Ethical Fitness

Making the right decision is easy when there's a clear-cut difference between right and wrong. But what do you do when the situation isn't so obvious? What if there's more than just one "right" decision? And what if you have to make a decision quickly before you even recognize the nature of the moral challenge involved?

From splitting genes to sharing software, there's an abundance of ethical dilemmas at your doorstep. So when you have a dilemma, how do you decide which decision is "right" for you? To tackle these situations you need to be ethically fit. Ethical fitness is a lot like physical fitness: important to have, not always easy to maintain, but essential to survival.

When you're "ethically fit," it's easier to perceive the difference between right and wrong-and to make the tough choices implied in the "right versus right" dilemmas that confront us in both business and personal interaction. You're able to recognize the nature of moral challenges and respond with a well-tuned conscience.

The Institute for Global Ethics created Ethical Fitness® Seminars to help you resolve the ethical issues you face daily, both at work and at home. You'll take part in a thought process that can radically change your future responses to ethical challenges. You'll follow a dynamic four-step process:

1. Become Ethically Aware

First you'll explore and evaluate the current ethical climate in the United States and the world. in this energetic, wide-ranging introduction, ethics is defined, and the arguments of ethical relativism are confronted.

2. Defining Values

Next you're ready to identify, test, and rank shared values through participation in a series of interactive group exercises.

3. Analyzing Ethics

Then, using real-life situations provided by you and your fellow participants, you'll articulate the fundamental values involved in each circumstance and identifying the ethical choices according to four dilemma paradigms.

4. Resolving Dilemmas

Finally, you'll learn ways to resolve these real-life situations using three practical resolution principles that can help you in all areas of your everyday life.

To learn more about Ethical Fitness Seminars and Building Decision Skills, contact:

THE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ETHICS
P.O. Box 563,
Camden, Maine 04843
http://www.globalethics.org

Ethical Fitness is a registered trademark of The Institute for Global Ethics