...Ethics Awareness Ethics awareness is the ability to know what type of person one is when it comes to making ethical decisions. Ethics is a difficult area of business and one’s life. The reason is each person finds what it ethically acceptable somewhat different. Recently for college, I was required to take an inventory of what I deem to be ethical. This paper will explain what type of ethical decision maker I am, and address three problems that I may run into in the workplace because of the way I make my decisions. According to the Williams Institute (2006), I base most of my decisions based on character of the person. Does this person make ethical decisions normally, and does this person usually conduct his self or her self ethically? This is not seen as a character flaw, but alone will not produce the most positive result. Other factors have to be calculated into the equation of making ethical decisions. For example, people affected positively compared to the number of people affected negatively along with determining if the decision is the right thing to do will also affect the decision. For purposes of this assignment I will make decisions based on the character of the person and address the problems that will arise because of that fact. One problem I will run into in my place of work will be someone I hold in high regard because of his or her character will fall behind in his or her job. Just because this person is of good character my judgment...
Words: 727 - Pages: 3
...Ethics Awareness Inventory Lydia Davis GEN/480 September 23, 2013 Judy Shimunek Ethics Awareness Inventory For the purpose of this course I completed the “Ethics Awareness Inventory” on the student website. The results generated from the inventory truly surprised me because I was not aware that I have developed a high regard for ethical standards. Example, according the inventory my ethical perspective means that it is an individual’s obligation or duty to do what is morally right, and that ethical conduct appeals to the conscience. I look at the actions of a person rather than results of the action. A person’s intentions can provide me with insight about that individual’s personality and character as they related to the treatment of others. My thinking is, people for the most part are good and really mean no harm but their actions often yield negative results. My ethical style according to the inventory revealed that my internal belief is that human beings have value and have every right to be respected. This goes contrary to social traditions and policies aimed for the best interest of society as a whole when society denies individuals the opportunities they are entitled to. This example is true in my professional life as a human service professional because I become very protective of those who are not treated fairly in their time of need. This extends to my judgment of others. The intentions of others are very important to me because I tend to judge people...
Words: 435 - Pages: 2
...Ethics Awareness Charletta Berry 581 April 30, 2012 Timothy De Long Ethics Awareness 1. Explain the role of ethics and social responsibility in developing a strategic plan, considering stakeholder’s needs. (A) Stakeholder can be a person, group, organization, or system who affects or can be affected by an organization’s actions. Society expects businesses to be responsible both socially and ethically. “Businesses are supposed to respect the environment, pursue fairness in dealing with internal and external customers, and strive to improve their communities” (Romani, 1998). Ignoring the ethical standards will have an adverse impact on businesses as well as the consumers. Although some unethical practices are exercised by some businesses, many businesses recognize the importance of ethics in their operations and enforce the ethical standards. Operations managers are expected to act ethically when making business decisions. Strategic plans help businesses to maximize stakeholder’s(shareholders) wealth and move business forward. The managers make decisions based on these strategic plans and strategies. Environment, internal and external customers, and the communities in which they operate must be taken into consideration when developing strategic plans. (Yep, these other stakeholders must be considered when the plan is built) Ethics and social responsibility must be made part of developing a strategic plan. In the Williams Institute for Ethics and Management there...
Words: 535 - Pages: 3
...Ethics Awareness Inventory PSYCH/545 September 2 2013 Dr. Tindall Ethics Awareness Inventory For an individual to arrive at a decision that is ethical and professional will be greatly depend on the individuals, businesses, and the individual’s academic success. The affect on an individual’s professional career of being bad or good can be related to both the moral and ethical features presented. Test instruments performed in psychology play an important role in allowing the profession to maintain the proper knowledge it needs inside the professions expertise throughout the world. This paper will show the importance of an individual’s ethical views in their career, and help to evaluate the correlations between an individual’s professional and personal standard of ethics in the profession of psychology. Personal Ethical Perspective The Ethics Awareness Inventory Core is a concept or ideology study of morality that was founded and assumed of what was identified as being correct or not (Mulcahy, 2011).the word Core means Character, Obligation, Results, and Equity. These four groups of principles of beliefs of “Core” are for understanding a specific idea which entails an individual’s morals, values, and their principles and guidelines (Mulcahy, 2011). Ethics is similar to values in that they both have principles and standards to abide by because the individual regards them as what is being morally positive, or morally acceptable. An individual’s ethical essence is determined...
Words: 841 - Pages: 4
...Ethics Awareness Inventory Ethics is a set of standards that a person holds as value. Hogan (2007) maintains, “Ethics deals with what one should or should not do, according to principles or norms of conduct” (p. 584). The following addresses five points. The first point depicts the results of the ethic awareness inventory (EAI) of this author. Second, discusses the function and relevancy of personal ethics in relation to psychology, principles, and the Code of Conduct. Third addresses how this author intends to apply psychological principles to personal, spiritual, social, and organizational issues. Fourth focuses on how ethics affects psychological knowledge and principles in relation to personal growth, health, and development. The last point investigates the advantages of psychology, and the role ethics play in the pursuit of a degree in psychology. Results of the Ethic Awareness Inventory The ethic awareness inventory provides an understanding of the ethic style of an individual and challenges this person face working with different ethical perspectives. The scoring process of the EAI includes four categories of character, obligation, results, and equity. The results for the EAI of this author for each category includes a scoring rate for character as a 9, obligation was a four, results included the score of -2, and equity produced a score of -11 (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2008). The character score illustrates a high regard to elements...
Words: 1108 - Pages: 5
...Ethics Awareness Inventory University of Phoenix – Online Dr. Lamika Hays Ethics Awareness Inventory Introduction According to the William Institute and Management (2006) Ethics Awareness Inventory is the capability to evaluate ones individual and professional ethics which is a vital characteristic for adults in today’s extremely competitive and focused business world. This article will construe the results of the Ethics Awareness Inventory, explain how the educational experience has influenced my own moral philosophy, explain how I apply my own ethics in thinking and decision-making, and how I attempt to handle people and situations that present conflicting understandings of ethical actions. The Ethics Awareness Inventory presents a unique insight into my own ethical viewpoint. This tool allowed me to recognize my professed ethical viewpoint, compared to the outcome of the inventory analysis. The following graphic represents the results of my profile upon conclusion of the inventory questionnaire. C O R E MOST 5 9 5 5 LEAST 6 4 4 10 COMBINED SCORE -1 5 1 -5 Ethical Perspective According to the Ethics Awareness Inventory my ethical perspective is based on obligation. I tend to base my ethical perspective on an individuals duty or obligation to do what is morally right-principles that represent what rational persons ought morally to do...
Words: 849 - Pages: 4
...Ethics Awareness Inventory Ronnie Paul University of Phoenix PSY/490 – Capstone Course in Psychology Christine Rose, MA, LPC 2 Ethics Awareness Inventory A program designed to evaluate an individual’s ethical style is called The Ethics Awareness Inventory (Collak, 2012). For most people, right and wrong is evaluated from their own perspective and is very valuable to the individual once discovered. The EAI program will ask the participant a series of questions and then evaluate the answers. Once the test is completed, the program will reveal the type of ethics one possesses. Although, tests results may vary from person to person, most individuals base their ethical views on obligation, results, equity and character. Furthermore, there are some who’s ethical styles are blended, which can put them in two different categories at the same time. This assignment requires that I take the EAI and break down my own personal conclusions of ethical style and perspective. An individual’s code of conduct is directly connected to their own personal ethics. Moreover, personal ethics play an important role in one’s social, spiritual and organizational issues. Personal Summary of EAI My personal conclusion is I view ethics based on character (Williams Institute, 2006). My personal view points are based on personal virtue. I place high regard on honesty, wisdom, justice, personal integrity and benevolence. I...
Words: 1073 - Pages: 5
...Ethnics Awareness Inventory Tameka Dillard Mosby PSY 490 August 2, 2014 Theresa Cruz Abstract Ethic Awareness Inventory The Ethics Awareness Inventory is a series of question that can estimate one’s ethical method. It is vital to understand what the outlook is, because some individuals view what is right and wrong from their own standpoint. At the end of the test, it shows what type of ethical person you are. The results are different for each person, but some individuals base their ethical outlook on personality, responsibility, results, or equity. Ethics is very important in the area of research. The APA has set standards on research that should be done because there are some experiments conducted and test that may go against human surroundings making them unethical. If an experiment or test causes aspects of mental disturbance, ethical aspect has not been followed and it should not be carried out(APA, 2001). In the ethical awareness inventory, my ethical perspective is most closely aligned with equity and is least closely aligned with results. Personal Ethics, Principles, and Code of Conduct Personal ethics is what an individual believe what is right and what is wrong. Ethics can have an effect on the use of psychological standards to personal, religious, social, and organizational issues. In psychology, there is an ethical code of conduct, which professionals...
Words: 836 - Pages: 4
...Ethics Awareness Inventory Although every individual views ethics from a different perspective, most people agree there is right and wrong, although they may vary on how to make moral and ethical decisions. This author's ethical perspective is based on character, and she believes being ethical is more important than simply performing ethical deeds. To determine the ethical nature of people, she looks into their character rather than judging them by the quality of their actions. Herein, the author describes her perspective as suggested by the Ethics Awareness Inventory (The Williams Institute of Ethics and Management, 2011). Personal Ethics, Principles, and the Code of Conduct Personal ethics must be deliberately developed over the lifespan. In a psychological profession and when working with people, professionals must continually implement ethical judgment and moral decision-making and persist in developing and evolving one's understanding of morality. This development does not cease once a goal is attained, it is an ongoing process that becomes more deeply engrained as the individual evolves. Personal ethics are an essential part of any professional discipline, and to conduct oneself ethically, one must be ethical. Although designed with good intentions, developing a list of appropriate behavior, such as the code of conduct designed by the American Psychological Association, cannot aid in the development of personal moral and ethical judgment, only rule-following...
Words: 1095 - Pages: 5
...Ethics Awareness Inventory . Ethics Awareness Inventory Ethics awareness inventory is an opportunity for individuals to learn about themselves as well as how others approach ethical decision making (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2012). “Ethics awareness inventory is designed to assist individuals with achieving specific objectives enabling an individual to understand and care about what is right or good, compare, and decide alternatives, form opinions about actions morally appropriate to take, and acquire the skills to justify decisions or ethical grounds” (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2012, p. 1). Understanding the importance of an individual’s own personal ethical perspective is an important area that individuals should be aware of and understand as well, the relationship between personal and professional ethics are also areas important to be aware of and understand. The ethics awareness inventory consists of four categories of ethical thoughts used to determine the profile of an individual, which should reflect the individual’s beliefs. After taking the multiple question inventories it is apparent that the ethical profile most closely aligned to is (O) obligation, and the ethical profile least closely aligned is (E) equity (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2012). The ethics perspective of (O) obligation, “individuals who most closely aligned with obligation tend to base his or her ethical perspectives on an...
Words: 787 - Pages: 4
...Ethics Awareness Inventory Brenda Feeler Psy/490 08/19/2012 Jason Sapir Ethics Awareness Inventory Personal ethics in psychology The American Psychology Association (APA) has set standards for psychologist to follow while practicing, practicing psychology is a commitment to increase professional knowledge of behavior and scientific knowledge. Psychologist uses his or her gained knowledge to assist individuals in understanding themselves and to improve conditions of society, organizations, and themselves (O’Hanlon, 2006). Commitment to society to develop choices concerning human behavior and informed judgments, practicing this in psychology will require many roles, educator, therapist, consultant, and researcher (O’Hanlon, 2006). Principles in psychology are important in safe guarding the rights of the individual interacting with the psychologist, if a conflict occurs attempts to resolve the conflict with a responsible solution that does the least harm to the client. Psychologists display professional and scientific judgment that affects the lives of others, they guard against political factors, financial, personal, and social factors that have the potential to misuse of the psychologists influence (O’Hanlon, 2006). The Code of Ethics in psychology is a guideline for psychologist providing guidance and standards...
Words: 910 - Pages: 4
...Ethics Awareness Inventory According to the Ethics Awareness Inventory Scoring Summary based on letter category in which the lowest combined score reflects values most to least in agreement with a person’s view on ethics. There are key words that are categorized to represent a primary value that forms a basis on ethical decision making within a person’s ethical perspective (William Institute, 2006). CORE stands for, character, obligation, results and equity. Each one is important in making an ethical decision. Individuals’ have character that is unique, some feel obligated and believe that people deserve to be treated fairly, just like equity in which many believe that everything should be based on equal share and making a decision ends with a result. In my summary score, my ethical profile is most closely aligned with O for obligation and is least aligned with R for results. While taking this test and before answering the questions I had to really think about them, in which gave me a better understanding of my critical thinking skills. In past classes, critical thinking has been a major part of my education and within my personal life. This analysis of my test made me think hard and question my ethical beliefs. To understand this test, I had to believe there was no right or wrong answers but to be honest and open within myself of what I as a human being believed in. My results did not surprise me because I have always thought that people should be treated with respect and...
Words: 931 - Pages: 4
...Ethics Awareness Inventory XMGT/216 September 2,2011 George Camposano/Axia Faculty Ethics Awareness Inventory I have learned that the way I make ethical decisions sometimes does not please everyone involved. This would make sense since someone is not going to like the outcome of a situation especially when it does not go in their favor. The Inventory says I tend to look at the intent behind the actions of a person rather than focusing on results. Well I do look at their intent but I also focus on the end result. The Inventory states that I view ethical principles in the following manner: Respectful of human dignity Appropriate under any circumstances Committed to promoting individual freedom and autonomy. To sum up the Ethics Awareness Inventory it says under Perspectives: Obligation- People are always an end in them, never a means to an end. The Golden Rule is non-negotiable. Personal attributes: Consistent, Committed, Dependable, Respectful, “a Straight Arrow” Key Concepts: Duty, Intent, Code of Conduct, Ethical, Principles, Human Dignity, Individual Freedom and Autonomy. Key Phrases: “They deserve better….” “ We owe it to them…” “They have a right to…” “We have a duty to ….” Individual Style: Committed to: Principle Oriented Decision A moral compass Ethics training Equal Opportunity for all Professional standards ...
Words: 347 - Pages: 2
...ics Ethics Awareness Inventory 11-22-2014 XMGT/216 Deborah Pryer University of Phoenix After completing the Ethics Awareness Inventory I learned that my ethical profile is most closely aligned with obligation and my ethical profile is least closely aligned with character. I learned that my ethical style is guided by my desire to be in accord with standards of right and wrong. My ethical perspective tends to base upon an individuals duty or obligation to do what is morally right. When deciding whether a person’s actions are ethical, I look at the intent of the actions instead of focusing on the results. After reviewing the information in the ethics awareness inventory I can apply this useful information in the workplace. I can use this information by knowing what frustrations I may face in addressing ethical dilemmas. Defending my ethical perspective may result in economic hardship, it is important for me to understand that the right choice for the company may be better than what I think is ethically right. I do not think that social pressures have influenced my personal or business ethics because I try to do what I think is ethically right not what society thinks is acceptable. I think that is normal for people to make honest mistakes every once in a while, I would rather stand up for what I think is ethically and morally right than to follow what everybody else is doing. Reference: University of Phoenix. (2011). Ethics awareness inventory [Multimedia]. Retrieved...
Words: 256 - Pages: 2
...Ethics Awareness Inventory Analysis GEN 480 Interdisciplinary Capstone Course I 4 April 2011 Dr. Joel Ginsburg Ethics Awareness Inventory Analysis Ethics is important to everyone for the society as a whole. Whether it is in a person’s professional career or personal life, ethics and morals play an important role. The key to an organization’s success is the way they handle business ethically. Although it is not always simple to do the right thing, it is something that must be done. Conducting an Ethics Awareness Inventory is a way someone can learn how they as individuals see ethics; what is important to them the most, and what is important to them the least. I completed this inventory, and will discuss how it relates to my personal and professional development, how my educational experience has affected my way of thinking ethically, how I use ethics in thinking and decision making, and the potential for situations to arise with others that have a different interpretation of ethical behavior. I have not yet decided what I want to do career wise. Currently, I have short-term in long-term goals that are a part of my professional development. In my personal life, it is important that I can provide for my family financially and emotionally. That is one of the main reasons why I have chosen to return to school as an adult. I also wish to become a father that my children can look up to. Having an education is one of the first steps. I try and do the right thing in my...
Words: 640 - Pages: 3
