Week 1 – Learning Activity 2

Theme
Two: Determining Ethical Behavior is the Hardest Part of Study Ethics
– Determining the Ethical Dilemma, Separating Legal From Ethical
Behavior, and Applying Theories of Ethical Behavior to questions or
problems

Read:

• Law and Ethics
• Making the Best “Right” Decision
• Ethical Leadership and Developing a Code of Conduct for Organizations
• Despite Codes of Conduct, Unethical Behavior Happens: Why Bother?

Learning Activity 2

Explain what ethical theory you relied upon in drafting your code of
ethics (and why), and how it guided you in coming up with what you came
up with. What caused you to select the ethical theory you selected? Was
there something that caused you to reject another of the ethical
theories? What problems did you have to work to overcome? What was the
hardest part of the exercise and what problems do you still have with
what you were able to draft or with what you anticipate would be the
response to it? Are you satisfied with your draft code of ethics as an
effective expression of ethical guidance? Why or why not?

Please make sure that you attempt to verbalize your understanding of
how the 3 traditional ethical theories operate as part of your
explanation.