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Personal Code Of Ethics

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My personal values act as a basis for distinguishing between right and wrong and thus, determine my daily actions and emotions. My parents and education have played profound roles in the development of my core personal values: personal integrity, excellence, responsibility, family and ambition. Additionally, these influences have demonstrated certain rule-based, ends-based, and virtue-based approaches to determining what conduct is consistent with these key values. Because of my background, I place a special emphasis on maintenance of personal integrity, pursuit of excellence, acceptance of responsibility, love of family and achievement of ambitious goals. I have lofty expectations for myself with regards to my actions; on at least a …show more content…

A commitment to performance that produces exceptional results and quality as a way of life. A commitment to valuing the trust and confidence of my family, friends, co-workers, employers and/or clients and community. A commitment to spending time with my family, supporting them in all their endeavors and making them proud. A commitment to my personal image of what can be and my belief that it will be; a commitment to setting goals and systematically working towards achieving them. I also have a Code of Conduct: Conduct consistent with my value of personal integrity: 1. I will not change who I am for others, and I will stand up for my beliefs even when they are unpopular. If I’m not confident in myself and respectful of what I believe, then I cannot expect others to exhibit confidence in me and respect my beliefs. While it may be uncomfortable for me when other people disagree with my actions, and while my unpopular actions may not yield the most positive outcomes for me, my ethical decision making is often rule-based and virtue-based rather than consequence-based. To me, my motives (ex: honoring my commitment to respect individual human dignity) and …show more content…

One especially important professional commitment is confidentiality to my employer and/or client. Unfortunately, there will be times when my responsibilities to myself, my employer or client, my profession and society will come into conflict with each other, and some responsibilities will take priority over the others. In these cases, I will use virtue to juggle my loyalties to these different parties on a case by case basis. My reason for developing a career in communications is to serve the public through the delivery of accurate messaging to inform their decisions and ultimately improve society. Therefore, my duty to society is ethically greater than my duty to my employer or client, and is the “key to social responsibility”. 10. I will always make my family my number one priority. I will bring them joy and derive great joy from my relationships with them. No matter what else is going on in my life, my highest obligation will always be to my family. This is my rule, and my ethical decisions will follow it. I do however understand that not everyone lives their lives according to this rule, and I will not view them as immoral for breaking it. It is because my family and I have a very special

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