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Discussion Questions
Why are managers uncomfortable discussing ethics? Relate both the answers provided in the chapter, and your own ideas based on your experiences.What is ethics, and what does it mean to “put business and ethics together”? From your vantage point, what would it mean for a company to do this well?What are the three tradition of ethics, and how do they provide guidance to help inform your managerial decision making?Discuss the three guides to avoid rationalizations and provide your own examples to illustrate how they may help you make better decision.What is reflective equilibrium? How does one get into reflective equilibrium, and what is it that tends to make people out of it?Why do you ethically charge issues, matter? Please draw from both what the chapter suggests and your own ideas.