Ethics Flashcards
Value
Are those things or beliefs we hold importaent; however our values are mutable and can change anytime.
Were does real estate fall on the Gallup Poll on Honesty and integrity
Real estate is number 11 on the poll, after journalists #10 and before Building Contractors number #12
Law and Ethics
Law is what we have to do
Ethics is what you should do
Myth 1- in order to make an ethical decision, we must be morally perfect
Even exceptionally good people make poor judgements or unethical act
Myth 2 - Moral Relativism.
Ethical behavior is based on values, and one person’s values are just as good as another. Its adherents believe that any judgement that puts a rein on personel freedom is an intolerable restriction
Myth 3 - the answers to all our ethical problems can be found in our professional codes of ethics.
Codes provide a structure for us to understand our behavior, but they rarely anticipate every problem with which we may be faced
Myth 4 - Making ethical decisions means playing God It’s not up to me to make these decisions
In most ethical dilemmas, you can rely on rules, policies, and laws that provide you with reasonable answers to the dilemma
Myth 5 - People are either ethical or not
Research indicates that people are capable of a variety
of responses to ethical dilemma, ranging from inappropriate to appropriate, from wrong to right, from illegal to legal.
Myth 6 - Real estate professional know when they commit an ethical violation
The ethical dilemmas that agents confront con be so complicated that they need all the resources they have to figure it out
Myth 7 - Adults can’t change deilemmas on their ethics. It’s too late
adults can improve their ethical thinking skills as well as their conduct . The greatest period of increased ethical consciousness is during the 20s and 30’s when your adults face ethical dilemmas on there own. It also occurs when adults face a life transition or crisis that forces them to reevaluate their conduct or thinking it can also increase by education programs
Myth 8 - I am just one person. Nothing I do will make a difference
Everything you do and everything you say no matter how insignificant to you, can bear a message or have a consequence.
Myth 9 - If people would just follow the law, we would not have ethical problems.
The law sets a minimum standard for what is acceptable behavior Living by ethical standards inspires us to do more than the law requires.
Myth 10 - Being ethical conflicts with earning a living and working in the rat race .
Ethic and business are not mutually exclusive terms Practical solutions can be ethical, and the pursuit of ethical excellence can also be valuable.
What is the first and most primary influences on our moral development
Our Parents
What does a positive attitude toward work give our teenagers
Pride, Dignity and responsiblity
What does teachers and leaders provide
Moral guidance by teaching about values through the cirriculum.
What is the Media
Effective teachers of morality
Who are influences on our values?
Parents, religion, school teachers, leaders media friends, and culture. Our Friends - we are especially vulnerable to our peers and their value systems in our teen years, when our self esteem and worth depends largely on the opinions of others. As teens we are often torn between rebelling against the values of our parents or identifying with our peer group. Until we learn the value of independent thinking and the relative worth of popularity , our friend can some times be the most important - but not necessarily best - source of our values
**Trustworthiness
Honesty, loyalty, interigity and promise- keeping
**Respect
Privacy, autonomy , courtesy, tolerance, and acceptance
**Responsibility
accountability, self restraint, pursuit of excellence
**Fairness
openness, impartiality, equality, due process , consistencey
**Caring
kindness, compassion altruism, unselfishness
**Civic Virtue
law abiding, community service, doing ones share
**Citizenship
participation in democratic process
**Ethics
Can be defined as a system of moral behavior based on our principles. The method by which we implement our principals. A system by which we act on and act out our deepest convictions and do the right thing.
Moral development theory - Stage one and Two
most children under the age of 9,some teenagers and many adolescents and adult criminal offender view rules and social expectation as something external to them
Moral development theory Stage 3 and 4
Have internalized those rules and expectations of others, especially those of authorities. These stages are marked by an acceptance and understanding of society’s rules and by an acceptance based on the general moral principles that underlie these rules
Moral development theory State 5 and 6
Sometime these principles come into conflict with society rules in which event the Stage 5 or 6 individual
decides based on principle rather than convention. Only a minority of adults reach this last stage, and usually only after the age of 20
A true ethical dilemma
Forces us to choose between two positive values example mercy and justice or long-term and short term goals
What are the six core values
trustworthiness, respect responsibilty, fairness caring and citizenship.
