DEOMI EOAC - Exam 5 - Review
Questions/2024/A+ Rated
Ethics - -...
-What term describes our conceptions of what is good or bad, desirable
or not, proper or improper? - -Values are our conceptions of what is
good or bad, desirable or not, proper or improper
(Schaefer, 2008).
They include personal values, socially accepted values, and military
values.
Different groups of people uphold different values.
-List the five categories into which values can be place. - -Values
categories
a. Personal: Family, environment, and nation.
b. Social: Developed early in life; put the rights of wider groups of
people first.
c. Political: Beliefs about the best way to govern a country or
organization.
d. Economic: Focus on money. Examples include equal employment,
economic stability, property
ownership, and taxes.
e. Religious: Ethical principles founded in religious traditions, texts, and
beliefs. Religious-
based values (ethics) are based on scripture and a religion's established
norms.
-What is the definition of morals? - -Morals reflect beliefs about right
and wrong conduct (Agnes & Guralnik, 2006), what to do
in light of values.
-True or False. A person's ethics are based on their values and morals,
or on the values and morals set by society. - -True
Ethics is the standard of conduct governing an individual or an
organization (Nelson &
Trevino, 2007) and developed through continual reflection of right and
wrong.
,Ethics is based on individual values and morals, or the values and
morals set by society.
Ethics encompasses two concepts:
a. What is the right conduct for me?
b. What is the right conduct for others?
-What are the three principal difficulties with goal-based ethics? - -Goal-
Based Ethics
a. Definition: Centered on either an outcome-based ethical ideal or the
idea that by making ethical
decisions, you enjoy some greater benefit.
b. Three principal difficulties with goal-based ethics:
1) Who determines whose good is the good? Those with the greatest
numbers? Those possessing the
greatest rank and power?
2) One cannot know if one has done the right thing until the action is
completed.
3) The moral life is full of uncertainties, and we can make mistakes
about our
predictions and decisions. Do the ends justify the means?
-When making moral decisions, what is the focus of principle-based
ethics? - -Principle-Based Ethics
a. Definition: Focuses on theories of the importance of general
principles, such as respect for autonomy, beneficence/non-maleficence,
and justice.
b. Involve making decisions founded on principles (philosophy, beliefs,
doctrine, etc.) and sense of duty. Intentions should be of primary
importance, not the consequences.
c. May result in consequences that are difficult to live with. Example:
Lying to save a life.
d. Very difficult way of life. Example: Choosing to tell a would-be
murderer a lie about the whereabouts of a murderer's intended victim,
even if we believe lying to be wrong, rather than telling the murderer
the location of the intended victim because being honest is
always the right thing to do.
-What is the first step in ethical decision making? - -E. Ethical Decision-
Making
, 1. Find the facts. What are the specific details?
2. List the benefits and harms.
a. Consider the potential solutions and their effects.
b. What course of action produces these?
c. Which alternative will lead to the best overall results?
3. Identify which course of action treats everyone fairly.
Can there be a morally justifiable reason to not act in a fair manner?
4. Identify the principles involved.
a. Determine the principles involved (issues of human rights, First
Amendment rights, civil rights,
and the UCMJ).
b. What course of action best respects those rights?
5. Consider the potential training possibilities.
a. Choose a course of action that educates and uplifts other unit
members in that goal.
b. Choose a course of action that develops the morality you wish to see
displayed, or that the
military and/or nation advocates.
c. Identify important considerations necessary to sound, ethical
decision-making.
d. Deliberate on moral issues and be mindful of facts and ethical
considerations involved.
-General EO Duties - -...
-Which program is designed to provide an environment free from
personal, social, or institutional barriers that prevent Service members
from rising to the highest level of responsibility possible? - -The EO
program is designed to promote an environment free from personal,
social, or
institutional barriers that prevent Service members from rising to the
highest level of
responsibility possible.
-What is the goal of the EO programs? - -The goal of the EO program is
to ensure that all of organization's members are able to work as a
team to support mission accomplishment, cohesion, and readiness.
Questions/2024/A+ Rated
Ethics - -...
-What term describes our conceptions of what is good or bad, desirable
or not, proper or improper? - -Values are our conceptions of what is
good or bad, desirable or not, proper or improper
(Schaefer, 2008).
They include personal values, socially accepted values, and military
values.
Different groups of people uphold different values.
-List the five categories into which values can be place. - -Values
categories
a. Personal: Family, environment, and nation.
b. Social: Developed early in life; put the rights of wider groups of
people first.
c. Political: Beliefs about the best way to govern a country or
organization.
d. Economic: Focus on money. Examples include equal employment,
economic stability, property
ownership, and taxes.
e. Religious: Ethical principles founded in religious traditions, texts, and
beliefs. Religious-
based values (ethics) are based on scripture and a religion's established
norms.
-What is the definition of morals? - -Morals reflect beliefs about right
and wrong conduct (Agnes & Guralnik, 2006), what to do
in light of values.
-True or False. A person's ethics are based on their values and morals,
or on the values and morals set by society. - -True
Ethics is the standard of conduct governing an individual or an
organization (Nelson &
Trevino, 2007) and developed through continual reflection of right and
wrong.
,Ethics is based on individual values and morals, or the values and
morals set by society.
Ethics encompasses two concepts:
a. What is the right conduct for me?
b. What is the right conduct for others?
-What are the three principal difficulties with goal-based ethics? - -Goal-
Based Ethics
a. Definition: Centered on either an outcome-based ethical ideal or the
idea that by making ethical
decisions, you enjoy some greater benefit.
b. Three principal difficulties with goal-based ethics:
1) Who determines whose good is the good? Those with the greatest
numbers? Those possessing the
greatest rank and power?
2) One cannot know if one has done the right thing until the action is
completed.
3) The moral life is full of uncertainties, and we can make mistakes
about our
predictions and decisions. Do the ends justify the means?
-When making moral decisions, what is the focus of principle-based
ethics? - -Principle-Based Ethics
a. Definition: Focuses on theories of the importance of general
principles, such as respect for autonomy, beneficence/non-maleficence,
and justice.
b. Involve making decisions founded on principles (philosophy, beliefs,
doctrine, etc.) and sense of duty. Intentions should be of primary
importance, not the consequences.
c. May result in consequences that are difficult to live with. Example:
Lying to save a life.
d. Very difficult way of life. Example: Choosing to tell a would-be
murderer a lie about the whereabouts of a murderer's intended victim,
even if we believe lying to be wrong, rather than telling the murderer
the location of the intended victim because being honest is
always the right thing to do.
-What is the first step in ethical decision making? - -E. Ethical Decision-
Making
, 1. Find the facts. What are the specific details?
2. List the benefits and harms.
a. Consider the potential solutions and their effects.
b. What course of action produces these?
c. Which alternative will lead to the best overall results?
3. Identify which course of action treats everyone fairly.
Can there be a morally justifiable reason to not act in a fair manner?
4. Identify the principles involved.
a. Determine the principles involved (issues of human rights, First
Amendment rights, civil rights,
and the UCMJ).
b. What course of action best respects those rights?
5. Consider the potential training possibilities.
a. Choose a course of action that educates and uplifts other unit
members in that goal.
b. Choose a course of action that develops the morality you wish to see
displayed, or that the
military and/or nation advocates.
c. Identify important considerations necessary to sound, ethical
decision-making.
d. Deliberate on moral issues and be mindful of facts and ethical
considerations involved.
-General EO Duties - -...
-Which program is designed to provide an environment free from
personal, social, or institutional barriers that prevent Service members
from rising to the highest level of responsibility possible? - -The EO
program is designed to promote an environment free from personal,
social, or
institutional barriers that prevent Service members from rising to the
highest level of
responsibility possible.
-What is the goal of the EO programs? - -The goal of the EO program is
to ensure that all of organization's members are able to work as a
team to support mission accomplishment, cohesion, and readiness.
