Reference no: EM13899953

Applying Philosophy to Life

Assume that you are interviewing for a position as chair of a newly established ethics oversight committee for one of the following:
Investment firm that offers advice and products to public retirement funds

Hospital

Private university

State legislative body

Analyze three (3) philosophies addressed that you believe should guide decisions. Analyze one (1) philosophy that you believe would be extremely detrimental for the organization to use in making decisions.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

Provide a rationale for selecting this organization, explaining at least two (2) reasons the organization needs ethics oversight.

Analyze the first philosophy, discussing its proponents and two (2) major principles of the philosophy and how they apply to decisions that will need to be made.

Analyze the second philosophy, discussing its proponents and two (2) major principles of the philosophy and how they apply to decisions that will need to be made.

Analyze the third philosophy, discussing its proponents and two (2) major principles of the philosophy and how they apply to decisions that will need to be made.

Analyze a philosophy that would be detrimental, discussing its proponents and two (2) major principles of the philosophy and how they would be detrimental to decisions that will need to be made.

Provide at least five (5) credible, external academic references(at least one (1) source for each criterion) to support your view about the need for and use of these philosophies to make ethical decisions for the organization. (Do not use such open sources as Wikipedia, About, Ask.)