Workplace Ethics

“Ethics is a code of values which guide our choices and actions and determine the purpose and course of our lives.” 
— Ayn Rand, Russian-American novelist and philosopher (1905-1982)

Now is the time to build character...in high school you will experience a lot and for the first time make most of your own choices. Some of the choices you make will be very important and affect the rest of your life. For example, whether you will go to college or not or whether to work a part time job. There will be more difficult choices to make on and off the job, especially those that involve others. Most of you know the difference between wrong and right, but you need to stand your ground when you are feeling pressured by your peers. Many of bad decisions have been made due to peer pressure. Becoming an ethical person is all part of growing up and ideally you will have made very few poor choices to get there. By understanding what ethics is all about, you will hopefully learn to make decisions you can be proud of .

The Josephson Institute of Ethics develops and delivers services and materials to increase ethical commitment, competence, and practice in all segments of society. The institute is best known for its Character Counts sportsmanship programs.

Go to the below links to complete the following assignment:

1. Read through the introduction paragraph of the Making Ethical Decisions link and give your explanation of what ethics is?

2. Under the six pillars of character answer the following:

a. What other values are involved trustworthiness?

b. Describe a person with integrity?

c. What are people called without integrity?

d. When making promises, what are some things to avoid?

e. How do ethical people show responsibility?

f. Under respect, give a personal example of how you use "The Golden Rule" in your life.

3. List two ways you will become a more ethical person on the job and in life in general.

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