There are many ways to define the word ethics.
One being; moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity. There is one word that majority of all definitions have in common and that is; morals. While morals play a vital role in one’s judgments of right and wrong, ethics are principles to whether one conducts themselves in a right manner on account of their own beliefs. Daily we are faced with situations in life that require us to make choices.
Some of these choices are easy, and at times, some of them can be difficult. Ethics in one’s personal life can be described as behaving a certain way because you believe it is the right way or because of how you were raised. If you practice being ethical in your daily living, that is something you will continue to demonstrate in everything you do.
There are five steps to the decision-making process.The first step in the decision-making process is to identify the problem and/or that a decision needs to be made. To make a clear and meaningful decision you have to have the ability to identify what the problem is. When you are presented with any situation where a decision needs to be made, once you are able to identify what that is, that is the moment you begin the weighing of your options process. For example, if you are approaching a stop sign before you arrive you consider your options.
You can either stop; which is what the law requires, or you can continue to drive through without stopping. If we were to apply this to one’s morals, we may decide to stop because we understand the requirements of the law. However, when ethics are applied though we know what the law is, it’s our own beliefs that will determine how to proceed. Once
