Ashford University Ethics in Decision Making Discussion Paper

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please read Chapter 7 in your Kinicki and Williams (2018) textbook, Chapter 13 in your Northouse (2019) textbook, and the article by Woiceshyn (2011), “A Model for Ethical Decision Making in Business: Reasoning, Intuition, and Rational Moral Principle.” Then, complete the online Ethical Leadership Style Questionnaire (ELSQ) on the web page ELSQ: Discover Your Decision-Making Style (Links to an external site.). You will prepare a video presentation discussing your questionnaire results.

For this part of the discussion, prepare a video presentation of no more than 5 minutes in length, addressing the following:

• Describe the three different approaches to making decisions regarding moral conduct as displayed in Figure 13.1 of in Northouse (2019).
• Explain how the three approaches differ in their level of personal accountability and social morality.
• Identify your preferred ethical decision-making style as assessed by the ELSQ, and reflect on the degree to which your style exemplifies concern for self-interest or concern for others.
• Discuss what is important to you when addressing ethical dilemmas, as revealed by your ELSQ scores, remembering that your score does not measure whether you are ethical, but assesses your preferred style of ethical leadership.

Recording or uploading a video

Complete the following:

• Write a script. Name and save your script as a Word document. (The script will be used for reference while you record your video and may be used as a transcript for accessibility purposes.)
• Record your presentation using the Canvas video tool. Review the Canvas Video Submission Instructions (Links to an external site.) on how to create a video post using your computer’s webcam.
  • As an alternative, you may use an external platform called Screencast-O-Matic (Links to an external site.). Please review the Screencast-O-Matic Quick-Start Guide (Links to an external site.) instructions in order to get started. This guide will familiarize you with the tool and review how to upload your video to the classroom.
  • If you choose to use another video recording tool for your submission, such as a cell phone or digital video camera, upload your video to YouTube (Upload Videos: Android (Links to an external site.) or Upload Videos: iPhone & iPad (Links to an external site.)) or another web-based video platform, obtain a link, and paste your video link within your initial post in this discussion forum.
• Attach your script as a Word document to your initial post in this discussion forum.