The Ethics Awareness Inventory is a program designed to assist you in achieving specific objectives, enabling you to understand and care about the basis for what is right or good, compare and decide among alternatives, form opinions regarding what actions are morally appropriate for you to take, and acquire the skills necessary to justify your decision on ethical grounds (Williams, L., 2012). Because most people view what is right and wrong from their own perspective, it is important for one to realize
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Ethics Awareness Inventory After taking the Ethics Awareness Inventory the results highlighted what I had already suspected about my way of thinking. Although I have my own way of thinking my main concern is for the good of others. Because I am a doer and not a talker I expect those who around me to be doers also. If the people around me are not team players I will achieve the goal on my own. I am a true believer that “talk is cheap”, I need results. What can I say? I am an achiever and I am concerned
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Personal Values Paper MGT 521 University of Phoenix November 9, 2009 Facilitator Gregory Flick While taking the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory Assessment I realized that this assessment shows you a lot about who you are and what you believe and your affect on society. My belief that we have a moral duty or obligation to do what is right leaves little room for compromise when ethical principles are involved. I believe that fostering personal growth takes precedence over achieving
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benefit of the doubt. I’m a strong believer in the phrase ‘innocent until proven guilty’. According to the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment, I tend to base my ethical perspective on an individual’s duty or obligation to do what is morally right. (1) Kathy Kudler has built her Kudler Fine Foods business upon exceptional values. She has a very strong work ethic and is respectful of the local
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Oldham MGT/521 September 17, 2012 Thane Messinger Personal Values, Organizational values, and Ethical Decision Making Based on the results of my Williams Institute of Ethics Awareness Inventory Assessment, my own values, ethics and many years of experience in management it is my belief that all organizations should uphold the maximum standards of ethics. Business integrity should have zero tolerance for any form of corruption, extortion, or embezzlement. The highest standards of integrity are expected
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Value Alignment with Kudler Foods Name withheld MGT/521 May 2, 2011 Bob Armbrust, B.S., MBA Value Alignment with Kudler Foods According to my Ethics Awareness Inventory, I tend to base my ethical perspective on an individual’s duty or obligations to do what is morally right. In judging whether a person’s actions are ethical, I look to the intent behind their actions, rather than focus on results. From my perspective, ethical principles must be: (a) appropriate under any circumstances;
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Running head: ETHICS REFLECTION Ethics Reflection STR/581 Ethics Reflection In the last decade ethics has taken an important place in corporate America after some unethical and fraudulent business practices getting uncovered. Few companies’ such as Tyco, Enron, Arthur Anderson, and WorldCom have made their name synonymous with corporate fraud. Unethical behavior of top executives like Bernard Madoff and Martha Stewart can sink the whole company. This paper will explain
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Values and Ethical Decision Making MGT/521 August 13, 2012 Values and Ethical Decision Making Values are beliefs of what is right and wrong, whereas ethics are the application of those values into morally acceptable behavior. Following the many organizational scandals of the past few years, a new emphasis has been placed on managing businesses ethically. By operating ethically, businesses can earn a good reputation, gain customers, decrease employee turnover, prevent lawsuits, and avoid
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Ethics Reflection Chris Rodgers University of Phoenix Strategic Planning and Implementation STR/581 Terry Pancake November 11, 2013 Ethics Reflection Current course readings emphasized the importance of ethical behavior by companies. The word “ethical” has gained more power in the last decade because of foul practices from companies such as Enron, Arthur Anderson, and WorldCom. The unethical behavior of company executives has caused in-depth company reviews by stakeholders no matter the
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Values and Ethical Decision Making Importance of Value Alignment Between an Organization and its Employees Core values are the basic principles to govern our ideas and actions we practice in our work organization. Any successful organization has to create its own core values because those principles are going to sustain their success and determine it as a great place where employees enjoy working. It is not important if the Core Values are many or few in numbers, what really matters is their
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