What are ethics?
Formal and informal codes and conducts that govern a persons or groups behavior.
It is about respecting others by acknowledging their views and adopting a balanced view yourself.
Trustworthy and ethical behavior in collaboration may encompass the following:
• acknowledging discomfort or anger
• being prepared to fully participate
• communicating in an open way
• honesty
• honoring commitments
• sensitivity to social, cultural, personal situations and dynamics
• showing respect
• understanding of the consequences of actions
• being mindful of what is going on around you
• obeying rules that are in place for the good of all
Essential
Communicating in an open way
Honesty
Honoring commitments
Sensitivity to social, cultural, personal situations and dynamics
Showing respect
Understanding of the consequences of actions
Obeying rules that are in place for the good of all
Eg. For the roadways to work and for people to commute relatively safely, people must communicate their intentions to other drivers – ie. Blinkers, horns.
Acknowledging discomfort or anger
Being prepared to fully participate
Being mindful of what is going on around you
Non-Essential
Acknowledging discomfort or anger
Being prepared to fully participate
Being mindful of what is going on around you
Eg. A disgruntled customer cannot expect to be automatically acknowledged if they do not speak up first and communicate what the problem is. Often others are busy and sometimes things need to be pointed out to them.
Being prepared to fully participate
Who’s Got a Dollar?
In class we completed this group exercise whereby we were asked who had a dollar. That person then had to give up their dollar to another person. This kept going from $1, to $2, to $5, to $10, to $20. Each person as they received the money had to say what they most liked about working in a team environment.
In relation to the above exercise, we then had to answer the following questions:
1. Would you volunteer your money - that is, take risk?
Yes, I did volunteer my money. I had trust in the exercise and the people in the group that it would most likely be returned anyway.
2. How did you feel?
I felt willing to participate and curious as to where this exercise was going.
3. Did you feel a little sheepish?
No, not really, I would have felt sheepish if I didn’t have anything to contribute to the exercise.
4. What about when the ante was upped to ten dollars?
Again, I was curious as to how far this would go and what would actually happen with the money, but I didn’t feel sheepish or worried.
5. Twenty?
Much the same as above.
6. Did you think the volunteers were foolish?
Perhaps if we were in a bigger group and most of us hadn’t contributed then some may wonder why the volunteers were so willing to give up their hard earned cash. In a smaller group, I did not feel that the volunteers were foolish.
Trust & Creative Partnerships
As a group exercise, we had to practice some different scenarios with one another;
• Maintaining eye contact with another class mate for 60 seconds
• Maintaining eye contact with another class mate for 60 seconds whilst holding hands
• Maintaining eye contact while standing at different proximities: comfortable, closer and further
Eye Contact
Looking straight into someone’s eyes for 60 seconds feels, too long and too intimate.
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR
It can be inappropriate and impolite to stare directly at someone for a prolonged period -it can be considered rude and disrespectful in some cultures. The amount of eye contact varies amongst people depending on how well you know them and how you feel about them.
TRUST
If you know someone well, a prolonged look can mean trust and understanding. If you don’t know someone, their use of eye contact, their use of eye contact can give you an idea of what they are like, trustworthy, etc. Eye contact used in the appropriate way can signify openness, confidence or interest. If a stranger stares for too long, it can be creepy/untrustworthy.
Eye Contact + Touch
Looking at someone whilst touching them requires close proximity. When completing our group exercise of holding hands and looking into the eyes of a classmate for 60 seconds, it felt too intimate and uncomfortable.
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR
Looking and touching requires 2 people to be close and when doing this with a stranger, it feels as though you’re invading personal space and therefore breaching respect.
TRUST
Eye contact AND touch is usually reserved for those that you do trust. When it is someone you don’t know, it can make you feel uncomfortable, wary and suspicious.
Proximity
Comfortable distance between two people can mean several things such as: interested (depending on where their body is facing, if its open, etc). At comfortable proximity it still feels uncomfortable to maintain 60 seconds of eye contact.
Closer proximity whilst maintaining eye contact was even more uncomfortable. Personal space varies from person to person and it also depends on how well we know the person and how relaxed we are when around them. Doing this with someone you don’t know very well is awkward and uneasy.
Further proximity was more comfortable when maintaining eye contact with someone you don’t know very well – but it still felt a bit uncomfortable and invasive.
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR
Respect comes into how close you stand to someone – people need their space to feel comfortable. Some cultures have closer proximity between people than others.
TRUST
A comfortable distance is usually for acquaintances or people meeting for the first time.
Closer proximity is usually reserved for people in closer relationships (unless your at a concert or in a crowded train) and there is more trust involved. Further proximity is generally for strangers and people you have less trust for.
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