Moral Compass And Personal Values

Civility in the workplace is very important. No one wants to go to work and deal with rude people, gossiping coworkers, and blatant tolerance of bullying and harassment. We all must take part in creating a positive atmosphere, meaning my supervisor, my coworkers, and I play a part with creating a healthy and productive

For example, a manager was taught his whole life that women aren't as smart as men. So he gives his female employees tasks that he believes they'll be more apt to apply themselves. Although he's being true to his beliefs, he fails to take responsibility as an equitable manager and as a representative of his company. He is not a person of integrity although he is honest.

According to the definition of the Moral Compass text, moral compass is the reflective, international adoption of values and behaviors as a framework for realizing the good in oneself, in others, and in the social and material environment. My own moral compass is constructed mainly by my parents and the eastern social values and principles of relationships, which are largely influenced by the thoughts and ideas of Buddhism, Taoism and the Confucianism. Among them, Confucianism affects my country’s social values and furthermore my parents and my moral compass the most. In the contrast of Western culture, Confucianism puts a huge emphasis on the relationships between individuals in family, school,

People put personal, organizational, and cultural values into consideration when making decisions and use these values to gauge how ethical these decisions are. People tend to neglect options that do not match with what they believe to be appropriate. A huge challenge comes when values conflict which results into an

“Rely upon the golden rule.How we consider others reflects upon each of us, both personally and as a professional organization. Treat people as they should be treated.”

Conscience is a sense of what a person believes to be right and wrong. To form a mature conscience, people must communicate with others, that are considered to have moral wisdom, within communities. According to Richard M. Gula in his book Reasons Informed by Faith, “A criterion of a mature moral conscience is the ability to make up one’s mind for oneself about

Writers Gardner and Wooden explain that an organization, its leader, and its followers can only be strong if there is an alignment of moral standards and values, as well as open communication. In Coach John Wooden’s book, he states that having high morals and values dictates the capabilities to make responsible and appropriate decisions, which constitute good character. Coach Wooden states, “a good explanation of character is simple: respect for yourself, respect for others, respect for the game, whether it’s basketball, business, or anything else” (Wooden, 2005, p.73). To simply explain, a leader who treats others with respect will attract followers who believe these same standards. Equally, John W. Gardner echoes Wooden’s statement

Journalist and Moderator Paul Maplesden provides the value of obeying the rules of a community in his article The Importance of Following the Rules of Online Communities on hubpages.com. He begins by introducing how to provide mutual benefit for oneself and other members, one must “understand what the standards of behavior are, knowing what you can, and can't post, reading frequently asked questions… and more.” Maplesden moves to appeal how valuable it is to listen to the moderators saying that “moderators are the people with authority in the community and are there to look after it and make sure that the rules and guidelines are followed.” To better understand the unwritten etiquette of FanTheories, we can observe the story of Alan provided in Professor Elizabeth Wardle’s article: Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces. Alan was a computer support specialist who did not learn/ choose to write in the ways his humanities department colleagues found appropriate and legitimate and for this he was ostracized and ridiculed by his coworkers. Alan resisted to adapt to the change of his workplace. For instance, his use of email was improper

The question of ethical behavior is an age-old conundrum. The prevailing issue with ethics is that it is extremely difficult to measure. A person’s moral fabric is largely based on their particular personality traits, as well as, their psychological state and environmental influences. Many believe that ethics are tied to a person’s conscience, and that good morals are often facilitated by a strong religious background. Furthermore, a person’s moral development can be linked to their economic situation and cultural differences. Interestingly, even while examining the status of one’s moral code is challenging; everyone seems to have their own unique array of ethics.

It is important to understand this innate need to conform, which we all have, in terms of the people with whom we will work and always endeavour to treat people with respect and professionalism.

Our conscience is a moral guide that we are equipped with and use to determine whether to do right or wrong and to follow the rules or do what you know is right. The conscience of a person is also what holds them back from doing things that they should not do because the person thinks about the consequences and the outcome if they had followed through with their original plans. For example, in “To Kill a Mockingbird” when Cecil Jacobs provoked Scout, Harper Lee described how Scout stood her ground and did not fight him, “I drew a bead on him remembered what Atticus had said then dropped my fist and walked away... It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight” (Lee, 102).If you have ever had a difficult challenge or obstacle suddenly placed in front of you and you must overcome it in order to succeed, your task, then during your journey when you feel like giving up, your conscience makes you think about what would happen if you quit “And so hold on when there is nothing in you/Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!” (Kipling,

Example: General Electric Company needed to remove a department head in the office due to a poor job in his position. This department head was very valuable in the company in other ways. Instead of embarrassing the man by firing him from the position, he was simply given a new title. There was no fuss, and the man was even more happy in the new position.

Conscience, as defined by the Merriam – Webster Dictionary, is “the part of the mind that makes you aware of your actions as being either morally right or wrong”. It’s that tiny voice inside your head that tells you if what you’re about to do, what you’re doing or what you’ve done is essentially right or not. A lot of people nowadays tend to ignore this for fear of being ridiculed or judged by other people, even if what they did was actually right.

According to my moral vision, I make my own code of conduct. First, don't judge. I shouldn't judge others’ choices because they have their own rights to choose freely. Second, don't do anything that will violate others’ basic rights. Examples are as covering my cough, not making noise when roommates are sleeping, etc. If I choose to do the opposite, it would make no difference to me, but it would put other people’s rights at stake. Third, others have no saying in my decisions. I expect people to respect my rights and not to control or disturb me. Just as the way I respect them, they should respect me.

There is a difference between having a good or strong moral compass and being a good person. No matter how much you believe in justice or equality or anything else, as long as you don’t actively follow that compass, you can’t honestly call yourself a good person. In fact, that might even make you worse; you know something is wrong but you do it anyway. On one hand, I like to think that I believe in truth, justice and the equality of all God’s children, but in reality, even if I do believe this, I don’t change my actions to fit my own code.