Values Flashcards
(30 cards)
What are values?
Values are the foundation upon which attitudes and personal preferences are formed.
They are the basis for crucial decisions, life directions, and personal tastes.
They help define our morality and our conception of what is “good”.
What do our value systems allow us to do?
They allow us to organize, prioritize, and make decisions, and is the means whereby we make personal and professional decisions and choices
What is a professional?
- Participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs
- Having a particular profession as a permanent career
- Engaged in by persons receiving financial return
What do values determine?
Values determine who we are, what we do, how we think, and how we interact with others. Values determine our beliefs and attitudes about what is good, right, and worthwhile
Describe instrumental values
They prescribe standards of conduct or methods for attaining an end
Describe terminal values
They prescribe desirable ends or goals
Violating these causes feelings of guilt
Moral values
Violating these causes brings feelings of shame
Competency values
What are the two types of instrumental values?
Moral values and competency values
What are the 3 parts of values maturity triangle?
- Self-centered
- Conforming
- Principled
At this level of the maturity triangle you judge something as right or good if it helps an individual to obtain a reward or avoid a punishment.
Self-centered
At this level of the maturity triangle laws and rules are viewed as being outside themselves
Self-centered and Conforming
At this level of the maturity triangle people want to be seen as being obedient, and they seek respect and acceptance of others
Conforming
If there is a choice between obeying or breaking a law or obeying a principle, they choose the principle at this level of the maturity triangle
Principled
Does this decision mostly benefit those with privilege?
Equal Treatment Test
What is the difference between a decision and a choice in ethical decision making?
A decision kills the other alternatives
A choice allows one to select freely and after consideration
What are 3 things that Ethical Decision Making can be affected by?
- Emotional State
- Incompetence
- Physical and mental disorders
Is this decision or action consistent with my espoused personal values?
Congruence Test
What are the 4 parts of Ethical Decision Making?
- Gather relevant facts
- What have others said about the issue?
- Look to reliable, trustworthy sources of info - Determine conflicting values
- Effect on me, my family, my reputation, my practice - List the options
- List options with pros and cons, and consider alternative options - Decide and justify solution
- Use rational thought as well as that “gut feeling”, “intuition”, or the “still, small voice” that everyone has that prompts to do good and make wise choices and decisions
Is the basic humanity of the affected parties enhanced?
Dignity and Liberty Test
Would I feel comfortable justifying my decision to a patient? (What test?)
Front page test
What is professionalism?
Professionalism is the cluster of commitments and behaviors shared by the members of a profession through which they exhibit the values, principles, and norms they hold in common as members of their profession
Does it violate the spirit of any organizational policies or laws?
Congruence Test
Are the rights, welfare, and betterment of minorities and people labeled as lower status given full consideration?
Equal Treatment Test
