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week 2 commerce 3s03
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- 1way of thinking about any subject, content, or problem in which the thinker improves the quality of thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing it.Critical thinking
- 2Refers ability to analyze information objectively and make a reasoned judgment. _____ involves the evaluation of sources such as data, facts, observable phenomenon, and research findingsCritical thinking
- 35 Critical thinking Skills Part of critical thinking is the ability to carefully examine something, whether it is a problem, a set of data, or a text. People with____skills can examine information, understand what it means, and properly explain to others the implications of that information.analytical
- 45 critical thinking Skills Often, you will need to share your conclusions with your employers or with a group of colleagues. You need to be able to ____with others to share your ideas effectively. You might also need to engage critical thinking in a group. In this case, you will need to work with others and ____effectively to figure out solutions to complex problems.communicate
- 55 critical thinking Skills Critical thinking often involves ____ and innovation. You might need to spot patterns in the information you are looking at or come up with a solution that no one else has thought of before. All of this involves a creative eye that can take a different approach from all other approaches.creativity
- 6: To think critically, you need to be able to put aside any assumptions or judgments and merely analyze the information you receive. You need to be objective, evaluating ideas without biasopen-mindedness
- 7nother critical thinking skill that involves analyzing a problem, generating, and implementing a solution, and assessing the success of the plan. Employers don’t simply want employees who can think about information critically. They also need to be able to come up with practical solutionsProblem solving
- 8also known as a moral dilemma, are situations in which there is a choice to be made between two options, neither of which resolves the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion. In such cases, societal and personal ethical guidelines can provide no satisfactory outcome for the chooser.Ethical dilemma's
- 9The perception of an ethical dilemma can be changed by the degree to which ethical importance is given to an issue. Variation in perceived ethical importance is known as ethical_____ on the decision maker.intensity
- 10greater ethical intensity= greater ____about the correct action for ethical issue or dilemma.ambiguity
- 11Amount of harm or benefit accruing to the individuals affected by a decision or behavior/ action **The more people are harmed or the greater the harm to those people, the larger the consequences.Magnitude of consequences
- 12An act that causes 2,000 people to suffer an injury has greater consequences than an act that causes one person to suffer the same injury. A decision that causes the death of a human being is perceived as having greater consequence than one that causes a broken leg. This is an example ofMagnitude of consequences:
- 13This is the likelihood that if a decision is carried out, it will lead to the harm or benefit predicted.Probability of impact
- 14The sale of a gun to a known armed robber has a greater probability of harm than the sale of a gun to a law-abiding citizen. This is an Example of:Probability of impact
- 15This is the degree of public agreement that a suggested decision is either right or wrong, good, or evil.social consensus
- 16Actively discriminating against minority job candidates is considered worse than not making an effort to seek out minority job candidates. Bribing a customs official in the United States or Canada evokes greater public condemnation than bribing a customs official in a country where such behavior is an accepted way of doing business. This an example ofsocial consensus
- 17This refers to the length of time that elapses between making a decision and when the consequences of that decision occur. A shorter length of time implies greater immediacy.Time immediacy
- 18Example 1.: Assume Merck releases a drug that causes 1 percent of the peo- ple who take it to have acute nervous reactions within one week. This has greater time immediacy than re- leasing a drug that will cause 1 percent of those who take it to develop nervous disorders after 25 years of use. Example 2: A reduction in the retirement benefit of current retirees at UPS has greater time immediacy than a reduction in the future retirement benefits of employees who are currently 24 years of age. these examples show:Time immediacy
- 19This is the feeling of closeness (psychological or physical) that the decision maker has for those who will be affected by the decisionProximity
- 20Recently, Citigroup cut 53,000 jobs, and more layoffs were anticipated. This action likely had a greater impact on supervisors and managers who had to hand out pink slips to their employees than it had on top executives who did not personally know the people who were losing their jobs. This is an example of:proximity
- 21whether effects of action are concentrated on a few people or a affect many people a little. level of intensity is higher when an act has a significant effect on a single individual, as opposed to a modest effect on many people.concentration of effect
- 22Cheating an individual or small group of individuals out of $10,000 has a more concentrated effect than cheating an organization, such as the IRS, out of the same sum of money. This is an example ofconcentration of effect
- 23are employees who disclose illegal or unethical conduct on the part of others in an organization.whistleblowers.
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