What Ethics Means To Me

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To me, ethics is a very strong word and tells a lot about who you are as a person. In today’s modern world, people’s ethics have changed drastically if you compare them to our parents’ generation. We see more and more in the news that people are finally becoming aware of the dangers that pollution, second-hand smoke, and global warming have on our society. Yet on the other hand, the corporate world is finding excuses and loop holes in policies and laws that have been created to keep pollution emissions at their current levels and to keep their profits increasing. Companies buy pollution credits from other companies that don’t use them and cheat people and companies to make themselves a quick dollar.

I myself as a person, don’t agree with the way people are very selfish and are out only to benefit themselves. Although I have not been in the position to hold a job at a corporation or big business, I have had the experience of being in a large school for the past five years and have built up friendships with many people in my age group. Over the past few years, I have witnessed them develop as a person and for the most part people have turned out pretty good.

At the start of this school year, I started noticing that more and more of my friends were starting to tutor younger students, donate plasma, and do volunteer work in the community. I have been assisting my peers and volunteering for many years and at first I thought that these people were becoming better people. I was very wrong. I soon found out when I was talking to them that they were doing it for completely selfish reasons. The only reason that they were doing these services was to improve their chances of getting into University and obtaining scholarships. Now although the community is temporarily benefiting from these students helping in various volunteer opportunities, they were doing it for completely the wrong reasons and I do not agree with wh...