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Identify and describe the three levels and six stages of moral development.
 
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Question 2

Alice was a copy writer for a large advertising firm in New York, where she specialized in writing radio ads. She moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she took a job at a much smaller advertising firm.
 
  Her new job required her not only to write radio ads for supermarkets, but to write copy for all radio ads, TV ads, and print ads. Sometimes she even had to produce commercials, work with artists, and even meet with clients. Compared to her former New York job, her new job:
  A) involves less of a division of labor.
  B) shows a decentralization of power.
  C) gives her a greater span of control.
  D) has become a staff position instead of a line position.



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Answer: An individual's moral development can be divided into three levels, each having two stages. At each successive stage, an individual's moral judgment becomes less dependent on outside influences and more internalized.
The three levels of moral development are preconventional, conventional, and principled.
At the preconventional level, an individual's choice between right or wrong is based on personal consequences from outside sources, such as physical punishment, reward, or exchange of favors. This level includes stage 1 where an individual sticks to the rules to avoid punishment and stage 2 where the individual follows the rules only when doing so is in his or her immediate interest.
At the conventional level, ethical decisions rely on maintaining expected standards and living up to the expectations of others. The third and fourth stages are in the conventional level. In stage 3, an individual tries to live up to what is expected by people close to him or her. In stage 4, an individual tries maintaining conventional order by fulfilling obligations to which he has agreed.
At the principled level, an individual defines moral values apart from the authority of the groups to which he or she belongs. The 5th and 6th stages are a part of this level. At stage 5, an individual values the rights of others and upholds absolute values and rights regardless of the majority's opinion. Finally, at stage 6, an individual follows his or her self-chosen ethical principles even if they violate the law.

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