Jonathan arteaga
Syracuse High School
02/29/12
ETHICAL ENCOURAGMENT
Ethics, a trait we don’t address much, plays a humongous part in being a role
model. Not just for parents, but teachers too. In America, we give too many second
chances. If those persons superior to us, the one percent, keep violating the principles of
being ethical and are given a slap on the wrist, just so they can continue with bad ethics.
Slowly, that starts building up the impression of ethics not being important in society.
Second chances should not be given. Too many individuals do not take ethics seriously.
Teachers and parents need to give better examples to the youth in order for society to
become well mannered on ethical principles.
Being ethical doesn’t mean doing whatever society accepts. Being ethical means
being a loyal, honest, compassionate, and a well-rounded individual. We let the meanings
of being ethical deviate from being ethically right in society to being ethically corrupt.
Ethics isn’t following the law, either. Something can be illegal but ethical. Making a
good role model out of us can help shape society to be more ethically correct. If we
continue making ourselves appear ethically corrupt, especially parents and teachers, we’ll
set a bad role model example to those inferior to us. Americans need to turn over a new
leaf. We need to start setting better ethically right examples for the generations to come,
so we don’t have to give out anymore second chances. Society will become a better
place, with less crime and better morals. Those who have great ethical principles tend to
be more successful. We need more people like that in America.
Giving out second chances corrupts the ethical manner in society. People tend to
follow their role models and their ethical principles. Setting bad ethical principles will
Jonathan arteaga
Syracuse High School
02/29/12
ruin future generations to come. Individuals without good ethical morals just contaminate
society. If a society is raised on bad ethical principles we wont become an ethically right
country, until the superiors, parents and teachers, start setting better examples and start
being more accountable for their actions. Accountability goes along ways. Finding those
accountable for being ethically wrong and violating the ethical principles and holding
them accountable is what should be done. So society can see that being ethically incorrect
is not what you want to do. People just want to “fit into society”. Setting that bad
impression on someone who isn’t ethically right can repel people from acting unethically.
Therefore holding someone accountable and not giving the individual a second
chance, will give them a bad impression in society. Others will learn from his or her
mistakes and will start acting more ethically correct. Leading society in the right
direction.