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Just what are ethics exactly? What is the difference between personal ethics, and professional ethics? Better yet why are they so important in a workplace environment? This is what will be discussed throughout this paper. If questioned, most people would say that ethics is the ability to know right from wrong, good from bad and moral from immoral. Unfortunately, although right the definition of ethics varies greatly depending on whom you question regarding the matter. There are many different shades in-between black and white, just as there are many opinions of right and wrong.
Personal ethics are a set of values, based on religious or moral teaching. It is a standard of conduct by which an individual guides his or her actions and judges others. People use ethics to help make everyday decisions; referred to as ones ethical motivation which is the reasoning behind ones intentions. Ethics are morals and beliefs that are learned and formed from childhood throughout......

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