ETHICAL DECISION MAKING MODEL



ETHICAL DECISION MAKING MODEL

| |3: Exceeds Standards |2: Meets Standards |1: Fails to Meet Standards |Score |

|Awareness |Synthesizes facts of case into |Understands basic fact of cases. |Unaware of the facts of specific | |

| |a coherent narrative or whole; |Recognizes that obligation and duty depend on |cases; | |

| |Recognizes complex implications |agent’s role in relation to others; |Shows little or no awareness of | |

| |in ethical situations; able to identify ethical |Distinguishes ethical concerns from legal |ethics as a quality of human behavior; | |

| |dimensions of |concerns; |Does not recognize ethical dimensions of specific | |

| |particular acts, decisions, situations; |Begins to look beyond the self for ethical |situations; | |

| |Aware of ethical dimensions from a broader |dimensions; |Confuses ethical dilemmas with legal dilemmas; |3 2 1 |

| |perspective (profession, society); |Approaches ethics tentatively. |Claims to easily solve ethical dilemmas. | |

| |Widens circle of awareness to include all | | | |

| |stakeholders in ethical dilemmas; | | | |

| |Approaches ethics with sincerity. | | | |

|Beliefs |Understands claims of ethical theories; |Begins to apply ethical theory tentatively; |Does not understand main points of ethical | |

| |Beliefs grounded in and justified through reason; |Understands simplified versions of ethical |theories; | |

| |Follows beliefs where reason leads, even if |theories; |Beliefs centered entirely on self; | |

| |contrary to one’s own ethics. |Concedes existence of beliefs of others; |Hold beliefs ungrounded in reason; |3 2 1 |

| | |Moves beyond relativism in own beliefs. |Ethical awareness is relative and subjective; | |

|Consequences |Articulates the broad societal effects of |Grasps both far-reaching and immediate |Sees consequences only to the self or immediate | |

| |particular policies and practices in ethical |consequences of certain beliefs and actions; |environment; | |

| |terms; 0 |Acknowledges relevance of ethical concerns to |Sees consequences to others as irrelevant; | |

| |Looks to far-reaching implications of ethical |others; |Cannot discern consequences of specific beliefs or| |

| |beliefs; |Widens consequences to include all relevant |actions. |3 2 1 |

| |Projects consequences into the future deeply and |stakeholders. | | |

| |broadly; | | | |

| |Shows true concern toward outcome of ethical | | | |

| |decisions to others. | | | |

|Decision |Applies well-thought-out process of decision |Begins to formulate a reasoned decision-making |Unable to apply ethical theories to specific | |

| |making to ethical dilemmas; |process; |cases; | |

| |Maturely commits to a decision; |Decides in the interest of a widening circle of |Decides only in self-interest; | |

| |Decides in the interest of justice; |stakeholders; |Does not take a stand on ethical matters; |3 2 1 |

| |Makes decisions with a high level of maturity and |Takes a stand of ethical dilemmas not necessary |Unwilling to act maturely or ethically. | |

| |careful reflection. |affecting one’s self. | | |

Scoring Key:

____ Exceeds standards 11 - 12

____ Meets standards 7 - 10

____ Fails to meet standards ≤ 6

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