...Personal Ethical Statement T. Thorn GEN 200 August 21, 2013 Holliday Personal Ethical Statement This essay will illustrate my personal ethical statement. It will describe what I learned from the ethical lens inventory activity. How personal ethics is define in my life. How I would react to a situation with my personal ethics. The ethical lens inventory identified my preferred lens to be the rights and responsibility and relationship. This lens is the one that uses rational thinking, independence by following the rules and the same treatment no favoritism. My blind spot in this lens is I have a habit of trying to fix and control everything even when it is unnecessary. My strengths are that I believe that everyone should be treated fairly, able to problem solve for fairness and loyal. My weaknesses are I can be a judgmental, over ambitious, guilty if I can’t fix the situation and bossy. My values and behavior tend to conflict causing a personal confusion. (Ethic Game, 2013) I researched the definition of personal ethic is basic principles and values govern interactions among individuals. (Business Dictionary, 2013) My definition of personal ethics is my value and beliefs that help me decide my actions in moral situations. When particular situations occur I have the ability to make sound and fair decisions. If I feel that my point is correct that I will fight for my opinion or to get my point across. My overall definition is to give everyone a chance, consider all...
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...make decisions based on my personal ethical code and the ethical code of the American Marketing Association. For this paper, I have utilized a combination of my personal and professional experience along with a variety of professional sources to reflect on how I can act ethically during my career. Additionally, I will utilize Mayeroff's On Caring and Dokecki’s book along with the lecture slides to help the role that ethics will play in my professional career. My Personal Background: In tieing my experiences back to the idea of ethics, I cannot ignore the major role that my disability has played in the way that I view the world, my concept...
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...business and provides expectations, as well as inform the employees of what the disciplinary actions are if they are not abiding by the conduct of conduct, which is important because all business should provide the employees with the ethical standards and disciplinary actions that are used when not abiding by the code of ethics (Sheahan, 1999-2013). Employees would not know what they are expected to do or how they are expected to act, if they were not provided with the guidelines of the code of ethics. A personal mission statement is a statement that tells others who you are and the way you live your life. It gives an individual a sense of purpose and clarity. Personal code conduct consists of guidelines and rules that you establish for yourself, which will guide you in making the right decisions and to help you have a positive behavior. A professional code of conduct consists of rules, regulations, and guidelines that are provided in a business to ensure that employees are ethical and acting in an ethical manner. Personal Mission Statement I feel that the world is what you make of it and it I want to be something I have to work hard to get where I need or want to be in life. I am committed to being the best that I can be for myself and my family. To make my vision reality, I will take on all that life brings be and do whatever I...
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...Personal Ethical Statement Anonymous GEN/200 July 24, 2014 Instructor Name Personal Ethical Statement I am a fair and understanding person. I accept that no man is perfect therefore I am willing to forgive so long as they are willing to be accountable for their actions. Personal responsibility is non-negotiable. I strive to treat everyone with respect, dignity, and as an equal. I try to keep an open mind while ensuring I remain true to myself and my beliefs. At the end of the day, my parents, family, and religion have formed my ethical system. I make every effort to be the moral compass for my children. My experience as a soldier has instilled in me a sense of community to doing things with the best interests of the group instead of the individual. Duty, honor, integrity, personal courage, selfless service, respect, and loyalty are values I hold deep in my being and attempt to live them daily. Preferred Ethical Lens After reviewing my ethical inventory, I find the results to be fairly accurate. It seems the results and reputation lens are my preferred lens. As a result, I listen to my intuition (sensibility) to determine the greatest good for each individual (autonomy) and the character traits and virtues that will best serve the community (equality). (University of Phoenix, 2014). My Blind Spot This is a portion of the results I could not agree with whole heartedly. Although I agree that I tend to develop unrealistic role expectations and...
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...Ethics paper for week one in my class. Ethics Ethics Ethics are a part of our daily lives. Learning ethics begins at an early age. From birth to a teenager, parents try to instill ethics in children. Many of the groups one joins during school or in after school programs are meant to teach ethics to individuals on a daily basis. Building character and driving home the moral makeup of and individual are the primary goals of parents, schools, and organizations like boy scouts or girl scouts. Understanding ethics and how we got where we are today is the primary focus of this paper. My ethical system From the time I was a small child to the day I left home for good, my parents focused on my character and moral standards above anything else. The goal hopefully was a young man with strong moral character and ability to make the right ethical decisions on my journey through adulthood. My ethical support system started early in cub scouts as a young child. Going to meetings and earning merit badges for doing good deeds was how I spent my spare time. Sports were other outlets for me to learn character. Soccer was the game of choice and my father was the coach. Coming from a military background and in the Marine Corps himself, he taught the entire team honesty, sportsmanship, and integrity for the game. I learned at an early age that honesty was always best and the one thing expected of me no matter what. Graduating to Webelows was...
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... The assumption articulates ethical perception and technique. How ethical conduct can evaluate ethical conduct except through measurable results is not easily understood. If the results cannot be accurately measured, then confident objectivity that the fundamental moral construct even exists or is of any penalty to ordinary people. The Role of Personal Ethics in Psychology Ethical guiding principles shift focus as of late from personal character to organizational ethics. The major focal point of this change is, “…the misuse of power and discretion by individuals performing organizational roles” (Ethics Awareness Inventory, 2006, Introduction). The client-patient association in psychological therapy and clinical practice is the creation of ethical guidelines with the possibility for abuse of control and lack of attention to discretion. The results-centered approach to psychology would dictate the actions of the clinician must be in line with the declared principled rules of the practitioners. Also, ethical perspective recommends that ethical guidelines that support the practice of psychology should seek the greater good for the greatest sector of humanity. Affect of Ethics Application of Psychological Principles to Personal, Spiritual, Social, and Organizational Issues The inventory begins with a quick introduction about the process, applicability, and purpose of the measure (Ethics Awareness Inventory, 2006). It is made clear that ethical decision making is comprised...
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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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...Ethical Self-Assessment Paper Name HCS 545 Due Date Instructors Name Abstract Ethics are paramount to the healthcare management field, and the American College of Healthcare Executives has undertaken a number of initiatives to demonstrate the organization's commitment to ethics and support its members in making ethical decisions. (ACHE, 2013). This paper will examine the influence of individual ethics on decision making within the health care industry. It will discuss what the self-assessment taught me about my own ethical decision making, the effect of professional ACHE standards on my own ethical decision making, how individual ethics influence my decision making, and what strategies I can adopt to improve my ethical decision making in the future. Self-assessment Results The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) offers a self-assessment in which you examine yourself enabling you to learn more about yourself. The self-assessment is not a scoring assessment and therefor requires each individual to recognize the areas in which they have strong ethics, and areas that may need improvement. Any questions answered with “always” identified an area of potential weakness where ethics could be compromised. The self-assessment enabled me to see my strengths and weaknesses so that I could identify the areas in need of improvement. ACHE Standards ACHE standards have been established to help educate healthcare professionals regarding ethical decision making....
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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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...were fascinating. The Ethics Awareness Inventory seems a bit manipulating. I am interested to know whether the measures have been experimentally validated. Of course this is my ethical perspective and ethical approach. I do not see how one could measure ethical conduct, perhaps through measurable results. I believe if the outcome cannot be measured, there is no way one could be confident that the fundamental ethical construct exists or causes consequences to others. The Inventory Itself The Ethics Awareness Inventory starts with a small introduction about the process, applicability, and purpose of the measure (Ethics Awareness Inventory, 2013). The inventory makes it known that ethical decision-making consists of three different tasks, such as awareness, articulation, and application. I must disagree that any exclusion of the last task would disprove any discussion of the first two. The goal of the inventory is to identify the significant belief structures that guide our ethical decisions. It also assumes that this is just the beginning that concludes in the application of ethical decision-making. Questions in the measure were made up of partial statements followed by four complete statements. Participants were asked to finish each statement with a most liked statement and a least liked statement. Ethical justifying principles change focus as of late from personal character to organizational ethics. The primary focal point of this change is “the misuse of power and discretion...
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...accounting rules are called generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). “They are the guidelines, procedures and practices that companies are required to use in recording and reporting accounting information in its audited financial statements. GAAP defines accepted accounting practices and provides a standard by which to report financial results” (Nikolai, et.al. 2010, p. 9). It took several policy-making bodies to write all the accounting standards. These bodies include Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Accounting Principles Board (APB) American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). There is no single document that includes all the accounting standards. But the FASB has released its Accounting Standards Codification for verification by its constituents. Currently there are data bases, such as the FASB Financial Accounting Research System (FARS) that includes most accounting standards (Nikolai 2010). The FASB standards are published each year as a part of the FASB Accounting Series (Nikolai, et. al. 2010, p.13). GAAP Hierarchy: Categories | Authoritative Sources (Pronouncements) | A | “FASB Statements of Accounting Standards & Interpretations, FASB Statement 133 Implementation Issues, FASB Staff Positions, and APB Opinions and CAP (AICPA) Accounting Research Bulletins not to be superseded by actions of the FASB (as well as SEC releases such as Regulation S-X, Financial Reporting Releases...
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...To what extent is ethical language meaningful (35 Marks) The analysis of ethical language is called meta-ethics and what Meta-ethics does is look at the meaning of the language that is used in ethical statements and it includes questions about whether those statements are true or false or whether those statements are just expressions of emotion and if it is the truth then is it the truth for everybody or just a select few depending on society and culture, Meta-Ethics Is broken down into two sections and they are called cognitive and non-cognitive and these are two different perspectives on the meaningfulness of ethical language. Cognitivism involves a view that states moral knowledge is possible and therefore all ethical statements can be meaningful because they can be proved whether they are true or false. Non Cognitivism on the other hand involves the belief that there can be no ethical knowledge because ethical language and statements give no factual information and therefore they are not as meaningful as they are not subject to the true or false test and this approach suggests that they are just expressions of emotion and prescriptive recommendations. The naturalistic fallacy is a form of ethical non-naturalism and it was devised by G.E Moore and Moore believed that the term “good” is a simple term like “that’s yellow” and it couldn’t be defined and he also believed that we couldn’t prove moral statements through the use of evidence, Moore also believed that the only...
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...Personal Ethical Statement your name GEN/200 10/18/13 teachers name Personal Ethical Statement Developing your ethical values and acting upon your developed value is hard to master but over time you begin to see how to use it to your advantage. To master all four ethical lenses is a ongoing process which was hard to think of that way, never an end to it, always improving it, and drawing from others ideas and viewpoints is great way to start developing your own ethical lenses. My personal ethical viewpoint on this simulation was it all boiled down to maturity, the maturity to tell mark he copied my research paper and turned it in for credits risking both our credentials in school and risking his getting expelled, basically not thinking ahead of his actions and not using his own ethical lenses thus throwing us both in a bad spot legally, personally and ethically. I just found it highly childish and risky of a friend to copy your homework and risk both your reputations like that, very irresponsible. In this simulation I swayed towards, rationality, but not excluding equality for mark and Lisa's situation. I can use most lenses to my advantage moving fluidly among them to adapt to certain situations. My blind spot, well I don't really have one according my ethical lenses inventory, I'm balanced, I see both the strengths and weaknesses of each lens and I actually agree with that, my ethical lens actually does feel like its explaining who I am as a person and how I react...
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...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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...Ethical Behavior and the Sabarnes-Oxley Act of 2002 Ethical Behavior and the Sabarnes-Oxley Act of 2002 Sometimes the most difficult part about running a corporation is not the day to day operations, but how to achieve the desired results while maintaining ethical standards within the corporation. This is evident by some of the more recent scandals of Enron and Worldcom. These organizations sacrificed their ethics for the sake of profits. This is why the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was instituted. Many situations lead unethical behavior especially in accounting, however, the most promising way of limiting the effects unethical behavior has on the corporate structure is to create an ethics culture that is supported throughout the organization. In their article, “How to instill a strong ethical culture,” Bannon, Ford, and Meltzer analyze the effect that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has on ethical behavior in order to determine if it is having the desired effect. According to Bannon, Ford and Meltzer a “significant correlation exists between the strength of the ethical culture and an increased ethical behavior.” They go on to say that this increase of ethical behavior is directly correlated to the economic downturn (Bannon, Ford and Meltzer). This is to say that the economy played a crucial role in the development of workplace ethics, almost forcing corporations to take a hard look at their ethical structure and begin developing a stronger ethical core from the executive...
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