ISM4041 University of South Florida Professional Ethics Statement Paper This assignment is worth 100 points and counts for 10% of your final grade. Assignm

ISM4041 University of South Florida Professional Ethics Statement Paper This assignment is worth 100 points and counts for 10% of your final grade. Assignment graded for both content and grammar. Minimum word count: 500 Words

2) Write your Professional Ethics Statement which should be completed after reflection on which values of the Four Ethical Lenses. Reflect on the dilemmas you may be faced with in your professional life and assess what are the most important values to you in your professional life. Create a professional ethics statement to guide your professional life.

Example statement shells:

[Choose two to four values] serve as the foundation for my work life …. To follow these values I [specific behaviors that show how you live by these values] to live out my core ethical principles.

I choose to live my work life applying [choose two to four values] and I express these values by [specific behaviors that show how you live by these values] to build a strong ethical character.

I value [choose two to four values] because [reasons why these values are important to you]. Accordingly, I will [what you can do to live by these values] to build strong, fair relationships within my work environment.

I live each day with [choose two to four values] so that [what living by these values will give you]. I will do this by [specific behaviors you will use to live by these values] to achieve my ethical goals.

IDEAS TO PRIME THE PUMP

• Reflect on which values are the most important to you in your work life.

• Keep the statement simple and clear. Whether you are writing a short statement or a longer reflection, make sure you use words that you understand and have meaning for you.

• Keep your statement positive. Focus on your strengths and your ethical aspirations.

• Your professional statement should touch upon who you are (your character) and the values that have a significant positive impact on your work life.

• Include behaviors and character traits that you consider particularly important or ones you want to develop further.

2) Be creative and come up with your own words so that your statement reflects who you are.

3) Defend your statement. AFTER YOU WRITE YOUR PROFESSIONAL ETHICAL STATEMENT: Look back at the information about your primary/preferred lens: a. Write a short statement of how well the professional ethics statement reflects the core values and areas of growth for that lens. b. Include a discussion how you might best deal with your blind spot.

4) Compare and contrast your ethical lens perspective with at least one other lens and how you might respect those differences. Ethical Lens Inventory
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Your preferred ethical lens is: Reputation Lens
Mild Sensibility and Mild Equality (MSME)
You believe that no one ethical perspective provides the answers for every situation.
Rather, as a person-in-community, you use both reason and experience to determine which
of the various ethical priorities will provide the best guidance given the situation at hand.
Your Primary Values show how you prioritize the tension
between rationality and sensibility as well as autonomy and
equality.
Your primary values are Sensibility and Equality
Even though you are very close to the Center Perspective, you have a mild preference for
the value of sensibility (MS)—following your heart—over rationality—following your head.
As an MS, your passions and emotions are tempered by reason as you seek your heart’s
desires. You frame the narrative of your life in terms of being all you can be as you strive to
embody the ideals of your roles.
You have a mild preference for the value of equality (ME)—respecting the community—over autonomy—giving priority to the individual. As
an ME, you want to support the institutions of your community to make sure that those in authority do not abuse their power and those who
are on the margins are not forgotten while honoring individual choice and responsibility. You tend to hold others accountable for living into
their roles for the betterment of the community as a whole.
Know Yourself
Pay attention to your beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.
The first step to ethical agility and maturity is to carefully read the description of your own ethical lens. While you may resonate with
elements of other lenses, when you are under stress or pressure, you’ll begin your ethical analysis from your home lens. So, becoming
familiar with both the gifts and the blind spots of your lens is useful. For more information about how to think about ethics as well as hints
for interpreting your results, look at the information under the ELI Essentials and Exploring the ELI on the menu bar.
Understanding Your Ethical Lens
Over the course of history, four different ethical perspectives, which we call the Four Ethical Lenses, have guided people in making ethical
decisions. Each of us has an inherited bias towards community that intersects with our earliest socialization. As we make sense of our
world, we develop an approach to ethics that becomes our ethical instinct—our gut reaction to value conflicts. The questions you answered
were designed to determine your instinctual approach to your values preferences. These preferences determine your placement on the
Ethical Lens Inventory grid, seen on the right side of this page.
The dot on the grid shows which ethical lens you prefer and how strong that preference is. Those who land on or close to the center point
do not have a strong preference for any ethical lens and may instead resonate with an approach to ethics that is concerned with living
authentically in the world rather than one that privileges one set of values over another.
Each of the paragraphs below describes an ethical trait—a personal characteristic or quality that defines how you begin to approach ethical
problems. For each of the categories, the trait describes the values you believe are the most important as well as the reasons you give for
why you make particular ethical decisions.
To see how other people might look at the world differently, read the descriptions of the different ethical lenses under the tab Ethical
Lenses on the menu bar. The “Overview of the Four Ethical Lenses” can be printed to give you a quick reference document. Finally, you
can compare and contrast each ethical trait by reading the description of the trait found under the Traits menu. Comparing the traits of
your perspective to others helps you understand how people might emphasize different values and approach ethical dilemmas differently.
As you read your ethical profile and study the different approaches, you’ll have a better sense of what we mean when we use the word
“ethics.” You’ll also have some insight into how human beings determine what actions are—or are not—ethical.
The Snapshot gives you a quick overview of your ethical lens.
Your snapshot shows you building an ethically excellent community.
This ethical lens is called the Reputation Lens because people with this focus value having others who are important to them in their
various communities think highly of their expertise and character—their reputation. They care about working with others to define ethical
excellence in the various roles they have as humans.
The Reputation Lens represents the family of ethical theories known as virtue ethics theories, where to determine what actions are ethical,
you consider what habitual qualities of being—virtues—are required to demonstrate ethical excellence in the various roles you have in your
community.
Your Ethical Path is the method you use to become ethically aware and mature.
Your ethical path is the Path of the Saint.
On the ethical Path of the Saint, you follow community sensibilities and wisdom to embody the virtues that count for excellence in your
community. The list of desirable virtues is shaped in conversation between those who take on specific roles in a community and the rest of
the members of that community. What does it mean to be a good parent? A good executive? A good member of the community? A good
worker? Conversations about virtue ethics focus on character—habits of being that define who you are as a person.
As you walk the Path of the Saint, you pursue a vision of yourself that exemplifies these virtues. Based on the wisdom of the community and
your own sense of yourself as an individual, you determine what is expected for someone in the roles you have. Your roles include your
profession as well as broader roles like citizen, friend, student, or parent. As you seek to fulfill the expectations of these roles, you develop
the dispositions and character that are the hallmarks of excellence.
Your Vantage Point describes the overall perspective you take to determine what behaviors
best reflect your values.
The icon that represents your preferred vantage point is a camera.
Just as you use a camera to frame a subject, hoping to capture the picture in its best light, the Reputation Lens helps you focus on the
here and now and make choices that will help you live into the standards of ethical excellence that are expected of your role.
Your Ethical Self is the persona the theorists invite you to take on as you resolve the ethical
problem.
Your ethical self is a particular person with particular roles in the community.
Using the camera of the Reputation Lens, you think of your ethical self as someone living in a very particular place and with a specific role.
Some people make ethical decisions by removing themselves from the equation and using abstract hypotheticals—not you. Your ethical
self is an ideal version of yourself, or someone you look up to, and you ask, “What would this person do?”
Looking forward in time, you seek to make choices that will strengthen your legacy and develop a strong individual character. You expect
others to live into the virtues of their roles as well. If someone is virtuous, you are likely to defer to their leadership. As you develop your
character over time, you become defined by your narrative—the “story” you tell about your place in the community and your important and
defining values: the self you see in the lens of your ethical camera.
Your Classical Virtue is the one of the four virtues identified by Greek philosophers you find
the most important to embody.
Your classical virtue is fortitude—bearing hardship and uncertainty with courage.
As you seek ethical maturity, you embrace fortitude, facing hardship with courage, even if listening to your heart is difficult. Noticing the
problems caused by hard-heartedness and self-righteousness, you use the tools of sensibility as well as rationality to show compassion as
well as courage.
Your Key Phrase is the statement you use to describe your ethical self.
Your key phrase is “I make wise choices that lead to a virtuous character.”
Because you are aware of your place in a larger community, you strive to make choices that are not only wise but that also develop your
character and prove your worthiness to the community. You care about what others think of you—not out of self-aggrandizement, but out of
a desire to be your best self. You give some weight to the community’s opinion of you and validation of your character, which allows you to
find happiness and fulfillment in serving others.
Using the Reputation Lens
By prioritizing sensibility and equality, the Reputation Lens provides a unique perspective on what specific actions count as being ethical.
This lens also has its own process for resolving ethical dilemmas. As you translate your overarching values into actions—applied ethics—
each perspective provides a specific nuance on what counts as ethical behavior. This next section describes how you can use the
Reputation Lens to resolve an ethical dilemma.
Deciding what is Ethical is the statement that describes your preferred method for defining
what behaviors and actions are ethical.
Members of the community in dialogue rely on their passion and commitment to agree upon character traits
required for virtuous living.
With a mild preference for equality, you engage with other members of the community as well as your own reason to determine their
expectations for your role. You believe that an action is ethical if it embodies those virtues, and you respect the community opinion when
you do right or let you know if you fall short. The community’s reaction informs your future decisions, and the conversation continues.
Your Ethical Task is the process you prefer to use to resolve ethical dilemmas.
Your ethical task is to embrace virtues, the qualities of character that let you be an effective community leader.
Your primary focus is seeking that which is Good. As you gaze through this lens, you follow your heart to identify what kind of person you
want to become and what you want your reputation within the community to be. As you consider how to live into the values of a life in
pursuit of an ideal character, you choose to act as a servant leader, serving others while being aware of personal responsibility to help
others in the community improve and become ethically excellent in their own roles.
Your Analytical Tool is your preferred method for critically thinking about ethical dilemmas.
Your preferred analytical tool is tradition.
Learning from respected role models in the community can be helpful as you determine what behaviors are good and demonstrate
excellence. The interplay of personal reflection and community conversation allows you to craft a coherent narrative about what you do and
why. Your actions can then fit within the long view of your life as you test options for action against your understanding of who you are and
what you want to accomplish within your community. In this way, you can meet your goal of helping to write the community’s narrative as a
role model for others.
Your Foundational Question helps you determine your ethical boundaries.
Your foundational question is “What action will set a good example?”
As you ask, “What action will set a good example?” you temper the expectations of the community with an expectation of consistency as you
and others define and virtuously live into the competencies required of your various roles.
As you expand your perspective to include others, you ask “What behaviors would show excellence in this role?” Asking this question
moves you beyond simply doing what is necessary to avoid the community’s criticism and toward being a role model and a leader.
While being mindful of your own preferences and duties, in conversations with your role models, you can identify the best ethical practices.
Any path forward has to meet the ethical minimum of being something you’d be willing to do in full view of the community.
Your Aspirational Question helps you become more ethically mature.
Your aspirational question is “How can I courageously be a servant leader?”
And then, as your perspective shifts to include yourself as well as others and seek a greater purpose in life than only strategizing on how to
harmonize your own as well as the community’s desires, you begin to temper and enrich your value preferences as you ask “How can I
courageously be a servant leader?” Asking this question allows you to embody the virtues of your role in service to your community,
leading with humility and compassion.
Your Justification for Acting is the reason you give yourself and others to explain your
choice.
Your justification for acting is “It was a hard call, but as a leader I had no choice.”
You like to explain your choices by explaining that your position left you with only one ethical option. As a leader, you evaluated the
situation, took stock of all the options, and then consulted your conscience for reasonableness to make a choice that not only embodies
the virtues required by the role but supports others in the community as well.
At your best, your decision will be thoughtful and consider the expectations of everyone involved. You’ll also embrace the responsibilities of
your role as you make decisions and take action. If you are not reflective, you may take on the language of leadership but not consider
those outside of your circle of influence, giving an aura of authority to your actions—when you really acted to take care of yourself and
your friends.
Strengths of the Reputation Lens
The ethical perspective of the Reputation Lens has been used by many over thousands of years to provide a personal map toward ethical
action and personal fulfillment. Using this perspective, each person is expected to be in active dialogue with others to determine their
shared ethical commitments. Striving to embody the agreed upon competencies of excellence provides a strategy for energizing action,
finding a purpose in life, and getting along well with others.
Your Gift is the insight you provide yourself and others as we seek to be ethical.
Your gift is compassion.
As you reflect on the traits of those who are ethical role models, you are able to cultivate your personal virtues while being an effective part
of the community. In the process, you bring balance and perspective to your decisions. As you fold empathy into your understanding of
your role, you become compassionate and develop a sensitive conscience. You are able to articulate options for action that support both
the community and individuals. Finally, as you gain ethical maturity, you bring gentleness and fortitude to the conversation. You know the
world will not change overnight and patience will win out.
Your Contemporary Value is the current ethical value you most clearly embody.
Your contemporary value is a life well-lived.
You are studiously committed to identifying and embodying the virtues of your role. That commitment shows a bent toward equality—the
right of people to live in a community that holds shared standards of what a good life entails. You consider the virtues and character
members of the community expect from someone in your role.
As you move from private action to public policy, you begin to question traditions that have become outdated and don’t reflect the virtues in
the new circumstances of the community. As you consider others, you participate in the shaping of community expectations, no longer
following unquestioningly but bringing your own wisdom to the fore. At your best, you lead your community to an ever-greater
understanding of good character and virtuous living.
Your Secondary Values are those that logically flow from your primary values.
As you harmonize equality and sensibility, your secondary values focus on embracing virtuous living to support a
life of service.
For you, walking the Path of the Saint involves living into the values of integrity and civility. You tell the truth and respect the inherent
dignity of others. You are courageous, adhering to your virtues even when doing so isn’t easy and holding others accountable for the
expectations of their roles. Finally, you strive to be a servant leader, giving the interests of others within the community priority over even
your own needs and desires, for you know that a community is only as strong as its weakest member.
Challenges of the Reputation Lens
One of the greatest challenges of the Reputation Lens is recognizing that you can never be perfect. The ideal vision of your role is
something to aspire to, but as a human, you regularly make decisions that fall short of living into those virtues.
Those who have a mild preference for sensibility and a mild preference for equality, are susceptible to the ethical blind spots of the
Reputation Lens that come from relying too strongly on community consensus and seeing people only as the roles they inhabit, not as
human beings.
Using the camera of the Reputation Lens helps avoid ethical blind spots that come from a lack of compassion.
Your Blind Spot is the place you are not ethically aware and so may unintentionally make an
ethical misstep.
Your blind spot is unrealistic role expectations.
Because you are somewhat committed to living into the community’s definition of a virtuous citizen, if you aren’t careful, you can become
overly influenced by the expectations of your various communities and set unrealistic role expectations for yourself. Believing you can solve
everyone’s problems, you risk forgetting that others are responsible for their own choices.
Without clearly looking at the benefits that come solely because of your role, you might think you deserve special treatment. Without clear
thinking, you also may not accurately assess your effectiveness in your various roles. Finally, as you identify yourself more as an
embodiment of your role and reputation and less as a person who may make mistakes, you may become afraid someone will discover
you’ve been faking it the whole time.
Your Risk is where you may be overbearing by expecting that people think just like you.
Your risk is being tempted to play the martyr.
Without a clear understanding of your role, you may find yourself playing the martyr by talking about how much you have sacrificed your
own desires to meet the needs of all others, even in seemingly small ways. This seeming self-effacing behavior is a form of selfrighteousness, where you expect accolades for every accomplishment. Believing yourself to somehow be responsible for those within your
circle, you may ignore gentle prompts to thoughtfully consider how people are responsible for themselves.
Effectively living within the value priorities of the Reputation Lens requires a measure of humility as you engage in conversation with others
about what counts for excellence as a human person within your chosen roles, while being ever mindful of the interplay between being an
individual within a community.
Your Double Standard is the rationalization you use to justify unethical actions.
Your double standard could be entitlement, where you believe that your status entitles you to perks not available to
others.
Humans are skilled at deflecting blame if caught being unethical—taking actions that do not live into their own stated principles and thus
eroding trust in the community. As you view the world through the Reputation Lens, you begin to judge others by how well they meet the
virtues of their role and standards of ethical excellence as determined by the community.
When you are tempted to be unethical, you will use your role as a means to get ahead, considering yourself entitled to benefits based on
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