PowerPoint Slides for the Junior Achievement Business Ethics Course taught by Attorney Joseph Tojarieh

1. CLASS
LOCATION
FAIRFAX
BUSINESS ETHICS
LECTURE ONE: INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
PROGRAM
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT

2. Presented by
Joseph Tojarieh, Esq.
Tojarieh Law Firm, PC

3. Mutual Respect Reminder
• Based on the nature of ethical dilemmas,
the issues and examples in this program
can lend themselves to differing
opinions.
• Important to demonstrate tolerance for
others’ views.

4. What is ethics?

5. Ethics: The standards that
help determine what is
good, right, and proper.

6. Huh?

8. From where do we derive
ideas of right and wrong?

9. Laws

10. Laws
• Are ethical acts necessarily legal?
• Are legal acts necessarily ethical?

11. Legal vs. Ethical
ILLEGAL
LEGAL
ETHICAL UNETHICAL

12. Religion

13. Religion
• Over 4,000 religious groups.
• Religions differ with respect to what is
considered ethical.
Gadhimai Festival
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15. Tradition
• The transmission of customs or beliefs
from generation to generation
• Sometimes the product of inertia

16. Personal Experiences
Half empty or half full?

17. Common Sense

18. • Laws
• Religion
• Traditions
• Personal experiences
• Common sense