A Normative Approach to Ethical Decision Making

question 115

Multiple Choice

A normative approach to ethical decision making:

• A) reduces ethical dilemmas to easy-to-understand formulas.
• B) uses various approaches to describe guiding values for decisions.
• C) states that everyone must use their employer's value system at work.
• D) dictates only one way to choose to resolve dilemmas.
• E) none of these.

Identify tasks involved in educating and empowering the community.

Acknowledge the importance of culturally competent interventions.

Differentiate between traditional and community approaches to problem-solving.

Understand the importance of indigenous healing practices within community services.

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Definitions:

Functionalist Approach

An approach in sociology that emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability and functionality.

Middle-Range

Theories or concepts that are neither too abstract nor too specific, aiming to connect empirical data and large-scale theories effectively.

George Ritzer

A sociologist known for his work on globalization, consumerism, and the McDonaldization of society.

Grand Narrative

A comprehensive explanation or interpretation that attempts to universalize historical events, cultures, and epochs around a single, overarching story or theme.