The Tools of Ethics

Ethical Language

The key terms of the ethical language are values, rights, duties and rules.Values are permanent desires that seem to be good in themselves like peace. Values are the answers of questions of “why” “why for example should managers behave ethically?”.

Rights and duties; a right is a claim that entitles a person to something . A duty is an obligation to take specific steps; eg to pay taxes.
Moral rules are the rules that guide us through situations where competing interests collide.