Ethics come from the Greek word “Ethos” it only means the characteristic way of acting. All of us are able to distinguish between good and evil, right or wrong, moral and immoral. We feels within ourselves an obligation to do what is good and to avoid what is evil; and we know that we are accountable for our actions. In our study, ethos refers to those characteristics belonging to man as a rational being, we are gifted because we have intellect and free-will. It provides the person with knowledge that he may know what to do and how to do it. I learned that ethics is important to us, in able for us to become a noble man or noble woman, we need to know what is good and do it and know what is evil and avoid it. We need ethics in our lives to be aware of the result of each action that we do in our everyday lives, if it will result to a good thing which is represented by rewards or it will result to a bad thing which is then represented by punishments or consequences.
In our childhood days, we intend to copy the ones who are bigger and older than us, thinking that what they are doing is always right, so we do what they do, because we don’t know how to act yet, we don’t know what is good for us or bad for us back then.
Now we’ve grown up and became knowledgeable about what is good and what is evil, but in each day of our everyday life, sometimes forgot that what we have been doing is wrong but seems to be right for us, like lying for the benefit of ourselves to keep us safe from being scolded by our parents, cheating during the quizzes, drinking with our peer groups or circle of friends and a lot more. What I’ve learned in ethics is that we are accountable for all our actions and we have an obligation to do things right.
And I have learned that being professional we need to behave in an ethical manner and fulfill our rightful responsibilities in every situation every time, without fail and as a professional we habitually makes