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MBA Business Ethics: session 5
Dr Robert ShawGraduate School of BusinessGuangdong University of Foreign Studies
15 December 2012
Agenda1. Lecture 5:
Governance & rights theory
2. Paper writing
3. Group work
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30 November 2012
Rights theory - sources
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rights//
Your textbook: Rights 72-73, 75-76
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Rights are a logical form
So how do we justify rights?
Political process
Ethical argumentVirtue ethicsDeontology
Utilitarianism
Rights are always up for negotiation
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Rights claims
The ethics of business participants
Claims to rights
Western countriesAnd now, China
The ethics of those without powerDemocracy & governance
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Nature of rights
Every right implies a duty or responsibility
A right imposes a duty on someone else
Positive rightsNegative rights
Do rights depend on the bearer being reasonable?
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Rights
Slogans
Right not might
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Where is rights theory?
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Right
“Right(s)” – a word with many uses
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Classification of rights
Contractual rightsCompany ownershipMarriage
Political rightsConstitutional rightsLegal rightsEnforcement of contractual rights
Human rights / Natural rights
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Human rights
United Nations
Global struggles
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Historical development
Islamic concepts The Zoroastrian religion taught Iranians that citizens have an
inalienable right to enlightened leadership and that the duty of subjects is not simply to obey wise kings but also to rise up against those who are wicked
Stoics – no one is a slave
Jeremy Bentham
John Locke
John Stuart Mill
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John Locke
Life, liberty, estate
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Constitutional rights
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The rights of the citizen
Historical development Great BritainFranceUnited States of America
Charter of Medina, 622AD
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The Magna Carter, 1215
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Declaration of Arboath, 1320
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Declaration of Arboath, 1320
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789
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The United States Constitution, 4 March 1789
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The Bill of Rights, 1789 (first ten amendments of the Constitution)
How democracy works
Phenomenology study
Where is democracy?
CompaniesSports clubsLocal governmentCentral government
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Local government
The essence of local government Be with ...
Try to eliminate categories
What is the essence?
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Company ownership
When we decide to go into businessOwnership structures
Stock holder & share holder
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Company ownership
When we decide to go into businessOwnership structures
Stock holder & share holder
Boards of Directors
Chief executives
Other officers
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The Governance Management Divide
Divided interests – stakeholder analysis
The rights of the owners
The problem of votes
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The two currencies
Decision-making & power
Western structures – checks, balances and abuses
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MBA Business Ethics: session 5
End of the lecture.
Agenda1. Lecture 5:
Governance & rights
2. Where do your marks come from?
3. Paper writing
4. Group work
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32BUSINESS ETHICS 11c RESULTS 2012-2013
Weightings → 30% 20% 50% 100%
Number Name Group Work Progress Assignmen
t FINAL
1 20112750001
2 20112750008
3 20112750015
4 20112750018
5 20112750025
6 20112750027
7 20112750035
8 20112750037
9 20112750039
Task – due 1 January
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Your paper is due
5 pm, 9 January 2013
One copy to MBA Centre with cover sheet
One copy email to me, also with cover sheet please
Put “Business Ethics” in the subject line
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Paper writing: Basic approach
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Your essay should consist of the following parts:
a.Concise statement of your ethical proposition (X ought to Y).
b.Background to the problem (your Introduction section).
c. Three arguments in support of your proposition. a. Your argumentsb. Support your arguments with the theory of ethics
a. State the theory of ethics (one theorist or a theory eg deontology virtue ethics, utilitarianism). You can use two theories/theorists, no more.
b. Show how theorist/theory relates to your argument.c. Criticize the theory and/or your argument.
• Conclusions about both the theory used and the problem you have selected.