...Personal Ethics Statement Santana Ludos GEN/195 August 27, 2012 Paul Hamel Personal Ethics Statement People’s morals, values, beliefs and even ethics are a part of everyday life. Ethics are how we actually do behave in the face of difficult situations that test our moral compass; developing our personal character. Knowing what is important to me helps me make decisions that are truest to my priorities or ethics as you would say. The choices we make should be driven by our own beliefs not influenced by someone else. Ethical Lens Inventory After reviewing my personal Ethical Lens Inventory, it proved me right. The Ethical Lens Inventory stated that my personal preferred lens is nothing, which is right. It stated that I use my reasoning skills to determine my duties, as well as rules and the systems that will assure fairness and justice for everyone. Also the definition of ethical behavior in this inventory explained I define an ethical person as one who does the right thing, said I hold this high a standard for myself, but do not judge others who fall short, and that’s not wrong. Values and Behaviors I always assumed my ethical viewpoint is that everything should be fair. In the lens inventory I learned that one of my weaknesses is that I trust too much; I have too much justice for people. I usually forget that not everyone deserves equal access as much as I would like everyone to have that no everyone deserves that. I found out that one of my strengths is that since...
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...Personal Ethics Statement Margot Rivera HCS 478 Health Law and Ethics November 26, 2012 Barbara Scheibe Personal Ethics Statement The values that I find significant influences and foundations for my life are honesty, reliability, and respectability. I express these values both professionally and personally by living straightforward, truthful, and keeping promises to family and friends. Values were emphasized and taught to me early in my childhood by a male dominant, Catholic, Hispanic family. My father was a self-educated man who worked diligently to acquire the few comforts he could afford my family. Supporting a large family of seven children made it impossible to be extravagant or irresponsible with finances or in personality. Watching my parents struggle to support the family and working together as a team educated me in the ways of accomplishing goals with good communication, teamwork, and creativity to benefit the entire family. I sought to keep those values in my relationships with friends, coworkers, and family as I grew up and found that I could accomplish more and receive more personal satisfaction when I kept true to my word and commitments. Each definition of personal ethics is different depending on who you ask; however, I see personal ethics as steadfast rules or beliefs that guide each person in decision-making and what defines a personality. During the many years I have worked in the emergency room, I have encountered many situations that left me...
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...Personal Ethics Statement Final Project My Personal Ethics Statement: It is my belief that being aware of and sensitive to the needs of an individual creates the greatest good for all involved. An individual is just that … an individual with ideas, points of view and beliefs individualized by one person. When the individual is recognized within a group, then the group is completed by its individual perspectives. It’s easy to overlook the needs of others when I only think of myself and not the group. It’s easier to be selfish and only think of what I want and need; from my singular perspective my opinions are the only ones that matter. But when I act with enlighten self-interest and apply forethought to any given situation, I have found that I am able to see the situation more clearly. Taking into account how others view the same situation allows me to see other perspectives and therefore other solutions. I am able to see that my point of view is just as important as anyone else’s, but so is theirs. I am able to empathize more freely and my ego is kept in balance with the situation. Because of this empathy and balance, I feel that many situations can be resolved with positive and productive efforts simply by listening and consciously attempting to see the situation from another point of view. Understanding that other people have the same desire to be heard and understood is what open communication is all about. Lack of forethought to the consequences of not considering...
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...Personal Ethics Statement After taking the work culture activity the results were ethical, expert, and well resourced. The results reflected the type of work culture that would allow flexibility that was also challenging, learning, and performing new ideas. The environment also encourages people to express opinions innovative, creative atmosphere control your own work schedule and organization dynamic and changing environment. The Work Culture activity somewhat aligned itself with the preferred ideal work environment. Yes, I think there is a relationship between effective study habits and techniques of being successful in those work cultures by being successful in those cultures. Study habits and techniques are all part of note taking; they are extremely helpful in remembering important detail about a particular subject. By using effective study habits and techniques, can help you when taking quiz or test. While taking a test, you can remember from the top of your head of what you had wrote down for studied to answer that question. In work culture, it will help you memorize your work procedure and guidelines. Before taking this class, I didn’t even realize what an ethical lens inventory was, much less that it had strengths and weaknesses and even a blind spot.The weaknesses and strengths of the way people think can work in so many ways. Your weaknesses can strengthen over time and your strengths can become even stronger. How you balance both can be tremendous factors in...
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...Personal Ethics Statement What does living ethically mean to me? When I think of my answer to this question, two words come to mind immediately; integrity and honesty. Those two are followed quickly by fairness, respect and responsibility. These five words make up my core values and by parallel my personal ethics. Words I do my best to represent and live up to each and every day. Responsibility - Who am I? I am a daughter, sister, niece, aunt, friend, associate and leader. Within my family roles, I feel I have an obligation to be there for my family and set an example for my nieces and nephews. Helping them grow into the best people they can be by sharing my beliefs and principles with them. At work, I have accountability to my employer to keep the enterprise’s best interest in mind with each decision I make with regard to access to our data and functions within the systems. Fairness - I grew up in a family where fairness was a very important value. There were five children in our family and while sometimes one of us would have an opportunity to do or have something, there was always a turn in the future for another sibling. Within my work life, my sense of fairness can sometimes negatively affect me. I feel you need to give 110% to your employer and have an obligation to complete things on time. There have been times where I have worked with others that do not have the same work ethic. While not the right thing to do in my mind, I need to be careful not to be resentful...
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...University of Phoenix Material Personal Ethics Statement Worksheet I agree with the results of the Work Culture Preferences activity completely. It dose match what I considered my ideal work culture. I do like varied and ground breaking work, high emphasis on specialist expertise and lots of specialist roles, high engagement - people encouraged to express opinions, innovative, creative atmosphere, control your own work schedule and organization, dynamic and changing environment. I do understand that there is a relationship between effective study habits and techniques and being successful in the work cultures. I understand that there is a relationship between effective study habits and techniques and being successful in those work cultures. I believe that having study habits and techniques are important in any work culture. Without study habits or techniques, a student cannot succeed. To succeed, students must be able to appropriately assimilate course content, digest it, reflect on it, and be able to articulate that information in written and/or oral form. To be a great professional you had to be a great student. My ethical perspective demonstrated that I respect for the views and contributions of other team members; shows empathy; listens, supports and cares for others; consults others and shares information and expertise with them; builds team spirit and reconciles conflict; adapts to the team and fits in well. Upholds ethics and values; demonstrates integrity; promotes...
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...Personal Ethics Statement My personal ethics statement includes my values and ideals important to me as an academic and in everyday life. My ethics are personal beliefs and morals that reflect and define the person I am. The decisions and choices I make every day should be consistent with integrity and respect toward others. These ethics will ensure my happiness and peace if I keep and hold these values. I believe the value of equality for people regardless of race, religion, and handicaps ensure that all people can be treated fairly. Treating people with respect and dignity while holding myself accountable to these principles will ensure that I treat others as I want to be treated. My preferred ethical lens is the reputation lens. I listen to my intuition and determine what character traits and virtues will best serve the community. The equality of a community is important to ensure a fair and balanced society for all. All people should contribute and develop a voice in a community by actively participating and finding common ground thru diversity. I believe in examining each situation in its own context rather than applying same solutions for the whole community. My blind spot possessing unrealistic role expectations either on myself or others means that I need to pay close attention to my expectations of other individuals. My expectations may not be the same as others, so not forgetting the people make mistakes same as me. Keeping in mind that I am not in control of every...
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...Personal Ethics Statement. I describe ethics as the values we possess integrated with our actions. Obtaining, identifying, and utilizing honest ethical behavior is a key component to academic and personal success. Knowing how to apply your ethical behavior to situations, academic or personal will aid an individual to manage a successful life. The true need for sound ethical behavior is the cornerstone to the foundation of a person’s character. Character is ethical behavior combined with choices and that is what defines us as individuals. Our character is tested when a paper is due, you run out of time and there is an option to cheat. Character plays a major role in team effort when collusion can be prevalent. A university is a vast consortium and it creates a challenge to your ethical standpoint and ethics must be exercised regularly. Without proper understanding of ethics and how it affects the relationship to your own principles you could put yourself or someone else in academic danger. Your ignorance of ethical behavior may violate a universities code of integrity. I feel upholding a concise set of ethics is essential to academic and personal success. Ethics in the university is a topic that is in the background and forefront at the same time. It is assumed you should acquire and use good judgment and it should be transparent, but we talk about it all the time. An ethical behavior search on the Internet will produce over 4.5 million hits, for example, what is ethical...
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...Personal Ethics Statement US/101 10/25/12 Personal Ethics Statement, My personal ethics statement will include my personal values and ideals important to me as a student and in everyday life. My ethics and personal belief are my morals that reflect and define the person that I am today. The decision and everyday choices that I make on a daily basis should be consistent with my integrity and respect towards others. If I follow these ethics then I will keep my happiness and hold peace with others if I keep to these values. I believe in the equality of all people, religion, race, and regardless of any handicaps and ensure that people be treated fairly. When I treat people as well as others with respect and dignity while holding me accountable to the principals that I keep will ensure that I treat others, as I want to be treated (the golden rule). My preferred ethical lens is the Rights lens-responsibility and results lens, where my core values are autonomy and rationality/sensibility along with my classic values temperance and prudence. My strengths are that I seek self -knowledge and free will, as well as analyzing problems with my reason and experience, along with fulfilling duties while creating the greatest good. With these, I can use them in my community to be a good role model for others as well as my kids. My blind spot is belief that motive justifies method or your own good is good enough. So that means that I fail to be accountable to those who are depending on...
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...Personal Ethics Statement The standard of ethics I choose to live my life by is right from wrong. From a very small age, I can remember my parents always telling me “you know right from wrong and you need to choose to do right.” I always try to base my decisions in life around that saying. I have come to realize that decisions in life are not always black and white, but I try to follow my instinct and stick by it. Through the Ethical Lens Inventory I learned that my preferred lens is Results and Reputation Lens. My blind spot is I tend to set unrealistic role expectations. I plan goals and tasks out in my head and when they don’t unfold the way I had perceived them too, I become disappointed with myself or others. I have acknowledged that, and it is something I am working on by trying not to over analyze everything and let life unfold the way it is going to unfold. My strengths are my ability to analyze problems, compassion, free will, and experience. When I do something, whether it is meeting new people, taking a new class, starting a job, or taking a hike, I always plan for the occasion and prepare myself for several outcomes and strive to obtain the outcome I desire. I find that taking the time to prepare myself I stay motivated and determined to succeed. My weaknesses are that I don’t always take the time to reflect on situations and don’t always ensure that my heart and head agree with the decisions I make. Going forward, I will take more time to reflect prior to coming...
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...Personal Ethics Statement HCS/478 June 12, 2012 Personal Ethics Statement Ethics is defined as the standards of behavior developed as a result of one’s concept of right and wrong (Judson & Harrison, 2010 p.9). As I reflect on my up-bringing, I remember my parents teaching me the differences between what is right and wrong. As a result of this learning experience, I discovered my conscious, my inner self that tells me I have done something wrong or right. This feeling comes in the form of a nagging voice that tells you things are not as they should be and it does not get better until you make changes. As a child, my grandparents owned a pastry shop and wood yard. My grandmother made cakes, pies, bread, pastries and sold other items in their store. I learned at an early age not to bother things that did not belong to me after eating the profit from the store. I would be place on restriction or some form of corporal punishment, depending on the severity of my infraction of the rules. My family were firm believers in “Spare the Rod, Spoil the child” (Proverbs 13:24, KJB). I was raised by both my parents and paternal grandparents. As a child, I witnessed my grandparents taking care of family members during illness and end of life times. When my grandparents were in their golden years, my parents took care of them. This caring gift did not only extend to the family, they took in a neighbor when his family could not care for him until it became too...
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...Personal Ethics Statement Ethics refers to a code or moral system providing criteria for how an individual distinguishes the differences between right and wrong. In many instances, we are faced with ethical dilemmas, forcing us as individuals to evaluate and determine what we perceive to be ethical. Often, ethical dilemmas are recognized easily and it is simple to resolve. They are laid out in black and white and the answer is either right or wrong. Unfortunately, sometimes the clarity of what is right and what is wrong is not as simple but is blurred with no clear distinction. In these cases, individuals must use their own ethical codes and make decisions based on their judgment of the situation. Through classroom experience, I had the opportunity to explore the ethical lens category that I fall into based on the Ethical Lens Inventory. I have also had the chance to study how professionals are expected to make ethical decisions and the difference between individual morals and the standards that various companies set forth as their code of conduct. Throughout this, I have been able to determine what I should continue doing while making ethical decisions and what I should strengthen. Through reflection, I have determined my own personal ethics statement which entails how I hope to live my life and how I will work to make decisions when faced with ethical dilemmas. The Ethical Lens Inventory places you into one of the four ethical lenses (four primary ethical perspectives)...
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...Personal Ethic Statement This activity was put in place to determine the strengths and weaknesses of an individual. Each individual found out their core values and which aspects of life seem sensible to them and which proved to be a challenge. With this activity, I learned a few interesting facts about myself while other things did not surprise me. The activity showed a balance in both reasoning and intuition skills. With reasoning, I tend to think about situations in a rational way. I weigh the pros and cons before I make a conscious decision. I am less harsh on myself in a situation because I am a rational thinker, although there are times I may get a little stressed. Often times I sit back and analyze the situation before making a decision or giving advice to an individual. As far as personal intuition is concerned, I am pretty sensible. Intuition leans towards a person’s ability to “listen” to the subconscious language and advice of the soul and of the universe. Often times this intuition can be simply explained as a “feeling” we get when making a decision or facing a challenging task at hand. My intuition was identified as being sensible. Then there are times when people make decisions that do not seem logical. I try to think things through the end. My decisions prove to be end with less desirable results. When I listen to my sensible intuition, I am always duly rewarded both mentally and physically. I am able to fulfill my duties based on my sensible and rational thinking...
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...Personal Ethics Statement At the beginning of this class I did’nt know of it’s true meaning, but now after just four weeks of me this class I have learned exactly what personal ethics is. Personal ethics is the way in which you percieve things, in other words it’s what makes you uniqe. I’m a very responsible person. Since I was 11 years old my grandfather had me working. That gave me a head stard on becoming more responsible. I consider myself a very mentally strong person. I’ve been through a lot in my 39 years of life. I also consider my self a very helpful person. I always try to find a way to help others, but at the same time when I do that I always make sure that treat others I wish to be treated. I always make sure that if some one needs I don’t get taken advantage of. Most of the people I I find myself helping are not family members. The “Ethical Lenses” I preferred to use the most is the “Responsibilities”. One of my weaknesses is that it’s hard for me to concentrate and focus on what I’m doing. I’m the type of person that pay close attention to the actions of others and how they treat people. In the school and work environment I have noticed that some students don’nt want to be a team player. It’s hard to work with people like that, I hope that when others think about me they are confident that if they need help of any sort that I’m there. I also want others to know that I’m trust worthy and reliable. Conclusion I found that the ethical lense is a very effective...
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...Personal Ethics Statement There are many ethical viewpoints out there out today, an example can be of the viewpoint of on how the elderly and disable should be treated. I have first hand seen the bad treatment on the elderly and the disable. Some people view them as being weak, and almost useless. This is wrong to have this type of view just because they can't get around like they use to, or see things the way the we ( young adults and youth) see things, don't mean they are any different than we are. But it seem that people don't care. For an example, when I am looking for a parking space I tend to park further away so that the elderly and the disable can have a closer park for themselves. This is what I do, do others do this, I don't know. It really don't seems like no one care if the ones who need a close park or need to park in the handicap should park there. In fact, I see people park in the handicap and look like they either don't need a handicap park, or look like they just took they park even though its not their handicap sticker. This is just one example of ethical viewpoint. When I first saw that I had to write about my blind spots I have, I had to sit and think because I didn't know. As I was thinking, I was that my blind spot was somewhat obvious to myself, I don't like asking for help. I would rather fail an assignment them ask for help. I really need to be more open to get help when I need it, then not being able to succeed I what I need help with. I...
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