EAI
CORE Scoring Graphs
Understanding Your Scores Compared To Others
The purpose of these two EAI CORE scoring graphs is to help you achieve greater awareness about
how you and others use different ethical reasoning for deciding and explaining ethical choices. The
more you understand the range of ethical perspectives you are able to apply when analyzing a situation
to determine the best ethical outcome, and the more that you accept that range in others, the more
effective you will be in resolving professional and personal ethical issues.
Interpreting the Line Graph
The Line Graph’s upper and lower blue lines represent the range of responses for “most likely” and
“least likely” made for each CORE perspective in a sample size of 965 adults. The red line is the mean
of total responses for each CORE perspective, based on the sample. The green line indicates your
response totals for each CORE perspective as compared to the mean and extremes of the sample
scores.
Interpreting the graph indicates two things about you:
1) the extent to which you are “most likely” to rely upon using a particular ethical perspective in
your reasoning for decisions in multiple contexts, and
2) the extent to which you are “least likely” to use other ethical perspectives because you disagree
with, or do not accept as an ethical alternative, that reasoning.
Interpreting "Most Likely" Positive Scores
A high positive score in one CORE perspective, with subsequent low scores in the others, indicates that
you depend on the reasoning of that CORE perspective for most, if not all, of your ethical decisions.
The higher the score, the more exclusively you use that CORE perspective. Though consistency is a
good thing, restricting yourself to viewing all ethical situations from one ethical perspective limits your
ability to solve ethical dilemmas, as well as limits your ability to dialogue with others when working to
solve ethically related problems collectively.
Scores that are more evenly distributed among the CORE perspectives indicate you probably can
understand and apply other CORE perspectives when appropriate and can communicate that
reasoning for your ethical choices, depending on the information you have and how you prioritize your
values in unique ethical contexts. In addition, you may be more open to accept the ethical reasoning
of others when different from yours in various decision making contexts.
These scores may indicate that you realize people have different ethical perspectives as they analyze
an ethical issue, because they may have different information and/or prioritize their personal and
organizational values differently. With this understanding, you can seek a common solution to
differences by determining what underlying values you share, and then use those shared values to
resolve differences in approach to finding the best ethical decision.
Whether your scores are more distinct or more evenly distributed, the importance of Awareness and
understanding is to avoid being caught up in pointlessly arguing about whose ethical perspective is
“right,” rather than then focusing on reaching the best ethical decision. The most effective and relevant
resolution of an ethical issue will flow out of constructive dialogue that considers multiple ethical
perspectives.
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EAI
CORE Scoring Graphs
Interpreting "Least Likely" Negative Scores
The greater the negative score of a CORE perspective, the less likely you are to accept the reasoning
of that ethical perspective when working with others to resolve ethical concerns. In some cases, you
may not even accept another person’s reasoning as ethical at all, let alone as a legitimate alternative.
This can lead to arguments about who is or is not being ethical, rather than working to find a common
solution to an ethical issue. Thus, working to gain greater awareness about other perspectives will
make you a better communicator and problem solver.
The lesser the negative score of a CORE perspective, the more accepting you are of others’
approaches to ethical decision making, and the greater the opportunity for you to have open dialogue
and positive conclusions to disagreements about how to resolve ethical concerns.
Interpreting the Bar Graph
The Bar Graph shows the twelve combinations of "most likely" and "least likely" use of the four CORE
perspectives. The checkmark shows your combination of CORE scores and how your combination
compares to the others.
For more information on The Williams Institute:
www.ethics-twi.org
info@ethics-twi.org
480-517-1891