Ethics for Decision Making

UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE COMPETENT IN:

• Exploring several ethical theories, including definitions of major
• Defining and discussing the variables that comprise the basis of one’s ethical beliefs.
• Illustrating the variables that comprise the basis of one’s wants and needs relative to ethical issues.
• Investigating the importance and influence of relationships to one’s ethical decision-making.
• Analyzing the various decision-making methodologies and the techniques normally used in the decision-making process.
• Probing the relationship of ethics to a particular culture.
• Questioning the logical reasoning for rejecting or accepting selected theories as they relate to behavior and conduct.
• Applying ethical theories to specific life experiences—social, business, personal—and logically defending one’s own conclusions about using an ethical decision-making process.
• Describing the importance of experience, perception, and intellect to identify and interpret ethical issues.
• Critiquing the multidimensional nature of ethical decision making and the influences and complexities these variables have on the decision-making process.
• Defining and discussing the influences of customs, social norms, law, and religion on a personalized interpretation of ethical issues.
• Analyzing one’s human emotion and self-discipline as they relate to ethical decision-making.
• Questioning how behavior in non-ethical situations is sometimes controlled by, or influenced by, ethical perceptions.
• Exploring how one is often culturally inducted into certain beliefs and how one might guard against such socialization.
• Applying the methodology for perceptively discerning the ethical influences of others.
• Analyzing and demonstrating ethical practices that address real-world issues in various contexts.