Question

The rules or principles that define right or wrong conduct are known as _______.

• A. ethics
• B. customer satisfaction
• C. ethical conflict
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A ethics

The term “ethics” is derived from the Greek word “ethos” which refers to character, guiding beliefs, standards and ideals that pervade a group, a community or people.

Ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues.

Thus, ethics relates to the standards of conduct and moral judgments that differentiate right from wrong. Ethics is not a natural science but a creation of the human mind. For this reason, it is not absolute and is open to the influence of time, place and situation.