Ethical Perspective
Ethical Perspective
The ethical perspective of an individual has a profound affect on how he lives his life. Ethical perspective can be that of character, obligation, results, or equity; or C.O.R.E.. An individual may fall into one of these perspectives or may be blended between two or more. An individual’s ethical perspective can be reflected in the culture of their organization and determines how they handle ethical situations on a daily basis. My personal ethical perspective is substantially that of obligation. Ethics are the moral values, beliefs, and rules that one establishes to deal with others, economic or social issues, laws, their priorities, and their own self-interest (Weiss, 2006). Individuals do this by leveraging the right and wrong way of handling any given situation and what can be done to help one thing without hurting another. Although all individuals believe that there is a right and wrong answer when faced with an ethical decision, it does not mean all individuals will have the same answer (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2003). According to the Ethics Awareness Inventory, there are four ethical perspectives one can have. The C.O.R.E. ethical perspectives are character, obligation, results, and equity. An individual’s ethical perspective determines their views on taking actions to handle a situation the right way (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2003). Whether an individual has one ethical perspective or if he is blended by more than one, he has an individual ethical style within his perspective. The first of the C.O.R.E perspectives is character. An individual with this perspective bases his perspective on what is good to be, rather than what is good to do (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2003). He believes that ethics should focus on achieving moral excellence and when determining if a person’s actions are ethical, he looks beyond the action to their character and at
The ethical perspective of an individual has a profound affect on how he lives his life. Ethical perspective can be that of character, obligation, results, or equity; or C.O.R.E.. An individual may fall into one of these perspectives or may be blended between two or more. An individual’s ethical perspective can be reflected in the culture of their organization and determines how they handle ethical situations on a daily basis. My personal ethical perspective is substantially that of obligation. Ethics are the moral values, beliefs, and rules that one establishes to deal with others, economic or social issues, laws, their priorities, and their own self-interest (Weiss, 2006). Individuals do this by leveraging the right and wrong way of handling any given situation and what can be done to help one thing without hurting another. Although all individuals believe that there is a right and wrong answer when faced with an ethical decision, it does not mean all individuals will have the same answer (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2003). According to the Ethics Awareness Inventory, there are four ethical perspectives one can have. The C.O.R.E. ethical perspectives are character, obligation, results, and equity. An individual’s ethical perspective determines their views on taking actions to handle a situation the right way (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2003). Whether an individual has one ethical perspective or if he is blended by more than one, he has an individual ethical style within his perspective. The first of the C.O.R.E perspectives is character. An individual with this perspective bases his perspective on what is good to be, rather than what is good to do (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management, 2003). He believes that ethics should focus on achieving moral excellence and when determining if a person’s actions are ethical, he looks beyond the action to their character and at
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