Personal Narrative: My Personal Code Of Core Values

There were many people in my life that got me to who I am today. My family and friends were the main people that influenced who I am. There were many events that influenced me but the most recent one is picking early college.

Everyone on earth is defined by their core beliefs. It’s what makes us all individuals, what separates us from the others. It wasn’t until I was talking with my friend Sean in 8th grade that I started to realize that one of my core beliefs, something I was taught growing up, may not be my own belief.

Integrity/honesty: For me, these two go hand in hand. You cannot have integrity without honesty, and if you are honest, you generally have great integrity. I believe in taking responsibility

In an approach to illuminate the values that will guide my viewpoint on moral and ethical leadership, the following text is my personal code of ethics. This document focuses on the beliefs that define who I truly am. Simon, Howe, & Kirschenbaum (1995) state, “Values are those aspects of our lives that are so important and pervasive that they include feelings, thought, and behavior” (pp. 10). Through deep reflection, which challenged me to consider alternatives and allowed me to compare what I believe and how I would act, I have created the following declarations to myself:

As I hold her hand, I think about Patsy and two of her cousins. They all have breast cancer, and they all picked crops in the central Valley of California when DDT was permissible. Rubbing her knuckles as gently as I can, I think of her slow death.

Honesty: I concur and my desire is to always live out my principles and values with authenticity and nothing artificial.

I consider myself a late bloomer; I did not really know what I wanted to be when I grow up until now that I have grown up. I used to be ashamed to admit that to myself because, not only my parents, I had high expectations of myself growing up. But I have accepted that life has its obstacles and most of the time trying to figure out how to get through them can take their course; detours, reroutes, speed bumps, but the great thing is: there aren’t any dead ends, neither any time limit. I think about the word serendipity. It is when meaningful coincidences occur, when you look for something, yet find something else instead, and then realize that what you found was more conducive to your needs than what you thought you were looking for. Ten years

How I work is like… something that I can’t even explain because it travels through me and I blow myself away.

This motto is significant to me on several levels beginning with personal life. My parents taught me not lie

I and my employees will place integrity above all and will have strong moral principles, and will always display sincerity, truthfulness and be trustworthy in all that we do so that my nor my subordinate’s integrity will ever be questioned.

I would like to say my personal code of ethics is only what I feel is right. But I know that I have to fall along the lines of ethics while making my decision. For example, I probably will get hate and be judged by this, but it is my personal ethics, if a patient is a substantial amount of pain and begs for their life to end, I personally believe it is okay, with not only their consent, but also those of family members, to "pull the plug". Now before anyone tells me how wrong I am, I know it is a crime and something NEVER to be done. I would not do this because I know it is a crime and would not want to lose my job and have worse consequences. But to sum this up, Yeah, I do have some personal ethics that are not okay in the eye of medical practice

I will follow my personal morals and values which include being honest to myself and others.

Allen, N. J. (2007). Organizational commitment. In S. G. Rogelberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Industrial and

My view on how I determine what’s right or wrong is simply the emotional and physical damage a certain act causes to the person or loved ones. I base my daily actions of right or wrong on my spiritual belief, the laws in place, behaviors our society accepts and my own subconscious feeling of what I feel is right or wrong. I normally ask myself questions such as which option will do the most good or the least harm, would my actions treat people equally and respectfully, and would this option lead me to the person I want to be. Some of the qualities that resonate to me, and has been a part of me, in which I will call my “personal 10” are empathy, integrity, respect, kindness, honesty, fairness, humility, courage, balance and wisdom.

not determine my future. The present is just another stepping stone to reach my full potential.