The Personal side of Ethics

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The Personal Side of Ethics
I believe I am an ethical person since I can differentiate between what is right and what is wrong. Additionally, despite knowing the difference between the good and evil, I always follow the good acts. No matter the consequences or rewards in a particular action, my morals still hold to the good actions. Also, I have the necessary values of honesty, faithfulness, trustworthiness, and acquisition of the relevant responsibilities among others. Furthermore, I have a strong stand on the right actions and always defends them through educating others on its importance. Therefore, I do not need supervision for me to act in a way that is considered to be right.
My life experiences have taught me many ethical lessons. My interaction with many people and observation have been the greatest sources of the lesson. For instance, a friend of mine was fired from the job of an accountant for engaging in the fraudulent activities. He was becoming rich at a very alarming rate. He told me that he had no supervision at the workplace and hence he could manipulate the financial statements for his benefit. However, the management realized, and hence he was fired, taken to court, and some of his properties auctioned. Therefore, ethics are important for career and business growth.
There is a great difference between being ethical and being legal. Being ethical means that one has the self-drive to take actions that morally right. Ethics do not need an external pressure for one to do the right thing.

For instance, ethics makes an individual be accountable for his or her duty and avoid fraudulent activities even with minimum supervision. On the other hand, being legal means that one acts in a way that he or does not break the laws present (Bredeson and Goree 7). It means that an individual acts in the required manner since he or she knows that doing contrary may attract punishments from the legal institutions.
Work Cited
Bredeson, Dean, and Keith Goree. Ethics in the Workplace. Cengage Learning, 2012.