The Importance Of Ethics In Communication

Every profession comes with a set of questions about how one should conduct themselves in a professional setting. Workers who only work to achieve wealth, fame, and status do not achieve success as a person. If one cares about the kind of person that they are, has good characteristics, abides by moral principles, works to achieve good and prevent harm, and promotes fairness, then being an ethical person is equally as important as being successful. If the basic principles of ethics are understood, a person can increase the likelihood that they will make a right and ethical choice. In the workplace especially within the communications field, evidence points to a lack of trust from the public. Publicists and journalists need to work on understanding what ethics is, how to identify an ethical issue, and respond to issues in a correct manner. Ethics in the communications field is important because if the public views someone as not trustworthy, it can compromise a professions reputation. A satisfying life also develops as a result of developing trusting and caring relationships with others and that comes from making ethical choices.

Straight forward answers to ethical questions are not common. In the examples of “thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor” and “thou shall not kill”, they have different meanings to people of different religions and backgrounds. Every person has a moral compass, but it is whether or not a person tunes into their own morality or simply