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Ethical Quotes

On staying principled when it would be easier not to.

These ethical quotes range from institutional concerns to personal conduct, starting with a caution against reducing the Church to just another ethical agency judged by social usefulness. Another notes there are genuinely ethical firms operating even on Wall Street.

Compromise on ethical conduct is not an option.

Quotes by Rex Tillerson

There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.

Quotes by Karl Lehmann

There are a lot of ethical firms on Wall Street.

Quotes by John J. Mack

A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured!

Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk

Always Quotes

The ethical manifold, conceived of as unified, furnishes, or rather is, the ideal of the whole.

Quotes by Felix Adler

We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.

Quotes by David E. Kelley

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Frequently Asked Questions

What warning does one quote give about the Church and ethics?
It cautions against turning the Church into little more than an ethical agency, judged mainly by its social and cultural usefulness rather than its deeper purpose.
Are there ethical companies on Wall Street, according to these quotes?
One quote states plainly that a lot of ethical firms do operate there, challenging the stereotype that finance and ethics rarely overlap.
Is compromise ever acceptable on ethical conduct?
No, one quote is firm that compromise on ethical conduct is not an option, treating certain standards as fixed rather than negotiable.
What is "ethical blindness" in these quotes?
One quote describes it as a culturally induced condition, meaning people can be shaped by their surroundings into missing ethical problems they'd otherwise notice, though it can be cured.
Do these quotes treat ethics as fixed or something people can improve?
Both, while some lines describe firm, non-negotiable standards, the quote on ethical blindness suggests people can grow past cultural blind spots with effort.

A firmer quote insists Compromise on ethical conduct simply isn't an option, treating certain lines as non-negotiable. A final quote names culturally induced ethical blindness directly, while still holding out hope it can be cured.