C206 Task 1 Rev

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Using these guideline: SCENARIO You are a sales representative for a medical device company that manufactures artificial joints. Your company has developed an artificial knee joint that is less expensive than the competition and will dramatically reduce healing time for patients. However, it is also known to produce a serious and potentially lethal infection in a small percentage of patients. The company refuses to disclose this potential side effect. You feel you have a duty to divulge this issue, but you signed a nondisclosure agreement when you were hired and worry about possible repercussions. REQUIREMENTS Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide. You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course. Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt). Write an essay (suggested length of 6–8 pages) in which you do the following: A. Select a nonfictional leader who you feel has exhibited exemplary ethical conduct and do the following: 1. Discuss two ethical traits your chosen leader has demonstrated. 2. Explain how your chosen leader has exhibited ethical conduct. Note: The chosen leader can be someone you know personally or someone famous. B. Compare the deontological and consequentialist perspectives and how each perspective would approach the dilemma from the scenario. C. Identify and explain which level of cognitive moral development (i.e., preconventional, conventional, or postconventional) is represented in the scenario for each of the following questions: • Which action would most likely serve the greater good in society? • If I reveal this information, will I get into trouble and possibly even lose my job? • Which action best aligns with my long-held belief in the principle of justice? • What do the laws say, and what would a law-abiding citizen do? • If I keep quiet, will I get some sort of reward? D. Reflect on your Ethical Lens Inventory (ELI) by doing the following: 1. Explain your preferred ethical lens, relevant to the ELI. a. Analyze whether you have the same preferred lens in different settings (e.g., work, personal, social). 2. Explain one of your primary values and one classical virtue from the ELI. Note: If you are a Center Perspective, choose any primary value. a. Compare your primary value from part D2 with one of your own self-identified or personal values. Then compare your classical virtue from part D2 with a different self-identified or personal value. Note: Examples of personal values can be found in the attached “Clarifying Your Values” chart. 3. Describe one of the following from your ELI: • blind spot • risk • double standard • vice a. Discuss two steps you can take to mitigate the blind spot, risk, double standard, or vice described in part D3 in order to make better ethical decisions in the future. 4. Discuss how the information from your ELI could be applied to an ethical situation in the workplace. E. Submit a copy of the PDF file with the results from your ELI as a separate document. F. Acknowledge

sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. G. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission. Essay must meet this Rubric standard: A1: ETHICAL TRAITS = The discussion of 2 ethical traits the chosen leader has demonstrated is logical and well supported. A2: ETHICAL CONDUCT = The explanation of how the chosen leader has exhibited ethical conduct is logical, and the ideas presented are well supported. B: DILEMMA ANALYSIS: = The response compares how the dilemma found in the scenario could be approached from both the deontological and consequentialist perspectives. The submission is logical and well supported. C: LEVELS OF COGNITIVE MORAL DEVELOPMENT = The identification and explanation of which level of cognitive moral development is represented in the scenario is well reasoned and logical for at least four of the 5 given questions. D1: PREFERRED ETHICAL LENS = The explanation of the preferred ethical lens is logical and relevant to the ELI results. D1A: DIFFERENT SETTINGS: = The analysis of whether the candidate has the same preferred lens in different settings is well supported, and the ideas presented are logical. D2: PRIMARY VALUE AND CLASSICAL VIRTUE: = The explanation of both the primary value and classical virtue from the ELI is logical and relevant to the candidate’s ELI results. D2A: COMPARISON TO VALUES = The comparison of the primary value from part D2 with 1 self-identified or personal value and the comparison of the classical virtue from part D2 with a different self-identified personal value are both logical and well supported. D3: BLIND SPOT, RISK, DOUBLE STANDARD OR VICE: = The description of the chosen blind spot, risk, double standard, or vice from the candidate’s ELI is logical and relevant. D3A: MAKING BETTER ETHICAL DECISIONS: = The discussion of both of the 2 steps that could mitigate the blind spot, risk, double standard, or vice from part D3 in order to make better ethical decisions in the future is logical and well supported. D4: PROFESSIONAL USE OF ELI = The discussion of how the information from the candidate’s ELI could be applied to an ethical situation in the workplace is logical, and the ideas presented are well supported. E: ELI RESULTS: = A copy of the PDF file with the results from the ELI is provided. F: SOURCES = The submission includes in-text citations for sources that are properly quoted, paraphrased, or summarized and a reference list that accurately identifies the author, date, title, and source location as available. G: PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION = Content reflects attention to detail, is organized, and focuses on the main ideas as prescribed in the task or chosen by the candidate. Terminology is pertinent, is used correctly, and effectively conveys the intended meaning. Mechanics, usage, and grammar promote accurate interpretation and understanding. My ELI results are: Your preferred ethical lens is: Reputation Lens Mild Sensibility and Considered Equality (MSCE) You listen to your feelings (sensibility) to determine what virtues you should develop to demonstrate ethical excellence in community (equality).

Your Primary Values show how you prioritize the tension between rationality and sensibility as well as autonomy and equality. Your primary values are Sensibility and Equality You have a mild preference for the value of sensibility (MS)—following your heart—over rationality—following your head. As an MS, your passions and emotions are tempered by reason as you seek your heart's desires. You frame the narrative of your life in terms of being all you can be as you strive to embody the ideals of your roles. You have a considered preference for the value of equality (CE)—respecting the community—over autonomy—giving priority to the individual. As a CE, you are committed to supporting the institutions of your community to make sure that those in authority do not abuse their power and those who are on the margins are not forgotten. You expect others to be accountable for living into their roles for the betterment of the community as a whole. Know Yourself Pay attention to your beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. The first step to ethical agility and maturity is to carefully read the description of your own ethical lens. While you may resonate with elements of other lenses, when you are under stress or pressure, you’ll begin your ethical analysis from your home lens. So, becoming familiar with both the gifts and the blind spots of your lens is useful. For more information about how to think about ethics as well as hints for interpreting your results, look at the information under the ELI Essentials and Exploring the ELI on the menu bar. Understanding Your Ethical Lens Over the course of history, four different ethical perspectives, which we call the Four Ethical Lenses, have guided people in making ethical decisions. Each of us has an inherited bias towards community that intersects with our earliest socialization. As we make sense of our world, we develop an approach to ethics that becomes our ethical instinct—our gut reaction to value conflicts. The questions you answered were designed to determine your

instinctual approach to your values preferences. These preferences determine your placement on the Ethical Lens Inventory grid, seen on the right side of this page. The dot on the grid shows which ethical lens you prefer and how strong that preference is. Those who land on or close to the center point do not have a strong preference for any ethical lens and may instead resonate with an approach to ethics that is concerned with living authentically in the world rather than one that privileges one set of values over another. Each of the paragraphs below describes an ethical trait—a personal characteristic or quality that defines how you begin to approach ethical problems. For each of the categories, the trait describes the values you believe are the most important as well as the reasons you give for why you make particular ethical decisions. To see how other people might look at the world differently, read the descriptions of the different ethical lenses under the tab Ethical Lenses on the menu bar. The “Overview of the Four Ethical Lenses” can be printed to give you a quick reference document. Finally, you can compare and contrast each ethical trait by reading the description of the trait found under the Traits menu. Comparing the traits of your perspective to others helps you understand how people might emphasize different values and approach ethical dilemmas differently. As you read your ethical profile and study the different approaches, you’ll have a better sense of what we mean when we use the word “ethics.” You’ll also have some insight into how human beings determine what actions are— or are not—ethical. The Snapshot gives you a quick overview of your ethical lens. Your snapshot shows you building an ethically excellent community. This ethical lens is called the Reputation Lens because people with this focus value having others who are important to them in their various communities think highly of their expertise and character—their reputation. They care about working with others to define ethical excellence in the various roles they have as humans.

The Reputation Lens represents the family of ethical theories known as virtue ethics theories, where to determine what actions are ethical, you consider what habitual qualities of being—virtues—are required to demonstrate ethical excellence in the various roles you have in your community. Your Ethical Path is the method you use to become ethically aware and mature. Your ethical path is the Path of the Saint. On the ethical Path of the Saint, you follow community sensibilities and wisdom to embody the virtues that count for excellence in your community. The list of desirable virtues is shaped in conversation between those who take on specific roles in a community and the rest of the members of that community. What does it mean to be a good parent? A good executive? A good member of the community? A good worker? Conversations about virtue ethics focus on character—habits of being that define who you are as a person. As you walk the Path of the Saint, you pursue a vision of yourself that exemplifies these virtues. Based on the wisdom of the community and your own sense of how to serve others, you determine what is expected for someone in the roles you have. Your roles include your profession as well as broader roles like citizen, friend, student, or parent. As you seek to fulfill the expectations of these roles, you develop the dispositions and character that are the hallmarks of excellence. Your Vantage Point describes the overall perspective you take to determine what behaviors best reflect your values. The icon that represents your preferred vantage point is a camera. Just as you use a camera to frame a subject, hoping to capture the picture in its best light, the Reputation Lens helps you focus on the here and now and make choices that will help you live into the standards of ethical excellence that are expected of your role.

Your Ethical Self is the persona the theorists invite you to take on as you resolve the ethical problem. Your ethical self is a particular person with particular roles in the community. Using the camera of the Reputation Lens, you think of your ethical self as someone living in a very particular place and with a specific role. Some people make ethical decisions by removing themselves from the equation and using abstract hypotheticals—not you. Your ethical self is an ideal version of yourself, or someone you look up to, and you ask, “What would this person do?” Looking forward in time, you seek to make choices that will strengthen your legacy and develop a strong individual character. You expect others to live into the virtues of their roles as well. If someone is virtuous, you willingly defer to their leadership. As you develop your character over time, you become defined by your narrative—the “story” you tell about your place in the community and your important and defining values: the self you see in the lens of your ethical camera. Your Classical Virtue is the one of the four virtues identified by Greek philosophers you find the most important to embody. Your classical virtue is fortitude—bearing hardship and uncertainty with courage. As you seek ethical maturity, you embrace fortitude, facing hardship with courage, even if your empathy for others can make some choices difficult Noticing the problems caused by hard-heartedness and self-righteousness, you use the tools of sensibility as well as rationality to show compassion as well as courage.

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