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Justice

Justice

Justice is a complicated concept that at its core requires fairness.

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Integrity

Integrity

Integrity is an indispensable moral virtue that includes acting with honesty, fairness, and decency.

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In-group/Out-group

In-group/Out-group

The In-group/Out-group phenomenon describes the fact that we tend to judge and treat people who are like us more favorably than people who are different from us.

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Incrementalism

Incrementalism

Incrementalism is the slippery slope whereby people’s actions evolve from small, technical violations to larger, more significant wrongs.

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Hedonism

Hedonism

Hedonism is a form of consequentialism that approves of actions that produce pleasure and avoid pain.

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Groupthink

Groupthink

Groupthink occurs when people’s desire to maintain group loyalty trumps all other factors, including abiding by their personal code of ethics.

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Framing

Framing

Framing describes how people’s responses to ethical (and other) issues are affected by the frame of reference through which they view the issues.

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Fiduciary Duty

Fiduciary Duty

A Fiduciary Duty is a legal obligation to act in the best interest of another rather than one’s self.

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Fundamental Attribution Error

Fundamental Attribution Error

The Fundamental Attribution Error is the tendency people have to attribute others’ actions to their character, ignoring the impact that situational factors might have on that behavior.

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Ethical Fading

Ethical Fading

Ethical Fading occurs when people focus on some other aspect of a decision so that the ethical dimensions of the choice fade from view.

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