...EAI Values and Perspectives Values Underlying the CORE Ethical Perspectives In most personal and professional situations, it is important to overcome communication problems that occur when people approach ethical problems, questions or concerns from different ethical perspectives. An often effective way to do this is to find common ground for agreement by identifying the underlying values of the ethical perspectives that are shared by the people involved. Each of TWI’s CORE perspectives has several underlying values. Some of these values are quite similar and can be a point from which to work toward common agreement on how to approach the ethical issue or concern involved, such as setting priorities or agreeing on what the results could be. An important thought to keep in mind is that, in most cases, each of us is trying to make the best ethical decision in the situation given the information we have and how we prioritize our values. The path that each of us takes in prioritizing the values of a particular perspective informs the reasoning used in deciding what is the right thing to do and how we ought to do it. Recognizing this fact is a first step in mutual ethical problem solving. When applying the four step ethical decision making process presented in the Ethical Awareness Inventory, it is important to understand that these values inform our reasoning at each step, especially in step four. Knowing and using these values will make your ethical reasoning more effective...
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... The simulation placed the role of quality control manager (QCM) as my title within an organization called “G-Bio Sport’s.” Additionally, I was tasked with two dilemmas involving ethical issues, and the various ethical perspectives that were used in my analysis and decision making to resolve the dilemmas. This journal will reflect the issues, steps, ethical perspective used to base decision on and influence it played, as well as the correlation of various concepts within the simulation with my workplace. Ethical Dilemma Issue (The Case of Fair Warning) In the first dilemma products contaminated with high levels of GBS-Fibranafren, one of G-Bio Sport’s patented ingredients, which over two-thirds of the company’s products contain where found to have slipped through quality control. The dilemma provoked an issue of what the best decision would be to initiate a resolution to the issue. The company concluded that in healthy adults there was extremely low risk, though those with low immune systems would be at a higher risk, this with repeated use. Decision Making Steps In coming to an ethical decision or basis, I first identified the issues (whether or not to recall, disseminate the information, refund or replace the product) and then analyzed the issues enabling a clear perspective on the understanding of each issue. Additionally I did a stakeholder analysis to determine the stakeholders with the highest and lowest risk; this being the shareholders and the CEO...
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...Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Nike Student UoP Ethics 316 June 18, 2012 Week Five Dr. No Instructor Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Nike Nike Corporation grew from a local United States-based footwear distributor to a global marketing giant of athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment. This paper will provide an analysis of the ethical and social responsibility issues Nike must deal with as a global organization. Additionally, the paper will identify Nike’s ethical perspectives and present the exploration of these perspectives across cultures. Ethical and Social Responsibility Issues Nike began globalization through industrializing in countries, such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cambodia. The contracting by Nike of suppliers within these regions instantly began providing jobs, which at the time was just good enough to these improvised areas. However, by the end of the 90s Nike’s use of offshore manufacturing suppliers brought revelations of the sweatshop working conditions prevalent in these nations. The ethical responsibility issues Nike had as a challenge because of these sweatshop conditions ran the full gamut. For example Vietnam factories were violating the minimum wage and overtime laws, Cambodia was using child labor, and Malaysia even went as far as employing forced labor to ensure manufacturing requirements were met...
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...Personal Values Decision-making based on what’s “right” and what’s “wrong” is something that people have to do every day. It could be something minor, like deciding whether or not to help your elderly neighbor unload the groceries from their car, or it could be something major like deciding whether or not an employee needs to be let go from the company. However, when the subject of ethics comes up it can seem very complicated due to the considerable differences of opinion based on what makes up ethical behavior and how ethical decisions should be made. Ethical decisions could also be more than just “right” or “wrong” because it’s based so much on what people believe, leaving some people to remain “value-neutral.” The Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory Self-Assessment The Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory Self-Assessment (EAI) examines who will be affected by one’s decision making based off three components – Awareness, Articulation, and Application. Awareness is the ethical perspectives that serve as the basis for making good ethical choices; Articulation is your ability to explain the principles that underlie your position; Application uses your understanding of ethical decision making to put principles into action as you approach ethical choices every day (Ethics Awareness Inventory). The EAI uses a scoring summary based off four ethical perspectives; Character, Obligation, Results and Equity (CORE). The EAI instrument provided by the University...
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...Personal Values: Kudler Fine Foods MGT/521 11/12/10 Dr. Olivia Herriford Personal Values: Kudler Fine Foods Determining personal values and designing a format for individual ethics requires dedication. According to McGraw-Hill Higher Education (2009), “The generally accepted principles of right and wrong governing the conduct of individuals” (Glossary, para. 16) is the definition of personal ethics. One tool that helps to understand this term is the software program the Ethics Awareness Inventory by The Williams Institute. This comprehensive assessment breaks down individual perspectives pertaining to specific situations presented within the program and provides insight relating to ethical decision making. Personal values The Williams Institute breaks down ethical values in four categories known by the acronym CORE. CORE stands for Character, Obligation, Results, and Equality (The Williams Institute, 2008). The perspective I most closely related to was Obligation with 24 points. In this area, Obligation is about duty, what a rational person ought to do morally as opposed to what her or she should do (The Williams Institute, 2008). Additionally, through the Obligation perspective, I am supportive to providing opportunities for individuals to grow and learn. This assessment also provides the perspective least aligned with individual values. My assessed perspective was Character, where I received -24 points. The definition of Character is “what is good to be rather...
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...practice. Create benchmarks for self evaluation. Enhance sense of community. Create transparency in the business activities. Foster higher standards of business ethics. Comply with government laws and norms. Who is responsible for ethics in the company? : Who is responsible for ethics in the company? “Everyone” An ethical problem can’t be resolved unless it’s first recognized as a ‘dilemma’ : An ethical problem can’t be resolved unless it’s first recognized as a ‘dilemma’ Reward or punishment to ethical integrity and moral courage decide the act of an individual Corporate ethics: The global perspective : Corporate ethics: The global perspective Study by Columbia University 1990 Half of 1,000 business executives admitted being rewarded for taking action on the job that they considered unethical. One in three reported that refusing to take unethical action resulted in penalties. The inferences : The inferences Overemphasis on immediate gains can cascade down the organization. Sending message to staff to generate cash flow, supersedes all other objectives, including personal integrity. This message carries more weight than official proclamations of values, and codes of ethics Corporate directors need to minimize a company’s...
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...Personal Values Paper Students at University of Phoenix were asked to complete the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment. The students were then instructed to examine the Ethics Awareness Inventory and the ethical profile they are most closely aligned with and least closely aligned with. They were then asked to compare their personal values to the values of Kudler Fine Foods. Therefore, this paper will examine the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment, the results of Tracey Adams, a University of Phoenix student, and how her values compare to the values of Kudler Fine Foods. People make decisions in their business and personal life and must rely on their values to make ethical decisions. How can ethics be categorized or defined? Ethics are defined by The Williams Institute as “a branch of philosophy, is concerned with morality, moral problems and moral judgments, dealing with such elusive terms as values, right and good. It deals with issues beyond the realm of traditional rules and customs and unconscious habits” (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2008). The Ethics Awareness Inventory provides test takers with two ethical perspectives: one they are most aligned with and one they are least aligned with. These perspectives make up the acronym CORE (Character, Obligation, Results, and Equity). The character perspective focuses on what it is good to be rather than what it is good to do. The individual’s character...
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...Personal Values and Kudler Fine Foods The Williams Institute of Ethics Awareness Inventory assists individuals in determining one’s personal values and ethical style. The assessment identifies four primary values that one possesses with regard to ethics. These values are character, obligation, results, and equity. One who values character tends to base their ethical perspective on what it is good to be, rather than what it is good to do. One who values obligation tends to base their ethical perspective on an individual’s duty or obligation to do what is morally right. One who values results tends to base their ethical perspective on the results or consequences of their actions. Finally, one who values equity tends to base their perspective on ethics on a concern for the instability of knowledge, the uncertainty of human judgment, and the lack of individuals who can truly qualify as experts in the discernment of what is right and what is wrong. (THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT , 2008). Upon completing the assessment I discovered my values to revolve heavily around character. In the following paper I will describe my values, how my values align with the values of Kudler Fine Foods, and how this would affect my performance if I were a manager at Kudler. Bases on my results of the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Assessment my values revolve heavily around character. Regarding my ethical perspective “(I) believe that ethics should focus on ways to help...
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...on a person’s ability to make valuable and ethical professional decisions. The differences in ethical and moral characteristics can have positive or disastrous effects on careers and personal lives. In this paper the importance of understanding personal ethical perspective and the relationship between personal and professional ethics in psychology will be discussed. According to Mulcahy (2011), the Ethics Awareness Inventory Core is a philosophical study of moral values based on assumptions of what is determined to be right and wrong. The acronym for Core means Character, Obligation, Results, and Equity. These words define the meaning as a set of principles of beliefs for the background of the concept that includes morals, values principals, and rules that include standards of conduct and obligations for individuals and organizations. The ethical awareness inventory helps in evaluate the ethical style of an individual. This program asks a series of questions and evaluates the answers. Based on the answers an individual learns what his or her ethical perspective is. Many people view ethics from different perspectives and because of these differences is natural for people to have ethical conflicts with others. For example, an individual who has a different view about religion and politics may see ethical issues differently from another person who has a different perspective of religion and politics. In essence, ethics, like values, refer to principles and standards that an individual...
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...I discuss the results of Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment, what Kudler Fine Foods appears as an organization, and an evaluation of my performance as a manager at Kudler. Personal Values Paper The mission of self-assessment is to promote ethics in community through research, education and leadership, by helping adults to judge, care and do what is right. These three points are the ingredients for moral maturity. A commitment to personal ethics is about developing a moral self capable of dealing with ethical issues as they arise (www.ethics-twi.org). Ethical Perspective Assessment According to the self-assessment, a person’s ethical awareness profile can be closely aligned with four different values: ‘C’, for character, ‘O’, for obligation, ‘R’ for results, and ‘E’ for equity. This essentially classifies people whose ethical perspectives are based on moral values and principles (‘C’), feeling obligated to do what is morally right (‘O’), the consequence of their actions (‘R’) and using their daily experience to steer them through ethical decision- making process (‘E’). My Personal Values Of the four different values, I base my ethical perspectives primarily on ‘O’ or obligation. I believe that human beings have intrinsic value and deserve equal respect. Therefore, I cannot support social decisions or traditions aimed at the best interests of society while discarding the feelings of a few. People should be allowed to make their own choices...
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...Chapter 1: Perspective on Business Ethics and Values * Identify the good, tragic, comic, satirical and farcical elements in the way in which people and organization deal with matters of ethics and morality * Stakeholder theory * Business case for business ethics * Arguments about the moral status of business and organization Moral conflict between self-interest and public duty, between social and environment duty what takes precedence? Should a business case be proven before an organization commit to appeal fund or should behave in a socially responsible way, beyond the requirement of law because it is the right thing to do? It would seem logical that a company would benefit from socially responsible conduct such as renewable resources, promoting fair trade, empowering gender fairness in employment and support the community in which they operate. However, the translation of benefits into economic profits is not guaranteed. For some consumers the buying decision is influenced by the social image of the company but by the value they get from the trade. Various factors can be employed to measure the corporate social responsibility performance are Dow Jones Sustainability Index, SERM rating and EIRIS. Stakeholder Theory: What responsibilities or obligation does an organization owes to its stakeholders? How should an organization cater to the competing need of different stakeholders? What legitimate interests justify a group of people being regarded as stakeholders...
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...Business ethics and perspectives play a major role in how every business operates on a daily basis. This essay will examine two articles of foreign countries business ethics and perspectives. In addition, the essay will provide a brief summary of the articles. Also, the essay will demonstrate the primary ethical perspectives of the two countries. In addition, the essay will discuss the contributions to understanding global ethical perspectives. Furthermore, the essay will illustrate how the business ethics of a foreign country compares to that of The United States of America. Even though, some business ethics and perspectives differ from country to country generally they are the same. It is very important to uphold an elevated level of ethical behavior when conducting business in a foreign country. There are four main ethical perspectives that one should empathize with which are: character, obligation, results, and equity (Bullard, 2009). When examining ones character individuals should establish their thoughts on what shall be perceived as good versus what is good to accomplish. Furthermore, each individual should realize everyone has a different perspective on how businesses work in a global market. Another ethical perspective one should examine is obligation. Obligation can be described as doing what is morally correct without taking into account the ramifications. However, based on the perspective of obligation toward ethics, the results and equity perspectives also needs to...
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...Psychology August 12, 2013 Instructor: Mary Mc Greevy Abstract The purpose of the summary is to elucidate the importance of a personal ethical perspective and to scrutinize the affiliation between professional and personal ethics in psychology. The summary will analyze by taking into account the results of the Ethics Awareness Inventory (EAI). Ethics Awareness Inventory In today’s society, there is a fine and invisible line among individuals and professionals: ethics. The meaning has become so multifaceted that people’s views about ethics have become unstable and broad. Ethics relate to moral principles to guide individuals and to teach them how to conduct themselves in society by differentiating between rightness and wrongness. The standard of right and wrong defines the aspect of ethics. Ethical dilemmas will arise and will bring a tangle of questions to the professional. The professional will wrestle with questions that will be hard to admit to themselves and others (Pope & Vasquez, 2011). It is human nature to make rushed decisions and mistakes makes humans question their professional and personal ethics. Ethics will help the professional answer those tangled questions. An ethical awareness will let the professional weigh the choices that will affect the lives of colleagues, the public, and the clients. An ethical awareness will free the professional from the restraining webs of fallacy, carelessness, daily pressures, and habit (Pope & Vasquez, 2011). After...
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...Values and Ethical Decision Making Learning Team A Kevin Davis, Desmond Harris, David Stevens MGT 521 January 30, 2010 Richard Lewis Values and Ethical Decision Making Individuals and organizations make multiple decisions every day. Making decisions involves making a choice between two or more alternatives (Nickels, McHugh, & McHugh, 2010). Some of these choices are small, like what flavor of ice cream to buy, whereas other choices are big, like should a corporate executive take a bribe. Making ethical decisions is important for an organization’s success. An individual’s personal values and ethics help guide decision making. Organizational values also play a role in making decisions. Ethics awareness inventories help identify a person’s ethical perspective and how that perspective may conflict with organizational values to influence decisions. Values Evaluating personal values Norfolk Southern values can be evaluated through the individual actions, accomplishments, and achievements that have institutionalized the company’s commitment and many years of service. The personal leadership at Norfolk Southern developed the company’s long-term strategic formula for success in the railroad industry. The personal values of Norfolk Southern leaders, like former Chief Executive Officer David R. Goode, developed the company’s mission and vision and helped build a top company within the industry. Mr. Goode’s personal actions throughout countless situations helped guide the...
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...Ethical Leadership is leading by knowing and doing what is right. The problem with ethical leadership is that it is difficult to define right. Ethical leadership is divided into two parts. The leader must act and make decisions ethically, and second, the leader must also lead ethically in their attitudes and interactions. Ethics - is central to leadership because of: * The process of influence * The need to engage followers to accomplish mutual goals * The impact leaders have on establishing the organization’s values However some of few characteristic of Ethical leadership as: 1. To knowing and doing what is right. 2. Ethical leaders distinguish themselves by doing that which is inconvenient, unpopular, and even temporarily unprofitable in the service of long-term health and value. 3. Ethical leaders also consider other solutions that may require an investment but generate more value over the long term. 4. Ethical leaders extend trust to their workers, creating the conditions necessary to empower employees, suppliers, and even customers to take the risks necessary to create game-changing innovations. 5. Ethical leadership is a renewable human resource and, for this reason, represents one of the most efficient and practical assets an organization can put to use. The Major principles of Ethical Leadership as: 1. Respect others: Leader shall treat other people’s values and decisions with respect, allow others to be themselves with creative wants...
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