In his essay‚ Is Business Bluffing Ethical? Albert Carr contends that business‚ like poker‚ warrants a certain amount of bluffing. He holds that business is a game‚ and so long as all those playing are doing so with an understanding of the rules of the game‚ personal ethics do not necessarily apply in the same way they would in a businessperson’s personal life (Carr 1968). To consider his argument‚ one must first come to working definitions of . Carr sees bluffing as distinguishable from lying in
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own words give the gist of his work: “The essential point . . . is that the ethics of business are game ethics‚ different from the ethics of religion. . . ” He is not suggesting that there are two moral/ethical codes to which a businessperson owes allegiance. He simply noticed that folks in business often seem to operate under one set of moral principles at home and another in the business world. The business world appears‚ on the whole‚ much less moral than the world of home and church. Attempting
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“Is Business Bluffing Ethical” by Albert Carr discussed how bluffing in business is similar to game strategy and is completely ethical. The article compared bluffing in business to a game of poker. In poker‚ all players know that bluffing is a part of the game‚ just as all individuals in business know that the complete truth will not be revealed. Therefore‚ it is completely acceptable not to tell the truth or deceive another in business. As long as the actions of the business are within the stated
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A code of ethics is typically a gathering of different ethical theories put together to make one code of beliefs. A code of ethics is completely different from moral code which is also an extremely important. A code of ethics is a set out general principles about an organization’s beliefs on matters such as quality‚ employees or the environment compared to moral code which deals more with culture‚ education and religion of a whole society. A code of ethics can be both good and bad. The first and
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is to take an in depth look at business bluffing. I want to determine why it takes place and if it is ethical or not. Various people has various perceptions about business bluffing‚ my plan is to investigate these different perceptions and to form my own. Definition Bluff: When you deceive someone about something and give them a false impression about it. http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:bluff&sa=X&ei=xeOITPflF4jO8wS77ODgDg&ved=0CBQQkAE Business: Organizations that sells products
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1. Is Business Bluffing Ethical? By Albert Z. Carr 2. What is Carr’s central claim? “Business…is a game that demands both special strategy and an understanding of its special ethics.” (p. 60) One of these strategies involves calculated lying in the form of bluffing. These special ethics are different from “church ethics” such as honesty‚ integrity‚ and decency. This appears to be a wide-sweeping claim. Bluffing is widely practiced in business‚ and bluffing = “calculated lying.” This means that
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status of business bluffing is a controversial issue. On the one hand‚ bluffing would seem to be relevantly similar to lying and deception. Because of this‚ business bluffing can be taken to be an activity that is at least prima facie morally condemnable. On the other hand‚ it has often been claimed that in business bluffing is part of the game and that therefore there is nothing morally questionable in business bluffing (Allhoff‚2006). An attitude of extreme arrogance permeates the business world today
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Is Business Bluffing Ethical? When people doing business‚ they may use different ethical standards other than what we use in daily life. The majority businessmen manage their business legally; however‚ not all legal business is ethical. I do not think that business bluffing is ethical. I will provide three arguments in following paragraphs which are based on theories of groupthink‚ consequentialist and duties to support my position. First of all‚ according to the theory of duties
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Is Business Bluffing Ethical? Albert Carr Carr‚ like various cut throat business men and women‚ makes the claim that business is analogous to the game of poker. Although similar characteristics and tendencies do mimic each other‚ there are distinct examples that find fault in this analogy. In recognizing Kant’s views on truthfulness‚ it can be seen that “it is ok to bluff in poker” but it is not “ok to bluff in business.” 1. The game of poker not only relies on distrust to create a competitive
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HUMN 330 Values and Ethics Online Course Syllabus Credit Hours: 3 Delivery Method: Online (Internet / Blackboard) Required Textbook Rosenstand‚ N. (2013). The moral of the story: An introduction to ethics (7th ed.). New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 978-0078038426 Course Description This course focuses on the process of practical ethics as a way of resolving moral conflict and of understanding professional responsibility in a multi-culturally diverse society without devaluating specific viewpoints
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