Professional Ethics

Under the supervision of:

Prof. Maneesh Pandeya

Submitted by:
Anmol Hindwani
PGSF1907
“Ethics is supposed to provide us with ‘moral principles or universal rules that
tell us what to do. Many people, for example, read passionate adherents of the
moral principle of utilitarianism: Everyone is obligated to do whatever will
achieve the greatest good for the greatest number. Others are just as devoted to
the basic principle of Immanuel Kant: Everyone is obligated to act only in ways
that respect the human dignity and moral rights of all persons.”

“I must strive to be a person who is ethical, responsible, loyal, respects others

and is humble.

Primarily it is the individual, the consumer, the employee or the human social
unit of the society who benefits from ethics. In addition, ethics is important
because of the following:

Satisfying Basic Human Needs: Being fair, honest and ethical is one the basic
human needs. Every employee desires to be such himself and to work for an
organization that is fair and ethical in its practices.

Creating Credibility: An organization that is believed to be driven by moral

values is respected in the society even by those who may have no information
about the working and the businesses or an organization. Infosys, for example is
perceived as an organization for good corporate governance and social
responsibility initiatives. This perception is held far and wide even by those
who do not even know what business the organization is into.

Uniting People and Leadership: An organization driven by values is revered

by its employees also. They are the common thread that brings the employees
and the decision makers on a common platform. This goes a long way in
aligning behaviors within the organization towards achievement of one common
goal or mission.

Improving Decision Making: A man’s destiny is the sum total of all the
decisions that he/she takes in course of his life. The same holds true for
organizations. Decisions are driven by values. For example, an organization that
does not value competition will be fierce in its operations aiming to wipe out its
competitors and establish a monopoly in the market.

Long Term Gains: Organizations guided by ethics and values are profitable in
the long run, though in the short run they may seem to lose money. Tata group,
one of the largest business conglomerates in India was seen on the verge of
decline at the beginning of 1990’s, which soon turned out to be otherwise. The
same company’s Tata NANO car was predicted as a failure, and failed to do
well but the same is picking up fast now.
Securing the Society: Often ethics succeeds law in safeguarding the society.
The law machinery is often found acting as a mute spectator, unable to save the
society and the environment. Technology, for example is growing at such a fast
pace that the by the time law comes up with a regulation we have a newer
technology with new threats replacing the older one. Lawyers and public
interest litigations may not help a great deal but ethics can.”

“Ethics tries to create a sense of right and wrong in the organizations and often
when the law fails, it is the ethics that may stop organizations from harming the
society or environment.”

“According to virtue ethics, there are certain ideals, such as excellence or

dedication to the common good, toward which we should strive and which
allow the full development of our humanity. These ideals are discovered
through thoughtful reflection on what we as human beings have the potential to
become.

Virtues are attitudes, dispositions, or character traits that enable us to be and to

act in ways that develop this potential. They enable us to pursue the ideals we
have adopted. Honesty, courage, compassion, generosity, fidelity, integrity,
fairness, self-control, and prudence are all examples of virtues which I strive to
live by.”

“Virtues are developed through learning and through practice. As the ancient
philosopher Aristotle suggested, a person can improve his or her character by
practicing self-discipline, while a good character can be corrupted by repeated
self-indulgence.”

“At the heart of the virtue approach to ethics is the idea of community. A
person's character traits are not developed in isolation, but within and by the
communities to which he or she belongs, including family, church, school, and
other private and public associations. As people grow and mature, their
personalities are deeply affected by the values that their communities prize, by
the personality traits that their communities encourage, and by the role models
that their communities put forth for imitation through traditional stories, fiction,
movies, television, and so on. The virtue approach urges us to pay attention to
the contours of our communities and the habits of character they encourage and
instil.”
“These are some principles which I solemnly live by:

1. Raise your voice - No matter how odd situation is, never shut silent
against anything wrong. Remember person who does not stand against
wrong is equally wrong.
2. Accept your flaws/mistakes: No one is perfect, keep yourself down
to earth aiming to sky but accept your weaklings and work on them.
3. Relations are above money: At the end, what matters is how many
people stand by you in difficult situation and bad terms. Money can be
gained again but not relations.
4. Learning phase: I believe every step, in life is learning phase. I learn
from each and everything.
5. Career vs Passion: You don’t have to leave your passion for
something you are doing right now, which is so called career. If we
can’t make our passion as career, we can at least pursue it as hobby.
Who knows our hobby turns out to be our full-time career soon.
6. Never settle for less: You might know your capabilities, if you
don’t, explore them. You owe yourself for being that much capable.
Serve your best to yourself.
7. Help anyone-everyone-someone: Whenever you get chance,
wherever you can do, at whatever extent, help others. Moving out of
metro, someone needs help? Climbing stairs, someone need helps? A
kid asks for food? Do it. Life is small, we never know how worst are
yet packed for us in future.
8. Share knowledge: This is the best thing you can do for free. I don’t
think I need to write anything for this.
9. Believe yourself: Always and for God sake always, believe yourself
and stay positive. Hard times comes but always brings up the best out
of you. Breakdowns are there but they actually build up the hardest
mental shield around you once you come out of that phase.

The moral life, then, is not simply a matter of following moral rules and of
learning to apply them to specific situations. The moral life is also a matter of
trying to determine the kind of people we should be and of attending to the
development of character within our communities and ourselves. “