Ethics Awareness Inventory Values and Ethical Decision Making

Ethics and moral values go hand and hand as they are both based on the concept of doing right from wrong. From this week’s reading outlined is how an ethical perspective could be possibly viewed as an individual’s opinion of beliefs and moral values of what is right and wrong. The Ethics Awareness Inventory (EAI) Analysis is a tool used to assist individuals to analyze and understand personal characteristics that imitate individual perspectives on ethics.

The Ethics Awareness Inventory is divided into four sections (Williams Institute Online, 2011): Character, Obligation, Results, and Equity. The aforementioned sections are also referred to as the (CORE), which helps establishes an individual’s personal ethical perspective. Although this tool is not a precise calculation of an individual’s ethical perspective, the CORE helps to provide a general insight into one’s personal views relating to issues regarding ethics. According to the analysis, my ethical profile is “MOST” closely aligned with OBLIGATION; whereas, I am “LEAST” closely aligned with EQUITY.

Obligation

Obligation, being my most closely aligned category according to the Ethics Awareness Inventory (EAI) can be defined as one’s duty, commitment, and responsibility to act or take action on behalf of personal beliefs. When it comes to my professional or personal life, I am one who puts emphasis on doing what is morally and ethically right. I do not mind standing for others who cannot stand if I am passionate about the issue. I believe if I am in a position to help make a situation better, then I am obligated to do so; especially if the cause is for the betterment of those that I directly impact. However, I am not who purposefully hurts and or offends anyone, however if an individual is in the wrong; I believe as though my duty is to inform them of their wrong and possibly help them find a better solution or way of turning the wrong into a right.

In my professional setting, I have a tendency to judge...