The basic concepts and Important and lasting Private conduct based on fundamental principles of beliefs or ideals shared by strict adherence to a decent human conduct. It the members of a culture sanctioned or accepted includes study of universal about what is good or bad code or dogma of what is values such as the and desirable or right or wrong, particularly essential equality of all undesirable. Values have as proclaimed in a sacred men and women, human or major influence on a book, or by a non-secular Definitions natural rights, obedience to person's behavior and group or sect. Once the law of land, concern for attitude and serve as broad practically interchangeable health and safety and, guidelines in all situations. with 'ethical,' this term has increasingly, also for the Some common business acquired quasi-religious natural environment. See values are fairness, connotations and has also morality. innovation and community moved closer to righteous. involvement. Theoretical or General: DURABILITY: Handle issues that we think Practical or Special: INTEGRALITY: would harm or significantly Philosophical Science: FLEXIBILITY: benefit humans. Moral standards are not set Form of Consciousness: SATISFACTION: or changed by specific Establish universal HIERARCHY: authority bodies. principles: TRANSCENDENCE: Moral standards should Characteristics It focuses on morality as a DYNAMISM: refer to other values including phenomenon: APPLICABILITY: self-interest. Guides the COMPLEXITY: Based on unbiased Moral Behavior: considerations. It is present in every They are associated with human act: emotions and special vocabularies Examples A judge refuses to receive Loyal Do not gossip a bribe to allow a criminal Honest Tell the truth Ethics, values and moral
to go free, being guilty of a
crime. A public official who does not allow himself to be intimidated by a superior official to commit an improper act that could cause him any benefit.