Your example can be related to a work, academic, and/or volunteer setting and should focus on a time when someone else chose an ethical course of action.For this discussion prompt, consider the following: What was the situation?How did the person use ethics to make a decision? What was the impact and/or result of the person’s decision?Please write one to two paragraphs in response to one of the discussion options (150–250 words). Then, visit the discussion forums and, applying what you’ve learned, comment on at least two posts from other learners.Participation is optional

Use ethics to make decisionsYou’ve been introduced to security ethics, including specific examples of how ethics are applied in the workplace. Now, it’s your turn to share a bit of your experience and exchange ideas with other learners in the course. Option 1: Your example can be related to a work, academic, and/or volunteer setting and should focus on a time when you chose an ethical course of action.For this discussion prompt, consider the following: What was the situation?How did you use ethics to make a decision? What was the impact and/or result of your decision?Option 2: Your example can be related to a work, academic, and/or volunteer setting and should focus on a time when someone else chose an ethical course of action.For this discussion prompt, consider the following: What was the situation?How did the person use ethics to make a decision? What was the impact and/or result of the person’s decision?

The role of a teacher of ethics should involve Blank______.Multiple choice question.creating a divide between knowledge and behaviorproclaiming how students ought to livepreaching one's own ethical beliefs to a passive audienceengaging students as active learners

Identify what is at stake for those engaged in and those affected by the unethical behaviour.Identify the reasons and rationalizations the person is using to justify their unethical behaviour.Formulate a persuasive response by reframing one or more rationalizations.Consider one or more alternatives. (This is where skills in creative problem-solving and negotiations come in. Offer to be the person who will do the extra work to chart a more ethical path.)

Consider the phrase “ethical action.” How has your understanding of this term been influenced by the seminars and tasks completed as part of the Giving Voice to Values course? Was there a particular “Aha!-moment”? [The writing should not be a narration of the content covered in class each week, rather a personal reflection on the evolution of your own thinking and understanding of the topics.]PreviousNext

One of the most important lessons I learned from the course is that ethical action often requires us to balance competing values. For example, we may value both honesty and loyalty, but what if we are faced with a situation where we have to choose between the two? The course taught me that there is no easy answer to such questions, and that ethical action often requires us to make difficult choices.