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| The systematic study of the values guiding our decision making. |
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| The process of making a correct and fair decision. Depends on our values or the values of the organizations for which we work and reflects how we want our world to operate. |
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| a practical conflict involving more or less equally compelling values or social obligations. When to resume play after a community or national tragedy is an example of an ethical dilemma. |
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| Is concerned with values guiding behavior. However morality deals with a specific type of ethical issue. |
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| The fundamental baseline values dictating appropriate behavior within a society. The beliefs that stealing and murder are wrong, for example are moral values in most societies. |
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| not a random process in which the sport manager just reacts from his or her "gut" feeling. similar to the regular decision-making process in business situations. |
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| A shared set of understandings that determine correct behavior and the manner in which ethical issues will be handled. The most visible statements of a company, business, or organizational ethical philosophy and beliefs. |
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| Universal and esteemed in all aspects of life. Such principles include cooperation, courage, perseverance, foresight, and wisdom. Virtues such as these are seteemed across the board. Other moral principles are tied to particular situations. EXAMPLE: A moral value like competition is esteemed in business but not in family relations. |
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| ABSOLUTISM argues that moral precepts are universal, that is applicable to all circumstances. RELATIVISM argues that what is moral depends on the situation. Making moral decisions in the practical world of work falls somewhere in between these two extremes. |
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| Intercollegiate Football Association |
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| Formed in 1876 by students from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia. |
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