Ethics is a discipline of philosophy that studies the concepts of moral right and wrong and moral good and bad. To be ethical can be as mundane as shopping for fair trade items, and as momentous as chairing a conference on human rights. Essentially, ethics is what guides us to tell the truth, keep our promises, or help someone in need—moral guidelines the foundations of which date back to the time of Socrates and the development of Western philosophy.
But what does it take to be ethically minded, and how ethical do you think you are? Click through and find out right from wrong.