Introduction
What you are about to read is my own interpretation of a moral code that hopefully can be applied in both life and business; this moral code it is neither complete nor correct but simply a work in progress. Throughout this essay I will go through 5 versatile moral codes that will give the reader both insight into my belief system and hopefully their own. My first code “Words are capable tools”, is my most commonly used code it is universal and can be used under a variety of circumstance both business and personal. The next 4 codes have a closer relation to the business side of ethical codes while using minimal points of personal experiences. To start off the business portion of this essay is code “Invest in people rather than …show more content…
Invest in deserving people rather than projects from a business standpoint and my own perspective, this means that I will not associate my good name with a person or project that does not have a similar moral compass; no matter the pay off of the project. This compliments the idea that money while is an important aspect of daily living it is not the reason for living it. I had not realized I held this specific principle until the Ford Pinto example came up. Ford neglected to recall faulty cars that if participated in rear end collisions would almost certainly kill the passengers. Had they gotten away with it the decisions makers for the case of Ford Pinto would have been responsible for approximately 180 deaths. Ford was callously trading lives for profits which is when I realized that I was not willing to tarnish my good name by going along with an unethical decision to make or save money rather than lives. It is important to figure out what you are willing to give up in order to gain and I am not willing to give up dignity, nobility and trustworthiness in order to gain wealth and corporate standings. Ford pinto invested their time and trust into a faulty project and lost, had they applied this code their good name may still have been reprehended but may have held their respectability. I chose to put this as my third ethic because it almost always applies to business in contrast to the first and second which apply
What you are about to read is my own interpretation of a moral code that hopefully can be applied in both life and business; this moral code it is neither complete nor correct but simply a work in progress. Throughout this essay I will go through 5 versatile moral codes that will give the reader both insight into my belief system and hopefully their own. My first code “Words are capable tools”, is my most commonly used code it is universal and can be used under a variety of circumstance both business and personal. The next 4 codes have a closer relation to the business side of ethical codes while using minimal points of personal experiences. To start off the business portion of this essay is code “Invest in people rather than …show more content…
Invest in deserving people rather than projects from a business standpoint and my own perspective, this means that I will not associate my good name with a person or project that does not have a similar moral compass; no matter the pay off of the project. This compliments the idea that money while is an important aspect of daily living it is not the reason for living it. I had not realized I held this specific principle until the Ford Pinto example came up. Ford neglected to recall faulty cars that if participated in rear end collisions would almost certainly kill the passengers. Had they gotten away with it the decisions makers for the case of Ford Pinto would have been responsible for approximately 180 deaths. Ford was callously trading lives for profits which is when I realized that I was not willing to tarnish my good name by going along with an unethical decision to make or save money rather than lives. It is important to figure out what you are willing to give up in order to gain and I am not willing to give up dignity, nobility and trustworthiness in order to gain wealth and corporate standings. Ford pinto invested their time and trust into a faulty project and lost, had they applied this code their good name may still have been reprehended but may have held their respectability. I chose to put this as my third ethic because it almost always applies to business in contrast to the first and second which apply