Quotes About Ethics

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society. When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.

He was a man of his times. with one virtue and a thousand crimes. (The Corsair)

She is so good a person, that - that - in short, I wish I was a better.

Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned, and nobody to be kicked?

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

That part of a work of one author found in another is not of itself piracy, or sufficient to support an action; a man may adopt part of the work of another; he may so make use of another's labors for the promotion of science and the benefit of the public.

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place.

A good name, like good will, is got by many actions and lost by one.

If peace cannot be maintained with honor, it is no longer peace.

Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.

Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.

Culture is roughly anything we do and the monkeys don't.

Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous.

Be good or don't get caught.

These days, however, gentlemanly status seems to be more a question of appearance than conduct.

There is the press and there is entertainment. It's only when we allow them to bleed into each other that we get into difficulty.

Are you choosing to be ethical in your messaging, marketing and ability? Consider that there is a fine line and clear difference between sharing with potential clients what you have the ability do right now and what you envision yourself being able to do for people in the future.

Forget the money, show me the morals.

Just because it is legal to do, it does not make it an ethical, honorable, moral or professional choice.

Just because you have not been caught for doing it yet, does not make what you are doing legal.

Maintain your reputation by referring only those that you would stake your reputation on.

Profit at the expense of no one.

Try holding yourself accountable to yourself. If you had to give yourself a daily, weekly, or monthly report, would you be proud to talk about what you had done, or would you need to be prettying up things, bullshitting, or lying to keep your job?