Business Ethics and

Social Responsibility
Quarter 3 – Module 4:
Philosophies Influencing Our Bussiness
Practices
PRAYER
CHECKING OF
ATTENDANCE
REVIEW:
Philosophies
Influencing
Our
Business
Practices
 'Lesson Objectives
1. identify the classical
philosophers and their
philosophies;
2. make a graphic organizer
about classical philosophies;
and
3. explain how each philosophy
reflects into business practices.
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correct word.
Picture clues
were given
as your guide

LOSPHIPHERS
OPHILOSOPHERS
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ILCOG
LOGIC
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correct word.
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as your guide

DOGO
GOOD
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correct word.
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DBA
BAD
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SUBSENISS
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 Lesson 1
Classical Philosophies
Reflecting into Business
Practices
 The Classical Philosophers and
Philosophies and Their Implications on
Business
1. Socrates (469-399 BCE)- “The Gad-fly at the
Marketplace” is one of the few individuals whom one
could say have shaped the cultural and intellectual
development of the world for without him, history would
be profoundly different. This is Socrates’s philosophical
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates
idea
pointed out that human choice was motivated by the
desire for happiness.
Socrates thought of the Entrepreneurs. The Socratic
Method is a way of
thinking that allows individuals to define their own purpose
of learning and exploring its purpose through open-minded
questioning of what they hold to be true. Socrates insisted
on a right to think of ourselves by introducing the
philosophical concept, “Dare to Disagree”
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2. Plato – “The Philosopher-King” is one of the
world’s best known and most widely read and studied
philosophers. He was the student of Socrates and the
teacher of Aristotle. He wrote in the middle of the 4th
Century BCE in ancient Greece. This is Plato’s
philosophical
“Good peopleidea:
do not need laws to tell them to act
responsibly, while bad people will find a way
around the laws.”
Plato maintains a virtue-based eudemonistic
conception of ethics. That is to say, happiness or
well-being (eudaimonia) is the highest aim of moral
thought and conduct and the virtues (aretê:
excellence) are the requisite skills and dispositions
needed to attain it.
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 3. Aristotle – “All or Nothing” (384-322 BCE) is a
towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, contributing
to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology,
ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance, and theater.
These are some of Aristotle’s philosophical ideas:
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the
whole aim, and end of human existence.”
“Let people seek fulfillment.”
The word happiness in ethics is a translation of the Greek
term “eudaimonia” which connotes success and fulfillment.
For Aristotle, this happiness is our highest goal in relation to
business, Aristotle concludes that the role of the leader is to
create an environment in which all members of an
organization can realize their potential.

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4. Immanuel Kant (1724–1804). “Duty based
Ethics”. He is one of the most influential philosophers in
the history of Western Philosophy. He was not concerned
with the consequences of one’s actions or the harm
caused to one’s individual interests. Instead, he is
focused on motives and the willingness of individuals to
act for the good of others, even if the action might result
to personal loss. Doing something for the right reason
wasexample,
For more important
businesstoethics
Kant than any particular
is littered with casesoutcome.
of
companies that have suffered damaging crises due to
their leaders’ lack of commitment to act based on
goodwill and about what benefits others.

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5. Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill-
“Utilitarianism” revolves around the concept of
“the end justifies the means”. It believes that
outcomes, as a result of an action have a greater
value compared
Utilitarianism is ato the latter.
philosophy or belief suggesting
that an action is morally right when the majority of
people benefit from it. Also, the doctrine that an action
is right as it promotes happiness, and that the greatest
happiness of the greatest number should be the
guiding principle of conduct. Utilitarianism is a moral
theory that advocates actions that promote overall
happiness or pleasure and reject actions that cause
unhappiness or harm. A utilitarian philosophy, when
directed to making social, economic, or political
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decisions, aims for the betterment of society
 LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET
A. Directions: Write the business philosophies of each
philosopher in the table below. The first one is done for you.
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Philosopher Business Philosophies

Aristotle
Immanuel Kant
Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill

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Performance Task #2
Directions: Directions: Craft a square circular pop-
up card or rotating scrap book about the 5 classical
philosophies that you have learned in our lesson.
Contents will include 4 details such as the picture
and name of philosophers, their business
philosophies, and a short idea how each philosophy
reflects into business practices.
For your guidance, please do watch:
https://youtu.be/kLcfLTq2gS8 ,
https://youtu.be/MY5NofG5BI0 ,
https://youtu.be/PucgtQvAERc ,
https://youtu.be/qdIyYuwdyK4

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You will be graded based on the
following criteria:

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