Unlike utility ethics, “duty” ethics hold that the duty to act (or not to act) is rooted in the goodness or evil of the act itself – and not in the outcome of the act. Said differently, certain acts are good or bad in and of themselves. Immanuel Kant was a duty-based philosopher, who argued that people must act out of duty.Read the following resource introducing duty-based ethics:

Unlike utility ethics, “duty” ethics hold that the duty to act (or not to act) is rooted in the goodness or evil of the act itself – and not in the outcome of the act. Said differently, certain acts are good or bad in and of themselves. Immanuel Kant was a duty-based philosopher, who argued that people must act out of duty.Read the following resource introducing duty-based ethics:Duty-based ethics. (2014). . Retrieved from Sethi, S., Veral, E., Shapiro, H., & Emelianova, O. (2011). Mattel, Inc.: Global manufacturing principles (GMP) – A life-cycle analysis of a company-based code of conduct in the toy industry. (4), 483-517. Retrieved from ProQuest. In a well-written,  paper (not including cover and reference pages), apply Duty Ethics to the Mattel case study.Velasquez, M., Andre, C., Shanks, T., & Meyer, M. J. (2008). Ethics and virtue. . Retrieved from  Virtue ethics. (2011). . Retrieved from