Everything we do, or don't do, is a choice that affects both our lives and the lives of others. Ethics is about making choices based on rational principles and common values rather than self-interest or quick-returns.

Making ethical decisions involves:

• being consistent with our own beliefs
• coordinating both ends and means
• living in harmony with common ethical values
• being consistent about what is thought to be right or wrong
• treating others as we want to be treated
• understanding facts, alternatives and consequences
• understanding how other people think and feel
• being discerning in right vs right situations

Your Task...

Choose an interest area or related career and find a code of ethics / practice / conduct that you understand and accept. You may need to adapt it until you can understand and accept it.

When choosing a code of ethics think about your own values.

Values information:

• Ethical values or Ethical Values (Brief)
• Dos & Dont's of Character

Code of Practice information:

• Codes of Conduct/Practice/Ethics from Around the World
• Codes of Ethics Online - collection of over 850 codes of ethics.
• Indigenous Protocols - Message Stick - ABC, Australia