Personal Statement: Applying The Ethical Lens
My core values consist of autonomy, equality, and rationality. When compared to my top five values from the Clarifying your Values exercise, I felt they aligned fairly well.
In my work and personal life, I have always strived to be autonomous which requires a minimum level of self-discipline, initiative, and responsibility to be successful. When viewed in the context of completing my MBA through Western Governors University, I have a great deal of freedom and independence around where I take my courses, high level of responsibility to manage work, life, and school simultaneously while holding myself accountable to finish the program on-time.
When I think about living equality, I see this most prevalent in my workplace. As a leader of individual …show more content…
I would agree that temperance is fitting for my demeanor. During meetings and discussions, I often find that I am restrained in conveying my ideas which could also be considered part of practicing self-control. With regards to justice, I would concur that I aim to be fair when dealing with my direct and indirect team.
Applying the Ethical Lens As I progress through my professional leadership career, leveraging my lens to address ethical situations will be vital to my ongoing success. Undoubtedly I will experience situations that will test my personal fortitude to uphold ethical standards. They key is to remind myself if my decisions 1) ensure all stakeholders are considered and heard 2) the community / institution are healthy and effective as a result 3) enhance the achievement of the organizations goals and values 4) enhance relationships within the organization.
Ethical Dilemma In my organization, our sales team develops robust sales pipelines that are communicated to the executive team on a weekly basis. When I was part of a previous sales region, I observed inflated entries into the CRM that would indicate higher amounts of opportunities than what was actually …show more content…
The organization needs an accurate sales pipeline to adequately measure progress towards particular enterprise goals. When an accurate pipeline tells a story that the organization is meeting revenue thresholds, it can be concluded the enterprise is effective and healthy from that particular financial measurement. From an external shareholder perspective, the relationship is strengthened between the Company and shareholder through accurate portrayals of revenue forecasting which allows investors to make informed
In my work and personal life, I have always strived to be autonomous which requires a minimum level of self-discipline, initiative, and responsibility to be successful. When viewed in the context of completing my MBA through Western Governors University, I have a great deal of freedom and independence around where I take my courses, high level of responsibility to manage work, life, and school simultaneously while holding myself accountable to finish the program on-time.
When I think about living equality, I see this most prevalent in my workplace. As a leader of individual …show more content…
I would agree that temperance is fitting for my demeanor. During meetings and discussions, I often find that I am restrained in conveying my ideas which could also be considered part of practicing self-control. With regards to justice, I would concur that I aim to be fair when dealing with my direct and indirect team.
Applying the Ethical Lens As I progress through my professional leadership career, leveraging my lens to address ethical situations will be vital to my ongoing success. Undoubtedly I will experience situations that will test my personal fortitude to uphold ethical standards. They key is to remind myself if my decisions 1) ensure all stakeholders are considered and heard 2) the community / institution are healthy and effective as a result 3) enhance the achievement of the organizations goals and values 4) enhance relationships within the organization.
Ethical Dilemma In my organization, our sales team develops robust sales pipelines that are communicated to the executive team on a weekly basis. When I was part of a previous sales region, I observed inflated entries into the CRM that would indicate higher amounts of opportunities than what was actually …show more content…
The organization needs an accurate sales pipeline to adequately measure progress towards particular enterprise goals. When an accurate pipeline tells a story that the organization is meeting revenue thresholds, it can be concluded the enterprise is effective and healthy from that particular financial measurement. From an external shareholder perspective, the relationship is strengthened between the Company and shareholder through accurate portrayals of revenue forecasting which allows investors to make informed