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Ethics

• Definition – 1. a set of moral principles : a theory or system of
moral values
2. A consciousness of moral importance
3. a guiding philosophy
4. the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group

• “Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is
watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.”
― Aldo Leopold

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• Ethics is doing the right thing even when you’re desperate/hungry.

• Start high and stay high.

• Old habits die hard. Bad habits never die.

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