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Critical thinking and ethical decision making are crucial for academic success as well as career success. Both critical thinking and ethical choices allow an appreciation of diverse points of view using analytic approaches, create a tolerance for and an appreciation of ambiguity, allow for creative problem-solving, and give the ability to integrate knowledge from diverse viewpoints into unified ideas and strategies. To better understand how critical thinking and ethics impacts our success, we must analyze these skills and how they relate to us academically, and to our future careers.

This case study review will show that ethics and honesty are more important than pleasing the customer.

I have greatly appreciated the opportunity to work with Ms. Wilson both in an academic setting and in the community. Confident in her abilities, she will be an asset to any originations

Lastly, Sally did an excellent jJob at communicating with her patients. She could explain the procedure in technical terms but also make it understandable to the patient. She was very good at explaining the procedure to them without belittling them. I am very good at understanding procedures on a technical level but then simplifying them to make them more understandable both to others and myself.

Rochelle Arney is one of the most self-confident applicants I’ve ever met, and I mean that in a good way. One of the most brightest minds at Monsignor Pace.

“She’s one of the most hard-working, dedicated employees we have on staff,” she said. “She consistently goes above and beyond.”

Xyquell- made sentences that made sense. Her structure was evident as well, when asked she could tell me all parts of the sentence. She thought of sentences and wrote them using inventive spelling and was great!

I rated my peer and co-facilitator Natasha Chamberlain at a 5/5. Natasha was committed and invested in contributing to the group whenever available, made supportive and educational

Her knowledge of several different subject has been a huge advantage to our entire office where she put these skills to work to always achieve any task given to her.

Paul, R., & Elder, L. (2012). Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional

Madison is a very hard worker and will exert the utmost work ethic when it comes to just about anything. She has consistently received high marks in my class, and yet she still strives to always be better; she will not stop giving it her best effort until she is completely satisfied with the final product. Whether the focus of her work is academic, professional, or personal, Madison puts her whole heart into it, and her thoughtfulness is inspiring.

Critical thinking, in the context of employability, it is a broad term that encompasses the use of “problem solving, analysis, creative thinking, interpretation, and reasoning.” (Dash, “Why Critical Thinking Skills Are Essential in Business”) In other words, while there are varying definitions for critical thinking, it is generally considered a skill set with specific parameters. One of the necessary conditions within of this definition is that the idea to which the term ‘critical thinking’ is ascribed is a skill set. This is also considered a “key area” of professional development. (Joschik, “Well-Prepared in Their Own Eyes”) Furthermore, critical thinking is necessarily a mental process. This is due to the fact that each of the encompassed terms, such as problem solving and analysis, are mental processes. Finally, if the subject to which the term ‘critical thinking’ is being applied is “the ability to think clearly and rationally,” then the subject possesses the sufficient condition to be considered critical thinking. (Hofmeister, “Critical Thinking and Getting a Job”)

Every day as an instructional aide I use my critical thinking skills when deciding whether an impending conflict will escalate to violent behavior, deciding on how to approach a student Everyday many employees of organizations use their critical thinking skills in countless decisions, critical thinking skills are not the only skills used by employees, but they are the most important. As an employee I use my critical thinking skills when applying to the policies and procedures of my organization, making determinations, making predictions and problem solving more so on-the spot decision making, and

Education plays an imperative role in developing these skills. Young and Warren (2011), in their review of the education literature, stated that a number of cross-sectional research studies have shown that a student’s critical thinking ability can improve while at college. While Parcarella and Terenzini (2005) approximate that a student can improve their critical thinking skills by 63% by the end of their sophomore year. According to Hurt (2007) these skills must be developed consistently, purposefully and rationally over time to enable students to appropriately respond to the intricate issues that the working environment

Businesses have been relatively passive in investigate their in marketing ethics and are still operating according to traditional business models and process that do not reflect consumer interests and ethical implications of their activity often continue afterthought and are yet to be thoroughly incorporated into management decision-making. The contingency framework can accelerate this pre-emptive approach to ethical decision-making. To embed ethics into firms planning and strategy formulation process , marketers should learn from consumers ethical evaluation of their marketing techniques (Smith and Cooper-Martin 1997). An “ethical execution of the marketing program. In addition to financial , market, and competitive objectives, marketers should include consumer concerns and ethical integrity as important criteria for management decision making . Furthermore, ethics must be matched throughout the marketing planning process from product development, market selection , advertising and promotion execution.