Ethical Inventory Test Results According

Ethical Inventory Test Results

According to my test results, my predominant ethical style is an orientation to perceived moral duty or obligation. This is consistent with my personal conscious beliefs because I have always had great difficulty following rules that seem to value process over effect or that are detrimental to specific individuals but overshadowed by the rationale of supporting the greater good. Likewise, I believe that violating established rules is sometimes appropriate where specific circumstances raise legitimate issues in connection with adhering to those rules simply because they are formally established. Most importantly, I believe that the intended purpose of violating rules in a given situation determines whether that violation of rules is morally appropriate or inappropriate. Therefore, my predominant philosophical moral perspective would be described as virtue ethics (Hursthouse, 2005).

My test results also indicate that I am highly open and committed to ethical communication. That is fortunate because virtue ethicists are often faced with moral dilemmas in the vocational environment (Halbert & Ingulli, 2008; Hursthouse, 2005). These ethical conflicts could threaten promotional opportunities and even job retention because they can draw the individual into direct conflict with the rules, policies, and procedures of organizations. Therefore, virtue ethicists should be able to communicate their ideas clearly because they may frequently have to rely on effective two-way communication to minimize the potential harm to their careers that could result from applying their ethical perspective in the workplace.

Ethics and Social Responsibility in Strategic Planning, and Stakeholder Needs

As a virtue ethicists, I would approach strategic planning decisions from the perspective that organizational needs cannot justify ignoring the implications of policies and practices on all stakeholders. Whereas many organizational strategic decisions and policies designed to achieve the organizational objectives outline by strategic visions may be perfectly legal and appropriate in connection with regulatory oversight, they may violate moral obligations, nevertheless. Typical examples might include decisions not to recall products because the potential financial cost to the organization of recalling millions of units is much greater than the potential financial cost to the organization of simply compensating victims of the malfunctioning products or their families where design or manufacturing defects present risks of harm to consumers (Halbert & Ingulli, 2008). Whereas organizational decision makers may view the only prevailing moral standard as being that which is dictated by law, the virtue ethicist would reject that approach out of specific concern for each and every potential victim of harm as well as by the profit-motive underlying that analysis (Hursthouse, 2005).

Ethical Perspective Evolution through the MBA Education Program