1. Ethical decision making

Question 1

APC steps:
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Answer 1

Identify people and groups potentially affected by the situation

Question 2

APC steps:
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Answer 2

Identify relevant ethical issues, including interests, rights and features of affected individuals and groups, the circumstances when the ethical problem appeared

Question 3

APC steps:
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Answer 3

Consider how questions or personal prejudice could be influencing the choice

Question 4

APC steps:
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Answer 4

Develop alternative strategies of action

Question 5

APC steps:
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Answer 5

Analyze risks at short and long term, as well as benefits for individuals and/or groups involved in the different alternatives

Question 6

APC steps:
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Answer 6

Choose optimal strategies, taking into account principles, values and law

Question 7

APC steps:
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Answer 7

Implement the selected action, assuming the compromise to abide by consequences of the action

Question 8

APC steps:
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Answer 8

Evaluate the results

Question 9

APC steps:
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Answer 9

Assume the responsibility for consequences, included correction of negative outcomes, if any, or get again involved at the decision-making process if the dilemma is not solved

Question 10

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Answer 10

Prevent the repetition of such dilemmas

Question 11

Ethical decision-making as solving problem ability in 5 steps (Knapp and Van de Creek, 2006)
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Answer 11

Identify the problem:

must be friends with the deontological code and the ethical principles. Also convenient to know which ones are most prone to generate ethical conflicts.

Question 12

Ethical decision-making as solving problem ability in 5 steps (Knapp and Van de Creek, 2006)
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Answer 12

Consider alternatives:

try to analyze the problem from different points of view and not to focus on one single solution. Awareness of how emotions can affect reasoning

Question 13

Ethical decision-making as solving problem ability in 5 steps (Knapp and Van de Creek, 2006)
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Answer 13

Evaluate the information and analyze choices:

avd. and disadv. of every potential choice.

Question 14

Ethical decision-making as solving problem ability in 5 steps (Knapp and Van de Creek, 2006)
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Answer 14

Take action:

of the chosen option, that must be feasable. Before we should have assessed how we are going to implement it.

Question 15

Ethical decision-making as solving problem ability in 5 steps (Knapp and Van de Creek, 2006)
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Answer 15

Re-evaluate the process of decision making:

assess if the chosen option has been right and according to ethical principles and deontological code. If it was feasable and there were no better choices.