Business Ethics W1

· Self-Assessment

· Interpretation

Values and Moral Survey of Students

SCORING AND INTERPRETATION: If trying to rank in order these fifteen values and morals was difficult and you felt that it was somewhat arbitrary; it was. Without the proper context, exact meaning of each, and the problem of one concept being like others, everyone gets frustrated with this exercise. To be sure, this exercise does not tell you what your real morals or values are. Rather, it is a crude representation of what they might be. At the end of the simulation, compare what you ranked as important to what your decisions were. The following are vague descriptions of the fifteen values and morals:

ASSISTANCE: The act of helping or assisting someone or the help supplied.

CANDOR: Freedom from prejudice or malice.

CHARACTER: Someone with moral excellence.

CHARITY: Generosity and helpfulness, especially toward the needy or suffering.

COMPASSION: Sympathetic consciousness of others' distress with a desire to alleviate it.

ENVIRONMENT: Concern about the world's resources (land, water, air).

EXACTING IN TRUTH: Rigid or severe in demands or requirements.

FAIRNESS: Free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness.

HONESTY: Sincerity, frankness, freedom from deceit or fraud.

INTEGRITY: Firm adherence to a code of values; incorruptibility.

PERSEVERANCE: To do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition.

SACRIFICE: Surrender of something for the sake of something else.

SERIOUSNESS: Thoughtful in appearance or manner; requiring much thought or work relating to a matter of importance.

TOLERANCE: Sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own.

TRUTHFULNESS: Corresponding with reality.

ASSISTANCE Results = 2

Think about a recent action you took with regard to an ethical situation. Was your behavior influenced by your values in the order you have reflected them here?

ASSISTANCE Analytics

What Would You Do? Problem 1

SCORING AND INTERPRETATION: There are no right or wrong answers to these questions, but your answers reveal your moral philosophy.

Moral Philosophy Results = 31

Moral Philosophy Analytics