Professional Ethics Statement Reflects Reflect On

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Professional Ethics Statement Reflects Reflect On

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  • Reflect on the dilemmas you may be faced with in your professional life and assess what are the most important values to you in your professional life. Create a professional ethics statement to guide your professional life.
    • Reflect on which values are the most important to you in your work life.
    • Keep the statement simple and clear. Whether you are writing a short statement or a longer reflection, make sure you use words that you understand and have meaning for you.
    • Keep your statement positive. Focus on your strengths and your ethical aspirations.
    • Your professional statement should touch upon who you are (your character) and the values that have a significant positive impact on your work life.
  • Defend your statement.AFTER YOU WRITE YOUR PROFESSIONAL ETHICAL STATEMENT: Look back at the information about your primary/preferred lens:
    • Write a short statement of how well the professional ethics statement reflects the core values and areas of growth for that lens.
    • Include a discussion how you might best deal with your blind spot.
  • Compare and contrast your ethical lens perspective with at least one other lens and how you might respect those differences.

Example statement shells:

[Choose two to four values] serve as the foundation for my work life …. To follow these values I [specific behaviors that show how you live by these values] to live out my core ethical principles.

I choose to live my work life applying [choose two to four values] and I express these values by [specific behaviors that show how you live by these values] to build a strong ethical character.

I value [choose two to four values] because [reasons why these values are important to you]. Accordingly, I will [what you can do to live by these values] to build strong, fair relationships within my work environment.

I live each day with [choose two to four values] so that [what living by these values will give

you]. I will do this by [specific behaviors you will use to live by these values] to achieve my

ethical goals.

IDEAS TO PRIME THE PUMP

  • Include behaviors and character traits that you consider particularly important or ones you want to develop further.
  • Be creative and come up with your own words so that your statement reflects who you are.