¶ … system that contributes towards the development of the personal ethics. Further the paper also discusses the effect of personal ethics on work performance and the need of ethics in an organization.
Personal Ethics Development - Personal Ethical System and Ground Rules, including its Origins and Development
Ethics
Ethics are considered to be the principles and norms that shape the human personality and behavior and underlie the formation of the character. Ethics generally can be considered as personal code of conduct. (Griffith University, 2011)Ethics constitute of the following aspects mainly:
Assessing and evaluating personal values, (Griffith University, 2011)
Understanding of the requirements and standards of society as well as knowledge of personal and universal standards, (Griffith University, 2011)
Analyzing the available choices, their impact on others and society and then accepting the responsibility of the choice made and be hold oneself accountable for it. (Griffith University, 2011)
Ethics usually shape the morals but ethics and morals cannot be considered as the same. (Griffith University, 2011)
Development of Personal Ethics
It is highly important to develop personal ethics as they build the morals and character of a person. This set ethics and ethical principles help a person decide about right and wrong and make appropriate choices in their lives. Ethics, however, grow and develop throughout a person's life and are influenced by a lot of factors. (Scivicque, 2013)
Each and every person has a different base and system through which the person passes and is influenced by that to incorporate and develop personal ethics. That is every person has a different set of examples and circumstances that develops and builds the ethics in a person and shapes his/her character. (Scivicque, 2013)
Factors that contribute towards the development of personal ethics are explained in the table below.
Parents generally are the first ones to develop a sense of right and wrong and guide the children through difficult choices. They help children understand how to choose difficult options and line of action because of the ethical reasons. (Scivicque, 2013)
Religion
The person's religion and belief system play an important role in developing his/her ethics, personality, character and morals. As religion generally lays the ground for right and wrong, permissible and prohibited, etc. These set religious principles and standards governs a person's life completely and helps him / her develop sound personal ethics that guide them in leading a life based on morality and righteousness. (Scivicque, 2013)
Culture
The creation and development of ethical norms is highly affected by the culture that surrounds a person. Culture plays a vital role in shaping ethics and generally dictating the concept of right and wrong. (Scivicque, 2013)
Experience
Experience of a person also effects the ethics as with practical experience a lot of circumstance in which due to emotional or personal reasons the person's point-of-view and beliefs are changed. (Scivicque, 2013)
Self-assessment and realization
Ethics are also shaped by an individual inner reflection and assessment of the self. The feeling of guilt and bad conscious after doing something that is wrong or amoral, either improves personal ethics or if over practiced kills the sense of right and wrong.
In my experience, I would say that I am constantly affected by all the above factors and all of them have played an important role in developing and improving my personal ethics. Further, I would also like to add that the culture and religion imposed changes in the ethics are usually 'duty based' as these impose and obligation duty to be followed. While the…
