Ethical Decision Making and Behavior

2357 Ethical Decision Making and BehaviorAs we practice resolving dilemmas we find ethics to be less a goal than a pathway, less a destination than a trip, less an inoculation than a process. Ethicist Rushworth KidderThis chapter surveys the components of Ethical Behavior moral sensitivity, moral judgment, moral motivation, and moral character and introduces systematic approaches to Ethical problem solving. We ll take a look at four Decision - Making formats: Kidder s Ethical checkpoints, the SAD formula, Nash s 12 questions, and the case study method. After presenting each approach, I ll discuss its relative advantages and S AHEADU nderstanding how we make and follow through on Ethical decisions is the first step to Making better choices; taking a systematic approach is the second. We ll explore both of these steps in this chapter. After examining the Ethical Decision - Making process, we ll see how guidelines or formats can guide our Ethical PART III. Ethical Standards and StrategiesComponents of moral ActionThere are a number of models of Ethical Decision Making and action.

(1) moral sensitivity (recognition), (2) moral judgment, (3) moral focus (motivation), and (4) moral character.2 Component 1: Moral Sensitivity (Recognition) Moral sensitivity (recognizing the presence of an ethical issue) is the first step in ethical decision making because we can’t solve a moral problem unless we first know that one exists.

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