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One of the most significant qualities an individual can uphold is the capability to have personal values and ethical standards and use them in their everyday lives. These values and standards represent who a person really is and what kind of beliefs they hold. Our viewpoints and attitudes are affected by our experiences with family, school, media and culture. Furthermore, society organizations, groups and individuals all have a certain extent of rights that require them to be responsible because without responsibility comes an ethical repercussions. In regards to my own personal code of ethics, my main purpose is to uphold a life full of purpose and to motivate myself to the best of my ability. I believe that always treating others the way you want to be treated is the most successful key to life in terms of care, truth, justice and integrity that have stemmed from my experiences with my family, school and media.
I am not Christy because of myself; I am Christy because of interactions with people and the relationships I have had throughout my life. Particularly my family and that is why my interpersonal relationships are what I cherish most in my life. Meeting the needs of others and understanding them in our personal relationships shows that we have a sense of care. According to Tompkins, caregivers are people “who nurture others while often neglecting their own needs” (83). My mother is my caregiver as she has been there for me the last 20 years at any expense. After losing my voice from a long, tiring, germ phobic and chatty week of rush last year I developed a bad case of pneumonia. The minute my mother heard the news she immediately neglected all her needs by leaving my little brother, stepdad, work and tennis practice to l...

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...at others have seen or expect. In terms of justice, being vulnerable will allow others to think about their actions beforehand in order to think about the possible consequences of that particular action. By cherishing integrity, they will not be one to let others down. In order or a person to be vulnerable, they have to take on the ability to be morally courageous. A person who is vulnerable in all situations understands the concept of life, that not everyone is the same and the way we act as an individual has a greater effect for the society as a whole. A person who is vulnerable has the power to forgive and forget. They are likely to be more accepting to listening to wrongdoers apology, and learn to move on for the better of all society. A person who holds a high set of values, ethical standards and the ability to be morally courageous is the best anyone could be.

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