Business Ethics and Absolute - Sustainability

Question: Discuss about the Business Ethics and Absolute, Sustainability. Answer: Introduction: The ethical beliefs that are concerned with the absolute standards, which form the basis of judgements for the moral questions and the subsequent actions, are known as moral absolutism (Gray Schein, 2016). This indicates that the actions of an individual may be correct for certain groups of people and at the same time, wrong for other section of the society. This perception is irrelevant of the context of the particular act. The actions are considered as immoral or moral irrespective of the goals as well as beliefs of the individual. This concept is contradictory to the ideology of moral relativism, which states that the moral propositions are not a reflection of the universal truths but are relative to the personal, cultural or historical circumstances (Rai Holyoak, 2013). This principle states that the moral judgements are considered to be true or false which are relative to a particular standpoint (Rai Holyoak, 2013). It assumes that no particular standpoint is privileged and superior to the others. For example, the act of stealing food may be considered as wrong to few people, since it is concerned with morally degrading value. The same act may be divine to some people claiming that the purpose of stealing food is for feeding the poor people, thus reducing the starvation levels in the society. It may be concluded that the relativism cannot be encouraged in civilized nations since it would lead to major disputes in a global scenario where the same act is considered as unethical in some countries and completely ethical in others. References Gray, K., Schein, C. (2016). No Absolutism Here Harm Predicts Moral Judgment 30 Better Than DisgustCommentary on Scott, Inbar, Rozin (2016).Perspectives on Psychological Science,11(3), 325-329. Rai, T. S., Holyoak, K. J. (2013). Exposure to moral relativism compromises moral behavior.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,49(6), 995-1001.