Quotes About Ethics

What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

My mother would kill me if I posed nude! My mother raised me with certain standards.

It's in our ability to selectively engage and disengage our moral standards, and it helps explain how people can be barbarically cruel in one moment and compassionate the next.

I've always held myself to high standards.

Standards in public life have decayed over time... Incompetence is the norm.

I have high standards I hold myself to, besides Christianity.

The standards are being lowered, not just on the Internet, but in all of news and media.

I am committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct for government officials.

You figure out what your standards are, and I think that's important.

If you can maintain your standards and your integrity and you fail, it's OK. It's when you sell out and you fail that you feel pretty sick inside.

We should be proud of our country when we have done something to be proud of, when we have lived up to our own standards. But the flip side of genuine pride is being able to recognize when we have fallen short, and to hold ourselves to account.

Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her.

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.

People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America.

Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.

I think the people at my record label know I'm a Christian and again, I've been really blessed that I've never had to get into a head-butt war over moral standards or anything like that.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.

Doctors have an ethical duty to follow the practices and standards of care.

All experts on WHO advisory groups for developing norms, standards and guidelines are required to disclose interests regarding the advisory committee's area of work. If a declared interest is potentially significant, then the expert is either excluded from the meeting or given a restricted role.

If we're going to have standards in schools, let's be honest and have standards.