Ethics Awareness Inventory
Kristeena Stiles
PSY/ 490
September 29, 2014
Professor Foster Ethical Awareness
Every individual view ethics differently, but individual that understand ethics can very well determine what is right and what is wrong. The understanding on the differences of when to use morals and when to use the ethical side came a difference. In this paper, it will discuss the role and importance of personal ethics by principles, code of conduct, and in psychology. It will discuss how ethics can be effected when applying if to psychological principle’s. It will assess how ethics affects psychological knowledge and principals, and lastly analyzing the advantages of psychology as an individual opinion and how did ethics make
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Kristeena believes when it come to spiritual aspects of psychology it is not important but the cultural of the individuals need, because not everyone believes in the same choice you must have, so getting more information built in cultural setting is more …show more content…
Morality is how one experiences and how he or she learns the behavior. With individuals, he or she does not learn than consequences may follow. With the health, individuals need to balance, and individuals need to know what is right and what is wrong. When individuals do not use morals, his or her thought process might hinder actions that may or may not benefits themselves or others. Ethical values begin with one individual thought and he or she learns their thoughts everything else falls into
Morality Morals are the beliefs in which people live by that determine how they behave day to day. Everyone has morals that help them to determine right from wrong. Morals are a person's standards of belief concerning what is right and wrong.
The values that I think an ethical society should follow are a combination of doing things that will produce a good outcome for the most people but also trying to exhibit moral character. Actions to will be the best for the most people are good unless there is severe and unwarranted harm being done to some part of the population. My ethical values prioritize actions that produce the best outcome for the most people, except in extreme circumstances where that action will cause unjustifiable harm to part of the population. There are many categories of ethics to be considered when faced with an ethical dilemma. Some of them include, Consequentialism, which states that a morally right act is one that will produce a good outcome, Utilitarianism, which states that a morally right act is one that maximizes utility, and Hedonist Utilitarianism, which states that a morally right act is one that maximizes pleasure and minimizes pain.
The code of ethics in which an individual abides by speaks volume. High ethical values are very important in every facet of life. Honesty, loyalty and trust worthiness make up the moral compass in which to live. This moral compass can often be blemished with the ugliness of immorality, deceit and greed. The Tuskegee Syphilis study and The Stanford Prison Experiment are experiments indicative of how research and an individual’s ethical values can become distorted.
There are five main principles in the American Psychological Association Code of Ethics. Beneficence and nonmaleficence means to help as much as you can while also doing as little harm as possible. I will do research to try and help as many people as I can, while also doing as little harm as possible during the research process. Fidelity and responsibility which is taking responsibility in establishing and maintaining healthy relationships with
Moral values are relating to the principles of right conduct or what a person sees as right and wrong. So it is basically what people think is right and wrong. This strongly influences the decisions that they take, considering that a person will do something if it seems wrong. Nonetheless, people still do things that they know are wrong, but most decisions a human being makes are
Morality is a set of values held by a person in making when judging and evaluating what is deemed right or wrong, good or bad (Brandt, 1959). When we talk about morality in counseling it’s about the reasoning by the counselor that has four levels. They are, personal intuition, ethical guidelines established by professional organizations, ethical principles and general theories of moral action (Kitchener, 1984). Ethics is described as adopted principles that has relations to man’s behavior and moral decision making (Van Hoose & Kottler, 1985). Ethics is often thought as a synonym to morality.
Robert J. Sternberg is a professor of Psychology and vice president at Oklahoma State University. Sternberg states, “To act ethical, individuals must go through a series of steps”. He presupposes teaching these 8 steps is just as important as teaching students how to pass a test. Numerous of dilemmas proceeding in establishments are not generated the by absences of knowledge, but because of the lack of ethics. People may apprehend the rules of being ethical but are unable translate into their everyday lives.
Ethics and Morals Ethical leaders must possess strong ethical and moral values. People often confuse ethics with morals, and while they have different meanings many researchers agree that one cannot exist without the other. Ethics can be defined as a code of behavior in reference to a group, for example in the law enforcement police officers have the Code of Ethics, they can be viewed as principles, standards or a guideline of how police officers should behave and act. Groups can vary from law
The ethical behavior worksheet is to test an individual in multiple unethical situations, my understanding of an ethical manager means to have integrity, to incorporate and follow moral guidelines. The positives I see of social corporate social responsibility is the focus on helping the community. The negative side of social corporate are the economic efficiency and profit aspect of the business and placing responsibility on business rather than people. The policy I would create as a CEO in regards to Corporate Social Responsibility is to lead an ethical institution, in order to create a diverse united workforce and to provide quality products. My results for the first situation was B, It is dishonest to copy the answers for a test
The concept of ethics entails systemizing, justifying, and recommending right and wrong conduct. It involves in practical reasoning: good, right, duty, obligation, virtue, freedom, rationality, and choice. Humanity has questioned this concept of ethics and ‘good’ for as long as it has survived, as it deals with real-life issues such as “what is morally right and wrong?” and “how do people ought to act?”
Traditional Western approaches suggest that psychology can be applied to everyone all around the world, without taking the above mentioned into account. Key aspects of the African perspective that differs from the Traditional Western approach includes the following: • An indigenisation of psychology that is based on worldviews, languages and philosophies. • Assumes that existence is concrete and not universal and takes people’s values, languages, worldviews and philosophies into account. • Joins with cultural psychology (how cultural traditions and social practices regulate, express and transform the human psyche) • Sees the self as a collective or interdependent self.
For the individuals, the ethical dilemma will be a recurring challenge. These issues will involve areas of our interpersonal values, duty, and obligations. Ethical issues intertwine in our development, intimate life and our professional life and one must make a rational decision to balance both worlds. Some deciding factors on how one responds to ethical issues are usually influenced by their cultural upbringing, their community, and the professional arena they are confronted in (Boatright, 2013). In most situations, subtle differences guide the thinking on how to respond to the implication of what the actions are.
In today’s world, many people tend to have a set of ethical principles which is one of the guidelines for them to follow on. The question is how he or she defines ethics? To answer, Ethics is best defined as knowing what is right or wrong in the action based on the moral principles. Moreover, it is also known as the branch of knowledge that deals with ethical issues. In relation, there are some ethical theories which deal with the ethical issues.
Generally, ethics is defined as the rule for carrying out certain behaviors by distinguishing between acceptable and unacceptable behavior (Resnik, 2015). In other words, ethics assists in determining whether a decision is right or wrong when given a choice. As a matter of course, decision-making is first predisposed by personal ethic that is constructed on personal experience and conscience (Fritzsche & Oz, 2007) . It tends to be affected by family and friends (Ferrell & Gresham, 1985). Not only does personal ethics guide human behavior but also social ethics (Shaw, 2002).
As children, we were taught by our parents that it is wrong to lie, cheat, and steal. As we grow up and enter into the real world with some knowledge of right and wrong, we see, first hand, the importance of ethics as well as its complexity. The role of ethics in our society and in an individual’s life is very necessary because it has a large influence on today, as well as the future. We need to learn about good ethics because they guide our decisions, make us who we are, and determine our future.