Ethics Awareness Inventory
Psych 660
July 14, 2014
Professor
Ethics Awareness Inventory
The Ethics Awareness Inventory and its results were fascinating. The Ethics Awareness Inventory seems a bit manipulating. I am interested to know whether the measures have been experimentally validated. Of course this is my ethical perspective and ethical approach. I do not see how one could measure ethical conduct, perhaps through measurable results. I believe if the outcome cannot be measured, there is no way one could be confident that the fundamental ethical construct exists or causes consequences to others.
The Inventory Itself
The Ethics Awareness Inventory starts with a small introduction about the process, applicability, and purpose of the measure (Ethics Awareness Inventory, 2013). The inventory makes it known that ethical decision-making consists of three different tasks, such as awareness, articulation, and application. I must disagree that any exclusion of the last task would disprove any discussion of the first two. The goal of the inventory is to identify the significant belief structures that guide our ethical decisions. It also assumes that this is just the beginning that concludes in the application of ethical decision-making. Questions in the measure were made up of partial statements followed by four complete statements. Participants were asked to finish each statement with a most liked statement and a least liked statement.
Ethical justifying principles change focus as of late from personal character to organizational ethics. The primary focal point of this change is “the misuse of power and discretion by individuals performing organizational roles” (Ethics Awareness Inventory, 2013). The client-patient association in psychological therapy or clinical practice is the creation of ethical guidelines with the possibility for abuse of control and lack of attention to discretion. The result-centered approach to psychology is similar to...