The Contention That Ethical Standards Should Reflect the Collective Views

question 75

Multiple Choice

The contention that ethical standards should reflect the collective views of multiple societies in establishing a set of universal ethical principles (that are widely recognized as laying legitimacy to ethical boundaries on actions and behavior in all situations) and in allowing inclusion of a set of prevailing customary actions of local cultures or groups (with their traditions and shared values) ,that further prescribe to what represents ethically permissible behavior and what does not,constitutes the basic principles of:

• A) the school of ethical relativism.
• B) the school of ethical universalism.
• C) integrated social contracts theory.
• D) the School of Morally Correct Thinking and Behavior based in Rome,Italy.
• E) the Global Code of Ethical and Social Morality developed by the United Nations.

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Definitions:

Scientific Management

Developed in the 1910s by Frederick W. Taylor, is a system for improving productivity. After analyzing the movements of workers as they did their jobs, Taylor trained them to eliminate unnecessary actions. This technique is also known as Taylorism.

Productivity

A measure of the efficiency of production, often quantified as the ratio of inputs to outputs in economic terms.

Taylorism

A theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows, with the primary objective of improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.

Fordism

Is a method of industrial management based on assembly-line methods of producing inexpensive, uniform commodities in high volume.