My definition of Ethics

1. Ethics is intertwined with customs and traditions believed in or adopted by a particular community.

In this concept, the definition of ethics would depend on the custom or tradition of a particular country or state. For example, in an Islam country such as Saudi Arabia, Saudi women are obliged to wear a black cloak and veil ( abaya ) when they leave the house, to protect their modesty. Therefore, taking-off their abaya would be unethical in their culture. I was shocked when i discovered how strict they were with regards to this policy. There was actualy one incident when Saudi Arabia's religious police stopped schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress. One witness said he saw three policemen "beating young girls to prevent them from leaving the school because they were not wearing the abaya".

2. Ethics is the study of the morality of human actions.

In this context,it is said that ethics concerns human actions which are judged as ethical or unethical based on certain starndards accepted by a particular community. This means that what is ethical to a Class A family might not be ethical to "some" Class C family. Allow me to site some examples here. Eating at the dinning table while talking or singing is unethical for a Class A family but not to "some" Class C family. Shouting and uttering foul words is considered unethical to a Class A family, but for "some" Class C family it might not be unethical because it's already part of their culture and it is also accepted by their community.

3. Ethics is the study and philosophy of human conduct with emphasis on the determination of right and wrong.

It is said that ethics involves the study of the standards and judgments that people create. In this context, ethics can involve questions such as:
What does it mean to be good?
How can I differentiate good from evil?
Are morals objective or subjective?

I will site a scenario to better explain this definition. Juan is a business man selling RTWs in one of the stalls in Robinson's Galleria. The materials of his clothes is made in the Philippines and it is where his products are manufactured as well. But he decides to mark the labels of his RTWs as made in Europe because he knows that Filipinos enjoy buying foreign products.And since his products are labeled as made in Europe, he decides to double the prices of his products. Based from the third definition of ethics, i can say that there are a lot of reasons why Juan is unethical in the scenario stated above. For one, Juan should've marked the labels of his product as made in the Philippines. And even if he, actually we, all know that Filipinos enjoy buying foreign products, the best approach for his RTWs to sell like hotcakes is for him to insure that his clothes are competent in the foreign market. He can do this my always keeping abreast with the latest trends in fashion, so that Filipinos can also enjoy and be proud of their own products.