone's behavior with that of men and calling that the norm and that is how all human beings should act. ...

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By laws and moral restraints which carry with them punitive means of securing conformity, deviations from established norms are held in check. ... This proves that this type of immoral behavior tends to take takes place in any society which faces a loss of structure, order and laws. ...

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Vantine was an important component of this risque movie theme, as her character embodied the type of woman that would be exiled from society if she were to be discovered. ... However, it can be concluded that our societal norms have been dramatically altered since the 1930's, and this adjustment had to begin with an alteration of morally unacceptable ideas being portrayed as culturally justifiable....

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Raskolnikov's theory upon the existence of two separate types of man - the ordinary and the "extraordinary" – is quite egotistical and arbitrary. ... Both men feel no need to comply to human norms, rules, and ideas. ...

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Both types of advertising rely on the viewer to make a moral judgement based on his or her emotional response. ... This is known as ethical relativism, or "the view that moral appraisals are essentially dependent upon the standards that define a particular moral code, the practices and the norms accepted by a social group or an individual at a specific time and place" (BG 1). ...

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Lars O Ericsson an associate professor of Philosophy argued that: "If two adults voluntarily consent to an economic arrangement concerning sexual activity and this activity takes place in private, it seems plainly wrong to maintain that there is something intrinsically wrong with it" (Phalogma 1994) This meant an adult with consent can engage in any type of economic transactions and that includes even getting paid to have sex. ... Prostitution can also allow people living in today's society for exploration of sexual desires in ways which currently they cannot because of social n...

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The philosopher Kant is one of the most outspoken advocates of ethical duty and emphasized that one type of duty in self imposed and the other is imposed by others. ... Clearly there are problems with this theory because of it over emphasizes the impact that emotions have without taking into account societal norms. ...

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At this level, people behave according to socially acceptable norms because they are told to do so by some authority figure (e.g., parent or teacher). ... Another type of fear is presented, this is a sovereignty nation, and I am Mufasa, the Lion King, and at the top of the food chain. ...

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But reconceptualizing them as mere parts of duty imposing rules distorts the way in which these norms function in social life. ... So, in reality people defer to the sovereign are guiding their behavior by norms. ... " you were supposed to clear your room because your mother told you so". sovereignty thus must be conferred by norms else it would not be sovereignty. ... One of them is practical reasonableness which is a type of reasoning used in order to make decisions about how to act and how to order our lives. ... Eg: reason as a concept has reflected norms which are socially male,...

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They did not believe corporal punishment was too harsh and was considered the norm for piracy offenders.17 For the public, violence has always been a fascinating subject. ... Any sixteen-year-old child or older that curses or smites their parents can receive the death penalty, which is an extremely harsh punishment, but they only were charged if they parents were convicted to do so.24 These types of punishments were carried out to underage pirates who went out against their parental authority of religious discipline.25 This idea backfired however because pirates would use these same punish...

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The extent of influence depends, to some degree, on characteristics of the different types of mediums (Weitzer and Kubrin 2004). ... Each of these types of media will regularly show exaggerated images of violence. ... Risk in combination with sex ad some types of violent crime is an even more potent mix. ...

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Contents 1. Executive Summary 2.Theoretical Approaches to Business Ethics 3. Moral Relativism VS Moral Absolutism 4. Ethical Issues in Business Affecting Business Operations 5. Business Objectives affected by Ethical Considerations 6. Anglo American and its Stakeholders to Operate Ethically 7. Angl...

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