ethical decision-making
Principled choice process
Ethical decision-making is the process of evaluating choices based on moral principles rather than purely practical or self-interested concerns.
It involves weighing competing values, considering the effects of actions on others, and choosing a course that aligns with standards of right and wrong.
The committee's ethical decision-making was complicated by conflicts of interest.
In professional contexts, ethical decision-making often follows formal frameworks or codes of conduct that guide practitioners through dilemmas where the right path isn't immediately clear.
- moral reasoningEvaluating right and wrong
- moral compassInner ethical guidance system
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- do the right thingBehave with moral integrity
- deontologyMorality based on obligations
fairness · justice · consequentialism · greater good · lesser evil · trolley problem · slippery slope · accountability · whistleblowing · conflict of interest · responsibility · utilitarianism · honesty · conscience · gut feeling · moral relativism · gray area · moral courage
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism
- moral educationmoral education, moral instruction, character education, moral development, moral lessons
- workplace ethicscode of conduct, integrity, honesty, fairness, accountability
- moral psychologymoral reasoning, moral judgment, moral development, moral intuition, conscience
ethical decision-makingunethical conduct
Morally improper behavior
wrongdoing · malfeasance · moral bankruptcy · corruption · vice
ethical decision-makingrecklessness
Careless disregard for danger
gut reaction · carelessness · heedlessness · shooting from the hip · snap judgment
ethical decision-makingexpedience
Practical self-interest
opportunism · expediency · Machiavellianism · convenience · cutting corners