Ethical Filter Worksheet

Ethical Filter Worksheet

Directions : List 5 or more values that you will use in Business Decision Making - starting with your most important value . In column 1 list the value . In column 2 explain the personal source of the value you just listed . In column 3 justify why you placed the corresponding value at its point in the list . Citations and a reference page are not expected but if used they should be appropriate

Value

Personal Source

with Examples

Justify the Value 's Position in the List . Include any challenges to

br employing these values consistently when making personal and organizational decisions

EXAMPLE

Personal Gain EXAMPLE

My experience is that you have to look out for your own welfare first . I watched my father get laid off without a pension two weeks before his retirement point . He was so honest he never even took a pencil home from work . I think he should have resigned earlier and taken a few clients with him to start his own firm . That is the least the company owed him for his years of service

EXAMPLE

I placed personal gain at the top of the list because I believe that in all situations , whether they reflect life or work challenges , that personal gain is the most important guiding value . My most important value is to look out for number one first and foremost . Sometimes being business partner , but at least what is important to you will be addressed . After all , it is all about me Following my personal code of ethics I 've seen people who reached the top . Those of them who violated their own personal codes of ethics in any profound way - so they couldn 't pass their own personal sleep test ' - didn 't enjoy one minute of it . This is of utmost importance I 'm the one that 's going to have to live with myself . Money is something that can be lost and gained . So is prestige . These are all temporary things , and while they are of value , my psychological integrity is worth a lot more to me . The rest is not nearly as important - after all , as the example said , it 's all about me

Managing my time wisely I work to live - not live to work . I get money to live and to do things I like . If I 'm not going to be able to use it because I 'm too busy earning money - what 's the point ? I don 't want to turn into a drone that only eats and sleeps - and that in the workplace - as some people I 've seen . It 's all about me - and work , while high on my list of priorities , is not the highest . My time is more valuable than any work I do by definition - howevermuch they pay me for it . I 'm doing any person I work for a favor , and I always remember that - and use my time accordingly . If I need it more than they do...