The first ground rule of an ethical decision making process would be Trustworthiness. As others trust us, they tend to give us more freedom. They feel that we do not need to be monitored as often as those who are not trusted. People believe in us, they look to us for guidance, when they ask our advice and we give it to them they will believe us over someone that they do not trust. Although there is one downside to being trusted, we must live up to everyone else’s expectations. Which would mean keeping ourselves in check, no lying, not even a little white lie. A lie tends to break down the cycle of trust.

Of the six ethical values, trustworthiness is the most complicated and it encompasses many other qualities. We will cover some of those qualities here:

Honesty: Honesty is bar far the most important ethical quality in any business or personal setting. Without honesty we would find that some people would try to get away wi

The other ground rules of decision making are Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship. Like Trustworthiness there are several subdivisions of each of these ground rules as well. I am going to just look at the main ground rules, yes each thing is important to cover, but by evaluating the main topic we can get the idea of the other individual topics.

Respect: The Golden Rule is a prime example of respect. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. Respect prohibits the acts of: violence, whether it be against a person or property, humiliation as making fun of someone or something else is not respectful, manipulation and exploitation. Being respectful means that you are civil to others even when the situation is not, being courteous to others even when they are not courteous to you, always being decent, always showing dignity, tolerance and acceptance of any situation shows that you can be respectful.

Reliability: When you think of reliability you think of someone that is always there, who never breaks a promise, someone that keeps his or her word. They are there for you in a crisis, they never come up with excuses as to why they cannot make it, or help you out. You also think of the reliability of a paycheck, your home, the love of your family.

Caring: If you were alone in this world, there would be no need for ethics, and your heart could be as cold and as hard as a stone. But that is the farthest from the truth, we are not alone in this world and there is a major need for ethics, whether they are professional or personal. Our code of ethics tells a lo

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Responsibility Life, Sense Ethics, Honesty Honesty, Cub Scout, Golden Rule, Loyalty Loyalty, Citizenship Trustworthiness, ground rules, personal lives,