Ethics

Question 1

Value

Answer 1

Are those things or beliefs we hold importaent; however our values are mutable and can change anytime.

Question 2

Were does real estate fall on the Gallup Poll on Honesty and integrity

Answer 2

Real estate is number 11 on the poll, after journalists #10 and before Building Contractors number #12

Question 3

Law and Ethics

Answer 3

Law is what we have to do

Ethics is what you should do

Question 4

Myth 1- in order to make an ethical decision, we must be morally perfect

Answer 4

Even exceptionally good people make poor judgements or unethical act

Question 5

Myth 2 - Moral Relativism.

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Myth 3 - the answers to all our ethical problems can be found in our professional codes of ethics.

Answer 6

Codes provide a structure for us to understand our behavior, but they rarely anticipate every problem with which we may be faced

Question 7

Myth 4 - Making ethical decisions means playing God It’s not up to me to make these decisions

Answer 7

In most ethical dilemmas, you can rely on rules, policies, and laws that provide you with reasonable answers to the dilemma

Question 8

Myth 5 - People are either ethical or not

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Myth 6 - Real estate professional know when they commit an ethical violation

Answer 9

The ethical dilemmas that agents confront con be so complicated that they need all the resources they have to figure it out

Question 10

Myth 7 - Adults can’t change deilemmas on their ethics. It’s too late

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Myth 8 - I am just one person. Nothing I do will make a difference

Answer 11

Everything you do and everything you say no matter how insignificant to you, can bear a message or have a consequence.

Question 12

Myth 9 - If people would just follow the law, we would not have ethical problems.

Answer 12

The law sets a minimum standard for what is acceptable behavior Living by ethical standards inspires us to do more than the law requires.

Question 13

Myth 10 - Being ethical conflicts with earning a living and working in the rat race .

Answer 13

Ethic and business are not mutually exclusive terms Practical solutions can be ethical, and the pursuit of ethical excellence can also be valuable.

Question 14

What is the first and most primary influences on our moral development

Answer 14

Our Parents

Question 15

What does a positive attitude toward work give our teenagers

Answer 15

Pride, Dignity and responsiblity

Question 16

What does teachers and leaders provide

Answer 16

Moral guidance by teaching about values through the cirriculum.

Question 17

What is the Media

Answer 17

Effective teachers of morality

Question 18

Who are influences on our values?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

**Trustworthiness

Answer 19

Honesty, loyalty, interigity and promise- keeping

Question 20

**Respect

Answer 20

Privacy, autonomy , courtesy, tolerance, and acceptance

Question 21

**Responsibility

Answer 21

accountability, self restraint, pursuit of excellence

Question 22

**Fairness

Answer 22

openness, impartiality, equality, due process , consistencey

Question 23

**Caring

Answer 23

kindness, compassion altruism, unselfishness

Question 24

**Civic Virtue

Answer 24

law abiding, community service, doing ones share

Question 25

**Citizenship

Answer 25

participation in democratic process

Question 26

**Ethics

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

Moral development theory - Stage one and Two

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Moral development theory Stage 3 and 4

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Moral development theory State 5 and 6

Answer 29

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

Question 30

A true ethical dilemma

Answer 30

Forces us to choose between two positive values example mercy and justice or long-term and short term goals

Question 31

What are the six core values

Answer 31

trustworthiness, respect responsibilty, fairness caring and citizenship.