Summary and experience about ethical dilemma

The Five P’s of Ethical Power

It is the five core principles of ethical decision making. The five core principles of ethical
behavior are also the ingredients for genuine, lasting fulfillment in life. The Five P’s of
Ethical Power conclude:
•Purpose
•Pride
•Patience
•Persistence
•Perspective

Purpose
•Objective or intention something that which we always striving for.
•Goal and Purpose are different.
•Being ethical was a part of purpose.
•Sticking to one’s purpose is called being right with life.

Pride
Pride is the sense of satisfaction that you get from our accomplishment.
People who have a healthy amount of self-esteem tend to have the strength to do what they
know is right
Self-esteem is a key factor to leading an ethical life.
Too much or too little pride lead us to have sense of inferiority or inadequacy, which can
impact upon your ethical behavior like:
- False Pride
- Self-Doubt

Patience
One reason why people sometimes get off course is because they lack faith; and with lack of
faith, they become impatient

Persistence
Persistence is about commitment, not interest. Persistence keeps us on the straight and narrow
path.

Perspective
Perspective is about having the big picture view of situations and understanding what’s truly
important.

I once had an ethical dilemma

At that time my friends and I were studying German. However, in my class I was the only
one who had low grades in that class and then I thought why only my grades were
unsatisfactory but my other friends had good grades, after that I was determined and had a
goal to keep learning German every time afternoon. so it helps me in improving my German
grades. but in doing it I feel less confident and consider myself low because I have to study
more extra than my other friends and also I have problems with the commitments I make
because often in the afternoon I don't study but do other things. and at that time i had a
dilemma whether to just stop and do the activities i like but my parents have paid for me for
this class or keep pushing myself to study. Then one day I contemplated and thought, it turns
out that the purpose I made was wrong, I only thought about the problem of grades and
forced myself to study, my goal in learning German should be so that I can have wider
knowledge and become able to communicate in German, because I saw learning German
every afternoon from a different perspective, I enjoyed learning more every afternoon.