Ethics, Personal And Business

I think we instinctively know the difference between right and wrong and codes of ethics are fluff. There are many dos and donts and we discuss the grey areas as best we can when the situationa rises or is anticipated ie WWYD? I applaud Mr Moffet and his heroics but believe the officer did the right thing too. Had he not been issued a ticket the driver of the vehicle may have been found to be at fault when he may not be.>>>

Absent the belief of our accountability to God, we become a law unto ourselves. I believe that, as the Bible teaches, we are sinful by nature. Therefore, we do not instinctively know right from wrong.

"The presence of law is usually the sign of absence of moral behavior."

"Having a moral code that is objective and consistent is necessary for such a system to work. Should each person have the ability to define his or her own "code", order completely falls apart."

Mike Huckabee from Do The Right Thing

We only need witness the recent shenanigans on Wall Street . . . . . .

I do agree that many times a code of ethics is merely a "warm fuzzy" for the consumer. >>>

ANDY "We only need witness the recent shenanigans on Wall Street" . . . . . .

Good example...........and I'll bet every one of them is an honest, upstanding, church going, god fearin' christian.............

Morals is morals. We all know the difference between right and wrong. Ethics is a personal interpretation of the situation and subsequently a degree of mitigation is involved so there is no fine line and the case can always be argued. From what I can tell, more often than not the mantle of christianity is adopted as a disguise.>>>

If we left the Insurance Industry and their co-horts, the stormchasers, out of this discussion, it'd be worth having :laugh:>>>

Jed Would you say humans are born good or evil ( bad )?>>>

I would say we are going to hell in a handbasket due to the immoral conduct of the few.................did you hear the news this morning?............the Brits have awarded Ted Kennedy an "honourary knighthood"!! :woohoo: ..................wotta joke.........>>>

CIAK Said: Jed Would you say humans are born good or evil ( bad )?

Rite off the top of my head i can't quote you scripture and verse rite now Chuck , but somewhere in the Bible it says we come from our mothers womb speaking lies.>>>

Sometimes I see people confusing ethics with honesty. Other times I see businesses declaring what is ethical(which in itself may be unethical).

Here's a real world example: If a roofer tells a customer that felt will be installed when they do the roof job and then doesn't install felt, that is dishonest. If a roofer tells a customer they could save money by not installing felt, it then becomes an ethical question. Those questions are best resolved by a group of the roofing industry's best and brightest. Your actions are then judged ethical or unethical by the standards of that group. You are free not to align yourself with that group.

In the roofing business we don't have traditional ethical standards because we are all too independent. If we all agreed on something we would probably internally combust.>>>

WELL SAID Miscreant!!>>>

Internally implode as I see it. In another country what we do in the area of law morality and ethics are looked at completely different. As weird and wrong as I look upon with contempt , distaste Sharia Law. They look upon our Christian constitution , bill of rights republic form of government, in a very different way than most of us. Very interesting .The Crusades might come to mind . I'm trying to figure out if this makes any sense the way it written.>>>