Define your individual code of ethics. This means pulling in the principles you value most and clearly stating how and why you intend to live by these principles. This should be a statement of a few sentences to an entire page. Examples of such principles might include: integrity, fortitude, courage, fidelity, honesty, treating others as ends in themselves, etc.
Describe what conceptual approaches to ethics resonate most with you and discuss how they have influenced your personal code of ethics. Provide references to support it and use examples if you can. This section should be based around some of the work you did for Essay #1.
Identify your organization’s code of conduct and/or description of professional ethics. Be specific here, identifying the main principles valued by the organization. If you don’t belong to a particular organization, instead, discuss one you might enjoy being a part of.
Describe how this individual code of ethics can nest within that of your organization and discuss what happens when there is dissonance between one’s individual code of ethics and that of the organization. Use specific case study examples (historical or current) to demonstrate this. If you can, use personal examples as well. How does one ethically navigate this dissonance? What are the potential outcomes?
