What are some of the ethical decisions you make on a daily basis?

I limit the principles to five so that you can best incorporate them into your daily lives.

• Make Things Better.
• Treat Others Fairly.
• Consider the Consequences of Your Actions.
• Respect the Rights of Others.
• Act with Integrity.

Are all decisions ethical decisions?

All decisions have an ethical or moral dimension for a simple reason—they have an effect on others. Managers and leaders need to be aware of their own ethical and moral beliefs so they can draw on them when they face difficult decisions. Ethical decisions can involve several determinations.

What are the different types of ethical decision making?

Ethical decision making typically examines three perspectives: the ethic of obedience; the ethic of care; and the ethic of reason. The ethic of obedience looks not only at the letter of the law, but also the spirit or moral values behind it.

What are the steps in making an ethical decision?

The first step in making an ethical decision is to gather the facts. Try to be as neutral as possible in describing those facts, bearing in mind how inclined we all are to distorting information to benefit ourselves, so you have a tendency to overlook, distort, or stretch the facts to suit ourselves.

What are some ethical decision making models?

When the decision is not ethic – when an ethical decision making model is not used – it means that the decision is aligned with particular self-serving interests of one person or one group of people, but not with organizational results, not with the company’s strategy, not with all the organization’s stakeholders (employees, customers, stockholders

How do we make ethical decisions?

The Department of Defense uses a specific framework to make ethical decisions. Define the problem. Identify the goals. List appropriate laws or regulations. List the ethical values at stake. Name all the stakeholders. Gather additional information. State all feasible solutions. Eliminate unethical options.