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Ethical Conduct Week 2 – Discussion 2
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Ethics and Moral Development [WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3]
Step 1
Prepare: In preparing for this discussion, you should first review the Week 2 required resources that focus on ethics and morals. This will help assist you in examining your own development of ethical and moral responsibilities.Step 2
Reflect: Take a deeper look at your own life and determine which experiences have inspired ethical and moral reasoning. Were there any huge influences in this process?Step 3Write: For this discussion you will address the following prompts:Explain what it means to be ethical as it relates to personal, academic, and professional growth.
Provide at least one ethical dilemma you have encountered, and describe how the issue was resolved.
Describe how your general education courses have influenced your ethical values.
Explain why a college-educated person might have different duties to society than someone not as educated.
Your initial post should be at least 275 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other o

utside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (see In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) and references (see Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.). Answer Preview…………….From a personal perspective, being ethical means reacting and taking initiatives as the society would expect at any particular time. Academically, being ethical implies that one follows academic rules, and steers clear of some issues such as plagiarizing other people’s work. On the other hand, ethical conduct within the professional environment implies that one follows the guidelines set within the profession, with enough diligence to ensure that he or she serves the interests of both the community and the employer. Nonetheless, understanding such ethical positions does not necessarily imply that one may not experience ethical dilemmas. For instance, personal ethical conduct implies that one does what is expected of him or her by the society, but there have been cases in which one encounters challenges doing what is right. For instance, I once saw someone drop a $50 bill, and was torn between calling him to pick it up, or keeping it for myself. Ultimately, I resolved to call him after considering he may not have had any more money, and his family depended on it………..APA 351 words
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