ETHICS AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT

July 23, 2018

Ethics and Moral Development

Prepare: In preparing for this discussion, you should first review the Week Two required resources that focus on ethics and morals. This will help assist you in examining your own development of ethical and moral responsibilities.

Reflect: Take a deeper look at your own life and determine which experiences have inspired ethical and moral reasoning. Were there any huge influences in this process?

Write: For this discussion you will address the following prompts:

Explain what it means to be ethical as it relates to personal, academic, and professional growth.
Provide at least one ethical dilemma you have encountered and describe how the issue was resolved.
Describe how your general education courses have influenced your ethical values.
Explain why a college-educated person might have different duties to society than someone not as educated.

Answer preview
Ethics are moral principles that influence how a person makes decisions and choose the kind of life to live. Being ethical on personal grounds means maintaining personal standards that are in accordance with the expected norms of the society. This involves developing and maintaining personal standards that govern my thought process and guide how I respond to problems when they arise (In Jindal-Snape and In Hannah, 2014). Being ethical academically means maintaining academic integrity and a culture of honesty in all aspects of my academic …
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