EXERCISE 1: INCIDENT Purpose: Determine Your Personal Ethics

Your Task: (1) Answer the following eight statements.

(2) After responding, think about your answers and write 2 - 3 paragraphs about your experience responding to this exercise (feeling, comments, any related to the exercise).

Personal Ethics	Agree	Disagree
I like to make decisions while considering their effects on others.
If an action I intend to take is legal, I feel it will also be ethical.
If I am not certain about the ethical implications of my actions, I like to talk it over with others.
If my decision will result in a personal gain at someone else's expenses, it is unethical.
When I am asked to engage in an action that I believe is wrong, I let others know about it.
If I take an action and then feel badly about it, I believe I have probably committed an unethical act.
When I consider the fact that I am part of a community I am starting to think ethically.
When I am faced with a decision that has nothing but negative consequences, I try to pick the alternative that has the least serious negative consequences.