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2 - Ethical Distinctions for Building Your Ethical Code

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2019

By
Ronald A. Howard
Edited by
Ali E. Abbas
Ali E. Abbas
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
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Summary

This chapter is based on ethical distinctions. Creating clarity in ethical thought depends on the clarity of distinctions we make in discussing ethical issues. Achieving clarity and consistency in ethical behavior requires understanding some basic distinctions.

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Next-Generation Ethics
Engineering a Better Society
 , pp. 7 - 16
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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Howard, R. A. & Abbas, A. E. (2016). Foundations of decision analysis. New York, NY: Pearson, p. 807.Google Scholar
Howard, R. A. & Korver, C. D. (2008). Ethics for the real world: Creating a personal code to guide decisions in work and life. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.Google Scholar

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