Business Ethics

Norman E. Bowie and Ronald F. Duska

HF 5387 B69 1990

Chapter 1

“The concept of a role is….needed in describing the repeatable patterns of social relations which are not mere physical facts and which are structured partly by the rules of acceptable behavior in the society in question.” said Dorothy Emmet

A job is more of a contractual type of duty. But I think both of them involves ethical responsibility in order to recognize their duties and obligations whom they have responsibility. Roles are social everyday jobs of a person that composed of duties and obligations that shall be done by the person while performing his occupation or any kind of livelihood he has. This quotation explains what separates’ a role from a job. This includes moral decisions and motivation in order for them to perform well with their roles.

Chapter 2

“Each person participates in the system of free enterprise both as a worker/producer and as a consumer. The two roles interact, if the person could not consume he would not be able to work, and if there were no consumers there would be no work to be done. Even if a particular individual is only a consumer, he or she plays a theoretically significant role in the competitive free enterprise system. The fairness of the system depends upon what access he or she has to information about goods and services on the market, the lack of coercion imposed on that person to buy goods, and the lack of arbitrary restrictions imposed by the market and/or the government on his or her behavior.” said George Brenkert

Each entities appoint in buying and selling requirements one another for them to continue participating and making those operations.  This tells us that people engage in exchange and advertising in a business performs a series and each has roles and responsibilities of their own. This also tells us that more information is power because if you have more information, you can make correct decisions in the buying and selling processes.

Chapter 3

“In everyday life an individual, if he is so inclined, can sometimes win even greater benefits for himself by taking advantage of the cooperative efforts of others. Sufficiently many persons may be doing their share so that when special circumstances allow him not to contribute (perhaps his omissions will not be found out), he gets the best of both worlds.” said John Rawls

This quotation describes the kind of people who like to take advantage of situations and ignorance by others to be able for them to get the most benefits without actually giving enough contribution and participation in their work. They are good in deceiving other people because of their verbal convincing skills and “friendly approach” personality. They tend to manipulate you that you will believe anything that he says without questioning that individual.