What is Ethics & Ethical Decision Making        

ä Ethics/ Moral Decision Making

This page from Centre for Applied Ethics site of the University of British Columbia also includes links to articles, other centres for studies in ethics and guidelines for making ethical decisions. 

http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/resources/dec-mkg/

ä Morals and Ethics – PERSONAL  

This is an EXCELLENT link site which provides you with a straightforward  introduction to Ethics.  There are three links on this home page which I recommend: Self Help; Questions and Answers; and Articles and Editorials.  You may actually find some personally relevant ideas.  Check it out!

  http://www.morals.net/personal/per_main.htm

ä “Personal Ethics Come Into Play Every Day” 

This is a journalist’s perspective on the pervasiveness of ethics and ethical decision making in life.  

http://www.asne.org/kiosk/editor/98.sept/davidson1.htm  

ä Personal Ethical Strategies  

This site provides a guideline-styled approach to help you develop your own personal strategies in ethical decision making.  

http://www.ceap.wcu.edu/moushey/Hrd_698/personal_ethics_strategies.htm

ä “Personal Responsibility is Key to any Ethics Program” 

An employment counselor's perspective. 

http://www.ceap.wcu.edu/moushey/Hrd_698/personal_ethics_strategies.htm

ä A Framework for Ethical Decision-Making  

As with all aspects of the Centre for Applied Ethics site, this is an EXCELLENT one page article from Michael McDonald.  It gets you going on making those ethical decisions.   Make sure you visit the Centre For Applied Ethics’ home page if you haven’t already.  Click here to go there.

http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/mcdonald/decisions.html

http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/

ä Nine Basic Steps to Personal Ethical Decision Making

How can you not have a look here?  The page is from the “Case of the Month Club” provided by Applied Ethics in Professional Practice at the University of Washington. Click the “home” button to visit other cases.  The providers also offer a short list of their “Core Ethical Values” which is interesting to consider. (HINT: visit it and assess yourself)

 http://www.engr.washington.edu/~uw-epp/Pepl/Ethics/ethics4.html

ä Models for Ethical Decision Making

 The Josephson Institute of Ethics provides this important site  The link is to a short, informative article which I recommend you read.  There is a bit of history as well as some background information to fundamental philosophical issues and even material on thinkers which developed them.  You’ve heard of Confucius, right? He’s one of those dudes.

 http://josephsoninstitute.org/MED/medmodels.htm

ä Ethical Worksheet. 

Here are some answers and questions (or commentary) with which you can test your own ethical decision making processes.

http://www.improb.com/  

ä Applied Ethics in Professional Practice

The site offers a "case of the month" as well as some fundamental advice on ethical qualities and problem solving techniques. This is the same one mentioned above from the University of Washington.

http://www.engr.washington.edu/~uw-epp/Pepl/Ethics/

ä Ethics Updates

There are many separate categories for exploring ethics from this page.  Some provide insight into types of ethical situations; other links seem to be more focused on topic areas.

http://ethics.acusd.edu/

ä A Framework for Teaching Bioethics

This is designed to help a teacher present a process-based learning course in bioethics.  Teach yourself and know lots!

http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1992/teaching_bioethics.html

ä Ethics: definitive statements

A few, short, box-standard definitions of some ethical theories and moral quandaries.  It's a start!

http://wcuvax1.wcu.edu/~cig/ethics.html

 This page was last update on 02/10/01