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  • 10 - Developing and Practicing Ethics

  • from Part II - Beginning your Career
  • Edited by Mitchell J. Prinstein, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Book:
    The Portable Mentor
    Published online:
    21 July 2022
    Print publication:
    04 August 2022, pp 179-194
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  • Summary

    Developing and practicing ethics requires an active and mindful approach that continues from graduate school throughout our careers. Because life in the real world tends to be messy with gray areas, contradictions, surprises, and rough edges, we must stay alert, distrust quick answers, and keep questioning. Knowing the ethics codes, laws, and professional guidelines is important; however, it is not enough. It is important not to let ethics, laws, and standards replace critical thinking, professional judgment, and personal responsibility. Our ability to think creatively and respond ethically to even the most daunting challenges seem mirrored by our shared human abilities to rationalize even the most unethical approaches. This chapter discusses the importance of learning to recognize and avoid the classic ethical fallacies. Attention is paid to the importance of knowing our weaknesses, ethical blind spots, biases, and ways to address these fallibilities in our careers.