Ethics for Professionals

Your text essentially describes the concept of ethical relativism as the idea 
that there is no one standard of right and wrong, and that each culture sets its 
own rules. Within each culture, the majority determines what the proper rule to 
follow is in terms of right and wrong. Ethical relativism does not do a good job 
of resolving conflicts that involve different cultures, but it can work well to 
resolve conflicts within a culture by applying the majority rule.
 
For this task, you are going to use ethical relativism to determine the best 
way to deal with the corruption you discussed in the Discussion Board 
assignment. Read the chapter about ethical relativism in the text, and use the 
library and the Internet to obtain further information on the concept of ethical 
relativism. Then, choose 1 of the 2 items of corruption you discussed in the 
Discussion Board, and use the concepts of ethical relativism to suggest the best 
way to prevent or limit the corruption you discussed earlier. In doing so, at a 
minimum, you should answer the following questions:

•	Define ethical relativism.
 
•	Which corrupt behavior did you choose?
 
•	Is the corrupt behavior you identified considered normal behavior? If so, by 
whom?
 
•	Does the fact that the behavior is or is not normal make it good or bad 
behavior?
 
•	If the majority considered the corrupt behavior as acceptable, would it no 
longer be considered corrupt?
 
•	In American culture, is there a simple majority rule, or are there 
subcultures within American culture that can influence what is considered the 
majority rule?
 
•	Applying the concepts of ethical relativism, how would you suggest 
preventing or limiting the corruption issue you chose?
 
•	In your opinion, is ethical relativism a good method for preventing or 
limiting the corruption issue you chose, or would the theories Kant, Mill, or 
Aristotle work better under these circumstances? Compare ethical relativism to 
these three theories and explain which is better at avoiding harm and promoting 
justice.
 
Please do your work in APA format