Personal Reflective Essay on Ethics and Moral Values

Business Ethics

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Personal Reflective Essay
Ethics are the moral principles that governs behaviour or the way an individual conduct
any activity. Moral values includes values like helping mentality, truthfulness, loyalty,
determination etc. that express ideas regarding good life (El Garah and et.al., 2012). This
reflective essay is based on personal reflection on understanding of moral complexities and
ethical dilemmas that grows as life experience and education grow. It is a fact that as an
individual grow, the complexities of life are also grows. An individual needs to think sensibly
before taking any decision. When I am a child, there were no complexities in life. I played,
enjoyed and do whatever I want to do but, as I grow, the complexities of my life also increases.
In my experience of life and education, I faced various moral complexities. According to me
money is a secondary thing, but when I come across the reality of life, I found that it is the
primary thing that is required by an individual in order to ensure his/her survival in society.
Moral values can be defined as the values that defend life and are honorific of the double
life value of self as well as others (What are Values, Morals and Ethics, 2012). As per my view,
ethics and moral principles are the crucial part of an individual's life. When I was in school, I
thought that it is very easy to earn money ethically. But, as I grow up and face the practicality of
life, I understand that it is not easy to earn money in an ethical way. An individual requires to
follow various ethics and principles in order to earn money ethically. During my school time, my
teacher always thought me the importance of education and hard work and its significance in
personal and professional life. At that time, I never listened to what she said. But, as I grow and
my knowledge and learning increases, I understand the importance education and hard work. As
the competition in market is constantly increasing, it becomes very difficult for me and other
individuals as well to get a good job. This leads to make me understand the importance of
education and hard working in a person's life as these are very crucial in order to get succeed and
attain high growth. Good qualification and ability to work hard will makes it easy for me to get a
good job (Ferguson, 2016).
In current scenario, it is very difficult for me or any individual to follow a path of
loyalty and truthfulness for earning money ethically. As I grow, the dilemmas of life are also
constantly grow. In my childhood, no conflicts were there in my mind and I was not require to
think about anything. As I grown up, I faced dilemmas in which I required to select from two
possible solutions. I believe that each individual has its value system which includes set of