Discussion 5: Why is it important to be ethical?

In your post of 150 to 175 words, consider the following questions:

Why is it important to be ethical?

What defines each person’s’ ethics – can 2 people be in the same position in a professional environment and have different ethical standards?

Why is integrity important in leadership?

Can you be a leader without integrity and morals?

Guidelines:

To avoid point loss, carefully follow all assignment instructions and rubric guidelines

Review this Discussion Sample to get a better sense of what is expected of your discussion content and participation

Note that responses to instructor comments do not count toward the minimum number of peer replies

Provide properly formatted citations/references for all source material (see HSA Style Guide)

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.