My Personal Code of Conduct

This week we were given an assignment to create our own code of conduct containing  “I will never” and “I will always” statements. The following is what I have so far in my personal code of conduct:

I Will Never:

1. I will never give false advertisement on products/things for the money.

2. I will never compromise my beliefs to fit in better or to get more attention to my brand.

3. I will never put down others even if our dealings may not be face to face.

I Will Always:

1. I will always be honest in my dealings and conversations.

2. I will always be true to my beliefs and myself.

3. I will always be kind and grateful for the opportunities that I am given.

This assignment really stuck out to me out of all the things we have done thus far. I believe it is so, so important for us to set these ethical guardrails before we start any journey. We need to know what is personally important to us and know what boundaries we will absolutely never cross. I think it is especially important to do this in the beginning. Why? Because you may have always thought you would never do something in the back of your head but you were never approached with that issue before. Well when the issue does come up, by setting a definite code of conduct in the beginning you wont even have to give something a second thought. You will already know that it is out of the question. I really liked that we had to do an “I will always” portion as well. Its easy to think of the bad things we wouldn’t want to do, but what about the good things that we want to make sure happen regardless of the situation? The first two I put down I feel like every person would probably have on their lists, but the last one was more personal to me. I want to make sure I am always kind to people. I think that kindness will get you far, even if its just making a acquaintance. You never know what doors may open for you by being kind to someone.