Ethics in the Professions

Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Ethical Issues Introduction A society that does not have any ethics is doomed and will fail. Ethics are part of the pillars that hold humanity in place, considering that different people have different personalities. While there are rules and laws that are formulated to maintain order, it is upon the people in any given society to have the maturity to obey them. More than love, it is the ethics of the people in the society that maintains the coherence amongst them. Ethics Cheating in the exams may seem like the best option when faced with the subject or specific topics that one does understand. For some reason no one wants to be seen as a slow learner which is what failing in a test may be deemed to be by classmates, teachers and even family members. To avoid the shame one feels that it is more than necessary that they pass the exams through all the means necessary which includes cheating. But the question this begs is, what if one is caught? Majority of the time nobody seems to think through the manner in which cheating erodes confidence. While the effects of cheating may not come at the moment, this will definitely show in the future when the level of intelligence is tested in interviews and actual job scenarios that require that knowledge. In the immediate, moment getting caught will even make one look much poorer at their studies than actually failing or admitting that they do not understand certain concepts (Paton, 2010). Underage drinking is one of the most enticing pass time activities for teenagers. At the height of hormonal generation, high school students tend to be easily influenced into activities that are as productive as they seem to them. Most of time, due to the peer pressure and exposure to adverts on the television and other forms of media that show drinking as one of the hype that respectable engage in, teenagers are drawn to alcohol abuse. As such, it all starts as an innocent f...