Recommended Core Ethical Values

Applied Ethics Case of the Month Club

National Institute for Engineering Ethics

Recommended Core Ethical Values

The following recommended core ethical values were developed based on research by the program founder, Dr. Ron Bucknam, for the development of an applied ethics in professional practice program to assist in evolving solutions to ethical dilemmas encountered in professional practice.

1. Integrity

exercising good judgment in professional practice
adherence to ethical principles

2. Honesty, including:

truthfulness
fairness
sincerity

3. Fidelity, including:

faithfulness to clients
allegiance to the public trust
loyalty to employer, firm or agency
loyalty to the profession
for the theist, faithfulness to God

4. Charity, including:

kindness
caring
good will
tolerance
compassion/mercy
adherence to the Golden Rule

5. Responsibility, including:

reliability/dependability
accountability
trustworthiness

6. Self-Discipline, including:

acting with reasonable restraint
not indulging in excessive behavior

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1. Integrity
exercising good judgment in professional practice adherence to ethical principles

2. Honesty, including:
truthfulness fairness sincerity

3. Fidelity, including:
faithfulness to clients allegiance to the public trust loyalty to employer, firm or agency loyalty to the profession for the theist, faithfulness to God

4. Charity, including:
kindness caring good will tolerance compassion/mercy adherence to the Golden Rule

5. Responsibility, including:
reliability/dependability accountability trustworthiness

6. Self-Discipline, including:
acting with reasonable restraint not indulging in excessive behavior