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Ethical values
help us sort
through
conflicting
messages and
tell us the right
way to go.
“Decisions are
easy when you
know your
values.”
- Roy Disney
• What we say we value and the
Stated level of importance we say we
Values attach to the value
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Intrinsic Values
• Beliefs about feelings and achievements that are
intrinsically good and worthy as end states (not
merely means to an end); they define ultimate
goals.
Instrumental Values
• Beliefs about what is important to achieve
other goals or outcomes. These are
intermediate values; means to an end.
Nonethical
Values Nonethical Values
Beliefs about
what is effective,
desirable or
Work EDUCATION Art & Music
pleasurable Intelligence Sense of Humor
without WEALTH/POSSESSIONS
reference to the
moral quality of Independence Growth STATUS Harmony
the result; Challenge APPROVAL Leisure Time
nonethical
values are
ethically neutral.
Ethical Values Ethical Values
Beliefs about
what is right and 6 Universal Ethical Values
good based on
moral duty and TRUSTWORTHINESS RESPECT
virtue; beliefs
about what traits
RESPONSIBILITY FAIRNESS
of character and CARING CITIZENSHIP
ways of being
are morally right
and good RELIGIOUS BELIEFS Lifestyle Choices Thrift
Premarital sex Adultery Homosexuality
Gambling Euthanasia ABORTION
FAMILY Capital punishment Drugs Drinking
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Review about Values
1. Trustworthiness 4. Fairness
2. Respect 5. Caring
3. Responsibility 6. Citizenship
The Six Pillars of Character
Trustworthiness
•Honesty •Honesty in Conduct
•Truthfulness •Integrity
•Sincerity •Reliability
•Candor •Loyalty
Aspects of Trustworthiness
C2.1. Integrity
C2.6. Loyalty
TRUSTWORTHINESS
I will be a better student if I act on the following beliefs:
Respect
•Civility, courtesy, and decency
Responsibility
•Accountability
•Pursuit of Excellence
•Self Restraint
RESPONSIBILITY
Fairness
•Process
•Impartiality
•Equity
FAIRNESS
C5.3. Proportionality
Procedural Fairness
Gathering of
Fair Notice
the facts
5)
1) Equality 4) Productivit
2) Work – 3) Effort – y – benefits
–everyone Seniority –
only those shares should be
should get benefits
who should be distributed
equal should be
worked allocated in
shares distributed proportion
should in
regardless in order of to the
receive proportion
of other age or productivity
benefits to effort
factors seniority of the
person
The Six Pillars of Character
Caring
•Kindness
•Benevolence
•Altruism
CARING
C6.1. The Basics of Caring
C6.2. Caring & Other Ethical Duties
Their sense of
Honesty is not While respecting responsibility is
In seeking to
causing them to another’s proportionate to
impose justice,
be privacy, they do their actual level
they do not miss
unnecessarily not condone or of authority and
opportunities to
hurtful or ignore moral duty and
be merciful and
offensively dangerous and that they do not
forgiving.
blunt. harmful conduct. ignore their own
needs..
CARING
I will be a better student if I act on the following beliefs:
Citizenship
•Rights
•Responsibilities
•Authority (to govern)
2. Effective decision
b. Discipline
4. Stakeholders
Seven Steps to Better Decisions
1. Stop and think
2. Clarify goals
3. Determine facts
4. Develop options
5. Consider consequences
6. Choose
7. Monitor and modify
Obstacles to Ethical Decisions
9. Everyone’s doing it
Exemplary Decision
Making
The quality of our lives and the
success of our efforts in both our
personal and professional lives will
be determined by our choices.
Your life is the sum result of all the
choices you make, both consciously and
subconsciously.
If you can control the process of
choosing, you can take control of all
aspects of your life. You can find the
freedom that comes form being in charge
of yourself.
It is true I am only
All that is necessary one. But I am one.
for evil to triumph is And the fact that I
for good men to do cannot do
nothing. everything will not
prevent me from
– Edmund Burke doing what I can do.
–Edward Hale
Every Decision Sends a Message
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Stakeholders
Each person who can be affected by a
decision has a “stake” in that
decision and a moral claim on the
decision maker to make the decision
wisely and ethically.
Aspects of an Exemplary Decision
Tests for
Making
Good The
what‐if‐everybo
Decisions dy‐did‐this test:
Would I like it if
everyone else
did this?
Role-Model
Test
DECISION-MAKING
Key Who are the stakeholders?
Questions How can I make a good decision?
What strategies can I use to make a good choice?
Supporting Why should I make good or right decisions?
Questions Who/what do I need to think about to make good decisions?
Who will be affected by my decision?
How can I find out if I’m making a good ethical decision?
How can I make better decisions?
How can I change the way I make decisions to improve the outcome?
What steps should I take to achieve a good result for most
stakeholders?
How can I help others to make better ethical decisions?
Key Stakeholders, thinking, clarifying goals, developing options, effective
Concepts and ethical decisions, best possible result, consequences
BEST POSSIBLE RESULT (BPR)
Effectively accomplishes the primary objective, in that it solves
the immediate problem
3. If it is necessary to
violate one core
ethical value to honor
another, do what will
Best in long run produce the greatest
good in the long run.
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