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Ethics Class
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Ethics Class It is interesting to be seated in class watching students, classmates, half my age learning about ethics. I find that it makes me reflect on my behaviour in class fairly often. The fact that I'm a former police officer and also the oldest in class means that, like it or not, I'm always being evaluated and monitored. It makes me wonder what exactly these think about the study of ethics. Without a frame of reference for the consequences of unethical actions, I wonder if they can truly appreciate serious this topic is. I hope they are smarter than I was at their age and are actually taking it seriously and not thinking it's a load of shit. And maybe it's unfair or biased for me think that they don't take it seriously. I wonder if they take it seriously because I know I sure as hell didn't. Not really. I've often stated that it's important to understand that actions beget consequences (the real ABCs) but I also think that consequences are like divorces, you don't truly understand them until you experience them. Unfortunately I have experienced the consequences of unethical behaviour, both professionally and personally. I'll discuss more about the professional consequences in another post... On a personal level, specifically in my marriages, I have behaved unethically. In my first marriage I was unfaithful. That sort of unethical behaviour really needs no explanation and I'm not about to discuss the details of it without alcohol sitting between us. In my second marriage I was again unethical but in an entirely different way. Rather than demonstrate unethical behaviour as it related to my partner, I was unethical (in my opinion) towards myself. I wasn't true to myself and to what I had determined what I needed or wanted in a relationship or a partner. Even though I realized this fact, I stayed in the relationship for a few years longer than I should have because I didn't want to be alone. Personal and professional ethics. It's amazing how every facet of life can be touched by them if you really think about it. It's only in the last few years that I've spent time actually thinking about it. I'm glad I have. How about you? Have you figured out where you stand? Where your personal morality places you in the ethical stew we're in?  |
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I know where I stand....I was brought up to believe that I should not do anything to another person which would hurt me if it was done to me. However I am no angel and it's hard sometimes to stick with it. ~~Anais Nin~~
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I don't think I have ever really given much thought to "being unethical towards myself". But, lately my mind has been wandering back to mistakes I've made in previous relationships. And I was quite angry with myself when I realized that a lot of the problems in my marriage relate back to it being my 1st relationship (at age 17), where I developed the pattern of "denying myself and my needs". That doesn't bode well for a relationship - and I refuse to ever do it again. I guess ethical treatment really does begin, at home. Check out my profile or and become a "watcher" of my blog FMAOPLS,to learn more about me, and for intelligent, lively, smartassy and fun discussion, with a little irreverence thrown in. "Like" or comment on my photos, and I promise I'll add more. Thanks.
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I didn't chose my field of work. It kind of chose me. And looking back on it, I readily tell those in my professional life that I am the most jaded 30 year old you will ever meet. I get lied to all day long. I deal with the most unethical people, constantly. My saving grace? My parents taught us from a young age to be ethical in all we do. It doesn't matter whether it's your personal life, or your professional life. You treat it the same. Every now and then I will question a choice I've made. I will wonder if it was the moral or ethical thing to do. Not out of questioning my abilities, but rather that it may not be the norm. Society as a whole, may not agree with the stance that my ethics led me to. I guess what I am trying to say is, what one person deems ethical and morally right, another person may differ completely. You have to make the choice as to whether it is ethical and moral to you. Not to anyone else. Because at the end of the day, you are the one that has to live with those choices. So don't worry about the kids in your class. They will be just fine. Concentrate on your world and those that matter to you.
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good post! i think all of my struggles stemmed from the fact that i didn't know where i stood. I knew where i was supposed to stand. But i never took time to listen to myself and consider if that's where i truly wanted to stand. I'm still learning to balance where i stand. I wonder sometimes, if it's not a static place? Because i'm changing, won't my choices or the reasons for them, also change? i do take the time to test myself, before i make a decision. And i give myself room to change my mind. and re-evaluate. i know some things cannot be reversed. But, i don't have to give up and remain stuck in something that's destroying me, do i? idk. still learning. --Author Unknown
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