Ethics comes from the Greek word ethos - moral character or custom.

A code of ethics is a guide of principles designed to help professionals conduct business honestly and with integrity.

Ethics are the prevailing would-be standards of behavior that enable people to live cooperatively in groups.

Morality isn’t fixed, what’s considered acceptable in your culture might not be acceptable in another culture.

Sigmund Freud suggested moral development occurred as a person’s ability to set aside their selfish needs were replaced by the values of important socializing agents

Frued theorized that moral development unfolds over time, in certain stages as children learn to adopt certain moral behaviors for their own sake—rather than just abide by moral codes because they don’t want to get into trouble.

Through a series of questions, Kohlberg proposed that an adult’s stage of reasoning could be identified.

Burrhus Frederic Skinner focused on the power of external forces that shaped an individual’s development.

Ethics are guiding principles of conduct of an individual or group, it is the standards that govern the life of a person.