Exam 7: Business Ethics Fundamentals

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Kohlberg said that people develop their moral judgment skills in a regular and orderly pattern over their lifetimes.Young children start their moral development in the preconventional level,in which their primary concern is with their own welfare and happiness.In this initial level,people begin to learn right from wrong from external sources (e.g. ,parents,teachers)by reacting to punishment and seeking rewards.As people gain experience and mature,they learn that others should be considered in their moral judgments--that others expect certain behaviors and have the right to be treated in certain ways.This knowledge begins in a fairly narrow scope,including mainly family and friends,and expands to include a broader definition of society.In this second,or conventional level,the individual learns to make judgments that consider others,and help maintain social order.At the final,or postconventional level,people begin to make moral judgment that consider all of humankind and are based on universal principles of right and wrong,regardless of how other people may define those terms.Kohlberg noted that very few people actually reach the postconventional level.