Ethical Filter Worksheet
Value
Personal Source with Examples
Justify the Value's Position in the List. Include any challenges to employing these values consistently when making personal and organizational decisions.
Integrity Jeff was raised as a child and mentored in the Air Force that first and foremost, you have to do the right thing, not the popular thing. Jeff has seen on more than one occasion in the AF where an individual has willfully misspent money, intentionally lied about information just to get things done or to hide wrong doings, or not step up to address inappropriate behaviors. Jeff had his integrity challenged on one occasion where someone in a formal classroom setting started making jokes of a sexual nature. Not once did the instructor address the comments and later tried to dismiss the class. While Jeff was not personally offended by the comments, his integrity to do the right thing led him to address the students as well as the instructor before anyone could leave. Jeff explained that the comments were inappropriate for that setting and that the instructor showed a poor example for allowing it to continue. Jeff placed integrity at the top of the list because he feels that having integrity will lead to trust and loyalty which will ultimately relate to the organization's effectiveness. The challenge with always displaying integrity is that some people may resent what you do or say. However, while making right decision or speaking up is not always the easiest decision, subordinates and peers will in most cases respect you for doing the right thing in the long run as Jeff found out. He did not go to the school looking for any type of awards, but after speaking up about the comments, he did not feel he would have a chance as a big part of who gets awards is peer evaluation points. On graduation night, Jeff was honored as a Distinguished Graduate based the leadership points he earned from his peers.
Respect Jeff had times early in his military career where he felt he was not respected personally nor did he feel his ideas were respected. Jeff's motivation and desire to do a good job did not exist. Based on Jeff's early experiences, he decided he was not going to be one of those individuals who did not value and respect everyone's ideas and input just because of their rank or other factors such as race, color, religion, national origin, or sex.
Values include competence, integrity, objectivity, honesty, loyalty to the employer, responsibility to users of financial...
There are several core values I appreciate most. The first one that stood out is an adventure, which is defined as “new and challenging opportunities, excitement, risk”. For some people, adventure always represents tough challenges and high risk with low return. They prefer a stable job because they can earn guaranteed wages without
The company’s core values constitute - Creativity (new ways of doing things), Honesty (guided by high moral standards), Respect (accept and abide by the law, social standards and principles of nature), Solidarity (Friendly work environment), Laboriousness (Labor is the powerful force for transformation), Responsibility (Accept consequences of our actions).
Rank the values or ethical principles which are most relevant to the dilemma or issue in your judgment
"A value determines what a person thinks he ought to do, which may or may not be the same as he wants to do, or what is in his interest to, or what in fact he actually does. Values in this sense give rise to general standards and ideal by which we judge our own and others conduct; they also give rise to specific obligations” (CCETSW,
Espoused values that are expressed on behalf of the organization or attributed to an organization by its senior managers in public statements may be distinct from practiced values (Khandelwal & & Mohendra, 2010). What is more, espoused values strongly align with the organizational mission which is easily adopted by employees. These values serve as the cornerstone of how the organization conducts business. Unfortunately, espoused values come from the top tier and are not easily adopted as it branches out to the lower levels of the organization hierarchy. Although one would hope that each tier in the hierarchy upholds the organizations espoused values, I can only comment on the division in which I work.
In this essay, I will consider several popular articles and theories discussed by well-know philosopher and writers that will help me explain my decision to my counter group members. The scenario here is that I been asked to participate in an advisory panel for publishing company preparing a text book on “Professional Ethics and Ethics in the Workplace.” My task is to recommend that weather the next edition of the text should include a section addressing racism and discrimination in the work place. However, there are two opinions in the panel. Members of group A argue that racism is an ethical issue that should be included in the text. Group B argues that the racism should not be include in the text because “racism isn’t a problem anymore”
The career I chose to use these values in is human services. Human services workers provide a variety of assistance to people such as financial support, protective services, counseling for child care, and health issues. Human services workers assist clients in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, their homes, and other
The major areas of my values and ethics can be summarized in six words: excellence, personal integrity, responsibility, ambition, accountability, and determination. Excellence guides me when setting targets in all my undertakings; I normally strive to achieve my best. Personal integrity and accountability enable me to make sound judgments to avoid engaging in actions that will hurt me and/or other people around me. Responsibility is important to me as it enables me to identify the part I need to play in my family, at the workplace, and in the community. Lastly, ambition and determination are applicable in providing me with the momentum needed to ensure that all my initiatives and tasks are done to completion.
This Code also contains guidelines to assist employees and directors in acting and making decisions on behalf of Knox consistent with these standards and avoiding conflicts of interests. No guidelines can be all-inclusive, however, responsibility for proper conduct rests with each Employee and Director. If you are faced with making a difficult decision or have questions about the applicability of the Code, you are encouraged to discuss the matter with your supervisor.
Values remind me of ethics and morals, necessary in any walk of life and imperative in the work place. These concepts are guidelines in which employees need to follow to be successful. “Values represent basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence.” (Robbins, 136) Integrity, courage, service, wisdom, respect and goal setting are a few of the values that are most crucial to me and what I hope to achieve within any work place setting. Values should be lived every day in the work place and should exemplify the
“It's important to understand that while honor is an entitlement to respect--and shame comes when you lose that title--a person of honor cares first of all not about being respected but about being worthy of respect.” (Appiah, 2015) This quote basically states that honor is very important. Within the school if you have honor you have respect, and other people will respect you. Respect goes a long way and having it can get you very far in life. It could be the reason you got accepted to college somewhere or nail the job you want. Although in order for others to respect you, you have to respect them. Respect is good to have in school.
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Soin, Raj. Clarifying and Applying Personal Values: Priorities and Integrity Retrieved. April 1, 2006 from http://www.wright.edu/~scott.williams/skills/values.htm
When I think of ethics, I think of the angel on my left shoulder telling me to do the “right” thing, and the devil on my right, tempting me to join the dark side. This scenario deals with what is “right” or what is “wrong” and where my morals will lie in the end. But who is to say what is right and wrong? Ethics is such a trivial word because every person, company, and culture has a different idea of what is considered ethical or what is considered unethical. Throughout this paper, I will address my personal view on ethics, and how I believe it effects the workplace and today’s society.