Ethical Lens Inventory Essay
Ethical Lens Inventory The ethical lens inventory exercise is very useful and something that I have lost sight of over the years. I was first introduced to this concept when I first applied for a sales position over a decade ago. After completing the exercise, the results of my answers places me in the Rights and Responsibility Lens. Since no one is perfect, having blind spots is inevitable, my blind spot as a result of my answers states that "belief that motive justifies method." My strengths are reason and self knowledge, whereas my weakness is becoming judgmental and legalistic. It is interesting to have a label on myself and agree exactly with the explanation of Rights and Responsibility Lens. Although I wish it was a little more balance between two different lens, I would have to relate my outcome with my years in service with the military. I do take a lot of pride in the task that I am given and I use rationality to determine my
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I do use a lot of critical thinking for any task that I am given. I thoroughly evaluate the problem at hand and choose which method I will execute to solve the problem. If I commit to something, I am determined to fulfill my word and the result of my work will show the quality and effort I put in. As with any strengths, I have my weaknesses. Becoming to judgmental and legalistic is something that I commonly juggle with. I have to continue to exercise being flexible and keep that as a number one priority, rather than obsess over minute details and be too quick to label people if they do not execute the way I feel it should be done. I tend to take on too much and not ask for help because I sometimes feel that if I pass the work on to others, they may not complete it as I would and the quality will not meet my expectations. I really need to consider other peoples perspective, play it through in my head, re-evaluate the outcome, and then give them a reasonable opinion if I still
I do use a lot of critical thinking for any task that I am given. I thoroughly evaluate the problem at hand and choose which method I will execute to solve the problem. If I commit to something, I am determined to fulfill my word and the result of my work will show the quality and effort I put in. As with any strengths, I have my weaknesses. Becoming to judgmental and legalistic is something that I commonly juggle with. I have to continue to exercise being flexible and keep that as a number one priority, rather than obsess over minute details and be too quick to label people if they do not execute the way I feel it should be done. I tend to take on too much and not ask for help because I sometimes feel that if I pass the work on to others, they may not complete it as I would and the quality will not meet my expectations. I really need to consider other peoples perspective, play it through in my head, re-evaluate the outcome, and then give them a reasonable opinion if I still