XMGT 216 Week 2

CheckPoint: Clarifying Personal Values

Review the list of values located in Appendix C.

Create a list of the five values most important to you in making decisions.

Write a 150- to 300-word response addressing the following questions:

o What commonalities do you see in the values you have chosen?

o How do these values affect your ethical decision-making?

o What will you do when one or more of the values you have listed conflict?

o Reflect on the values of your organization or an organization you are familiar with. Are there any major differences between your personal values and the organizations values?

Assignment: Business Ethics Reflection

Reflect on a time when you or someone you know faced an ethical dilemma in the workplace.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word reflective journal entry explaining the ethical dilemma and the solution implemented to resolve the dilemma. Address the following points:

o Describe the relationship among virtue, values, and moral concepts in the ethical dilemma.

o Examine ways external social pressures influenced business ethics in this situation.

o If you faced the same dilemma today, what solution would you recommend? Defend your answers.