The Ethical Lens Inventory

My preferred ethical lens falls under Rights and Responsibility. This means that I use logic to determine my actions and believe in a common set of rules that everyone should follow. I tend to believe in that if everyone’s rights are respected that it will lead to a universal fairness or equality. This preferred ethical lens is typical of my workplace behavior. I believe that I am more group fairness oriented in my personal life, while still also holding steadfast to individual rights. Where I am the same between the workplace and my personal life is that I believe in a common set of rules that every person should follow. In my view this ultimately leads to order and equality for everyone.

Equality- being equal, especially in rights, status or opportunities. All individuals should be treated equally and there are laws in place to ensure that this happens. In accordance with the law, organisations have quality policies to ensure that everyone is treated equally.

When discussing ethics and the similarities of the different lenses one should explain what the lenses are. A description of the differences in which each theory addresses ethics and morality. A personal experience can be used to explain virtue,

My ethics have been formed over a lifetime of experiences. Because of these experiences and my personal beliefs, I use my rationality to decide what my duties are. I believe that each individual is independently responsible for their own morals. This corresponds with my personal preferred lens which is rights and responsibility. When faced with adversity, I use my practical nature to determine the best course of action. I want to ensure I have examined all angles and outcomes prior to making a

The values are the principles or standards which could include rules of conduct, respect, honesty, kindness, sharing and appreciation.

Firstly, attentiveness occurs while compiling all relevant data to identify the solution (Ethics Game, n.d). Personally, my core values are autonomy and rationality, which come from the idea that I should aspire to be the best I can be, without pause. A few important behaviors that relate to my values are motivation, determination, consistency, and responsibility.

My personal ethical lens is “Rights-responsibility and results lens.” The ethics game defines this lens as “I balance rationality and my intuition to decide how to complete tasks for the best of an individual.” Ethical lens report www.ethicsgame.com

What are values and how do they relate to the other terms identified in the introduction? An investigation from multiple sources agrees that values are the motivations and behaviors used to determine priorities of what one sees as important in life and work (MindTools.com, 2017; Atkins, 2017; Value, n.d.). Applying this definition to the values I hold include a list of characteristics that define how I desire to represent myself. First, commitment to my principles, which my faith as a Christian

After taking an Ethical Lens Inventory survey my personal blind spot for decision-making is the belief that motive justifies a method. This means that I have a very high focus on what needs to be done that I may unintentionally make collaborating individuals upset. I may sometimes feel that there are set rules and if those rules are not being followed it is up to me to make sure we are realigning. This may come across as bossy or self-centered. The way I make decisions may come across as either you do it my way or I will make you do it my way. I believe this is a case by case scenario but is somewhat true to how I ultimately make decisions and lead

The method of ethical decision making which was developed by Dr. Cathryn A. Baird presented two components contained in all ethical decisions which are; The Four ethical Lenses and the 4+1 Decision process. The Four Ethical Lenses issue claims that different ethical theories and the means in which we tend to approach the situations which form part of our ethical traditions are looked at in four different perspectives. From each perspective there are different values on which to decide whether the action taken is either ethical or not and each lens also lays emphasis on determining whether the decision made is of ethical requirement. In the 4+1 Decision Process, people who are responsible for making final decisions in an organization do it

Now, let's see how learning about the Four Ethical Lenses and a simple method for decision-making can help you resolve a typical ethical dilemma. Ready?

My preferred lens is the rights and responsibility lens; I tend to use my reasoning skills (rationality) to determine my duties, or universal principles to be applied in specific situations. The rationality skill means I have the ability to think critically and analyze situations carefully. I also believe that individuals have a responsibility to determine for their selves what values should take priority when determining what an ethical behavior is (anatomy). The ethical lens inventory survey determined that I prioritize the value of autonomy over equality and that my primary concern is for individual rights, protecting individual rights ensure that everyone in the community is treated fairly.

Every day we are faced with certain situations that challenge us with how to act in an ethical manner. It can be human nature to feel unsure or conflicted with the correct moral choice. Some can say that one should know how to handle such dilemmas and others may say that there should be a reference of some sort to help guide through such conflicts. Sometimes we know the answers and sometimes we are unsure of how to handle certain situations. Most times we go through life wondering what we should do. As I become further educated on the different theories of ethics, I believe there are answers that are available in guiding one through an ethical dilemma and or judgment. I will discuss Vincent Ruggiero’s three basic criteria, Robert Kegan’s order of consciousness, the three schools of ethics and the correlation between all three.

“ethical dilemmas are commonplace, complex, and require critical thinking skills that are honed through practice, and practice, and more practice. Airth-Kindree, N. M., & Kirk horn, L. C. (2016).

These theories are used to evaluate ethical dilemmas that we face on our day to day life,