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Personal Ethical Views Essay

Write a 4-5 page response where you select an ethical approach to address an ethical issue in the workplace.

Introduction

The word ethics usually evokes a strong emotional reaction or opinion from most business students, particularly as it has moved to center stage in business curriculum. Respecting all these emotions is a key focus throughout this course. Having a keen eye and observing your own reactions alongside the reactions of others in a nonjudgmental manner will serve you best as you pursue the objectives of this course.

In this course, you will begin to define the stakeholders, issues, and current perceptions surrounding business ethics and engage in the analysis of ethical dilemmas and your own beliefs to understand the challenges organizations must address as they approach ethics. You will also learn to identify issues and put them in a context or framework to facilitate management decision-making.

Central to the approach for studying business ethics is realizing that it is a gray area. As conditions, environments, people, and organizations change, their behaviors and the regulations that attempt to build fair standards in the world of business also change. No single approach is considered best for all situations, but studying the approaches and learning how to apply them to different ethical problems ultimately makes you a valuable voice at the table when participating in the solution.

You are strongly encouraged to question the material offered in this course and your own experiences and understandings. It is through questioning ourselves and our beliefs that we learn the multitude of gray areas that make up business ethics. As you uncover these hard-to-define zones, your perceptions and skills for analyzing the best solutions to ethical dilemmas increase.

Overview

In this assessment, you will direct your attention to personal ethical choices in the workplace. Motives are a key consideration in ethical decision-making. As you explore the various models and rationales used to make decisions on ethical dilemmas, think about the one that most suits you, your personality, and your own moral standards. In particular, refer to the four ethical approaches:

  • Utilitarian.
  • Deontological.
  • Virtue.
  • Communitarian.

Then identify an ethical issue that has impacted you and apply one of the ethical approaches to remedy the issue. This is an important exercise because the most crucial thing you can learn from this course is how to identify, analyze, and successfully resolve ethical dilemmas.

Instructions

Think of an ethical issue you have been a part of, either personally or professionally, such as nepotism, a data breach, inappropriate social media posts, or harassment/discrimination. Next, pick one ethical approach (Utilitarian, Deontological, Virtue, or Communitarian) and explain how you will use this approach to remedy the issue. Do not forget to describe the ethical issue.

Follow the steps below to complete your assessment. For all of these steps, make sure you provide examples and information from credible sources that will support your writing:

  • Step 1: Compare and contrast the four ethical approaches.
  • Step 2: Analyze the reasoning process behind an ethical decision.
  • Step 3: Analyze ethical decision-making principles and actions.
  • Step 4: Analyze cultural and environmental influences on ethical decision-making.
  • Step 5: Evaluate a personal decision based on ethical decision-making principles.

Additional Requirements

Your submission should meet the following requirements:

  • Written communication: Write in complete sentences free from errors that detract from the overall message. Communicate in an exemplary and professional manner through clear, concise, well-organized, and grammatically correct writing.
  • Font: Arial, 12-point.
  • Page length: 4–5 pages.
  • Citations: Include complete citations of your sources. Review Evidence and APA for more information on how to cite your sources. You can also use the Writing Center, Writing Support, and Wayfinding the Writing Center [DOCX] as resources to help you with the writing process.

Review the assessment scoring guide for details on how your assessment will be graded.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Evaluate the parameters for ethical decision-making in 21st-century multi-cultural business environments.
    • Compare and contrast the four ethical approaches.
    • Analyze the reasoning process behind an ethical decision.
    • Analyze ethical decision-making principles and actions.
    • Analyze cultural and environmental influences on ethical decision-making.
  • Competency 4: Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
    • Write in a well-organized and concise manner that adheres to the rules of grammar, usage, and mechanics.

Diversity Project Kickoff Presentation

Create a 5-minute presentation for a committee kickoff meeting in which you describe your leadership role, team composition, and how to foster collaboration.

Introduction

Leading teams is not an academic exercise. At some point in your career, it is likely that you will lead a team. You may even be fortunate enough to be able to choose one. In any case, being able to share your vision or plans through a presentation is highly likely, and is a skill worth developing.

Overview

In this assessment, you will create a 5-minute presentation for a committee kickoff meeting in which you describe your leadership role, team composition, and how to foster collaboration.

Preparation

For this assessment:

  • Use the PowerPoint Template [PPTX] to complete this assessment..
  • Kaltura (optional): (Note: While you have the option to use the tools most familiar to you to create your narrated PowerPoint presentation, Capella also offers learners access to Kaltura, a tool that can be used to record presentations using a web cam and microphone. Learn more about Kaltura at the Using Kaltura Campus page. Regardless of how you choose to submit your narrated presentation, you will need to make sure it is submitted in a file format your faculty is able to access.

Scenario

Imagine that Lynette follows up with you in an e-mail shortly after reading your views on leadership and collaboration.

E-mail From Lynette

Hi,

Thanks for sending me your thoughts on the diversity issue at the Lakeland Clinic. The next step is for you to select a team of professionals who can help you in this project and prepare an introduction of the project for a first meeting with them.

I want you to prepare a presentation to serve as a brief, but substantive introduction for the first meeting with a group of four members who will participate on the committee tasked with addressing the diversity issue.

The presentation should be approximately 5 minutes (use as many slides as required with detailed speaker’s notes) so I can understand your approach. Not a lot of time or space, so keep things pretty high level. Do the following:

  1. Briefly outline the project goals and highlight 2–3 of the initial priorities to be addressed by the group.
  2. Explain the composition of your ideal team and why you chose them. (Note that you will not know the exact personnel yet, but assume we will recruit the people with the desired qualities and characteristics that you outline in the presentation.) Provide brief description of the type of professionals you believe can help define the problem and ultimately make recommendations on how to address it. You will want the group to be diverse and with each member being able to provide a unique perspective.
  3. Explain your role and describe how the committee will work together and achieve effective interprofessional collaboration.
    • Describe how the group will communicate. Include how and when they will meet.
    • Describe how ideas will be shared and decisions made.
    • Describe roles, group function, and structure.

Thanks,

Lynette

Instructions

Use the PowerPoint Template [PPTX] (and Kaltura or similar software) to create an approximately 5-minute narrated presentation with visuals in response to the above scenario.

Presentation Guidelines

Be sure your presentation meets the following requirements:

  • Length: Approximately 5 minutes (use as many slides as required).
  • Visuals: Create visuals that are easily read and interpreted. Use colors, fonts, formatting, and other design principles that make the information clear and generally add to the aesthetic of the presentation.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Analyze leadership traits and styles.
    • Justify one’s own criteria and choice for committee members.
  • Competency 2: Apply accepted leadership practices and behaviors.
    • State goals and initial priorities that reasonably reflect a project.
    • Describe a plan to facilitate effective interprofessional collaboration among a committee.
  • Competency 3: Communicate professionally and effectively.
    • Create an organized presentation that clearly communicates specified content.
    • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.

Portfolio Prompt: You should consider adding this assessment to your personal ePortfolio. For more information on ePortfolio, visit the Campus ePortfolio page.