Ethical Lens Inventory Reflection

Ethical Lens Inventory Reflection

The results in the Ethical Lens Inventory and Career Plan Building Activity: Reasoning Aptitude both worked in concert to give me an overall view of my moral and ethical outlook in an academic and professional capacity. I utilized these two test to aid in fortifying my strengths and recognizing and building on my weakness.

The Ethical Lens Inventory (ELI) determined my preferred lens as Rights and Responsibilities and my Core Values as Autonomy and Rationality/Sensibility. Combined these results state the truth of the range of my moral capacity. ELI summarizes my definition of ethical behavior as one who fulfills their duties as an individual and responsible adult who makes responsible choices that benefit the community. I am an individual first and part of the community second, but in all things I seek truth, justice, fairness, and equality. The Your Gift section of the Inventory best describes my view of what everybody should bring to any situation, Self-Knowledge and Free Will. I use my resources and skills to gather and verify information and truth for myself and use it in accordance with what is right and true. Every coin has two sides. The Inventory's negative traits state I'm can become greedy or judgmental and in my quest to my "Responsible Self" I could face failure, exhaustion, and a lack of satisfaction in the goals I strive to achieve.

The ELI as it pertains to my academic behavior is the same attitude I have in my professional and personal lives. First and foremost, I always treat others with respect, honesty, and equality. Knowing when and how to ask for help in my opinion are the key points I need to discern to be successful in my academic endeavors. In earlier discussion with my peers we discussed our feelings about Learning Teams, a concept that I'm uncomfortable with only because the grade given is given to the team as a whole and not based on individual effort or work done. Also, in an online learning environment there is no face to face meetings and people have different learning styles and time management strategies. Although not an ideal situation, once committed I would whole-heartily bring my skills and resources to the community to ensure our success. As stated in the results of the Inventory my gift is Self-Knowledge and Free-Will. My ethical lens influences my critical thinking by driving me to dig deeper for the truth and the underlying purpose and use the force of my will both external and internal to come to a conclusion on any given subject or goal.

The Career Plan Building Activity: Reasoning Aptitude mirrors ELI in some of the same characteristics such as adapting to change, following instructions, delivering results, and coping with pressure. My opportunities are cooperating, persuasion, and leadership. I don't disagree. I'm not a follower or leader. I work