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1. Aspirational:A strong desire to achieve something high or great.

An aspirational code would be intended to reach a higher ethics standard that super cedes being in compliance.

2. Applied ethics:The practical application of ethical theory directed toward issues in life and certain professions, i.e., medical ethics, sport ethics, business ethics, law ethics and so forth.

3. Code of Conduct or Code of Ethics:A central guide and reference for users in support of day-to-day decision making. It is meant to clarify an organization's mission, values and principles, linking them with standards of professional conduct. As a reference, it can be used to locate relevant documents, services and other resources related to ethics within the organization

4. Empathy:Caring about the consequences of one's choices as they affect others. Being concerned with the effect one's decisions have on those who have no say in the decision itself.

5. Extrinsic value:The relative worth that an individual places on objects, things, or actions that have an objective worth. For example, an athlete or others in the athletic community might place much value on an

article like a letter jacket, which is a symbol awarded for work done.

6. normative ethics
The theoretical study or position of morality in which a rightness and wrongness is analyzed and reviewed with a decision specifically stated. For example, that's the wrong thing to do.

7. Personal morality:
A code of ethics or set of ethical beliefs that are thought to be personal and unique to an individual. However, since ethics is by definition social, principles which apply to everyone, the idea of personal ethics are absurd and as such do not exist.

8. SITUATIONAL ETHICS
The position that every ethical or moral decision is made on the spot and no consistency is shown between individual decisions.

9. Temptation:
A situation where one's choice are between a good and bad thing (see no-brainer), especially where there are some usually selfinterested reasons for doing the bad thing. One might to tempt to do wrong in such a situation. A temptation is usually used to distinguish a situation from a moral dilemma or problem.

10. Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism is a theory in normative ethics holding that the proper course of action is the one that maximizes utility, usually defined as maximizing happiness and reducing suffering

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