Morality is the standard of society used to decide what is right or wrong behavior. An example of morality is the belief by someone that it is wrong to take what doesn’t belong to them, even if no one would know. A system or collection of ideas of right and wrong conduct. …

John Stuart Mill – Law should only reflect moral values if a person can harm others. This is regarded as a liberal approach between law and morality, in otherwords the state should not make any laws against an individual unless it will cause harm (used in a wide sense) to another.

Someone doesn’t need to be moral to be ethical. Someone without a moral compass may follows ethical codes to be in good standing with society. On the other hand, someone can violate ethics all the time because they believe something is morally right.

Morality is the system through which we determine right and wrong conduct — i.e., the guide to good or right conduct. Ethics is the philosophical study of Morality.

According to this understanding, “ethics” leans towards decisions based upon individual character, and the more subjective understanding of right and wrong by individuals – whereas “morals” emphasises the widely-shared communal or societal norms about right and wrong.

What is Ethics? A person who knows the difference between right and wrong and chooses right is moral. A person whose morality is reflected in his willingness to do the right thing – even if it is hard or dangerous – is ethical. Ethics are moral values in action.

The four types of value include: functional value, monetary value, social value, and psychological value. The sources of value are not equally important to all consumers.

Five Core Values

• INTEGRITY. Know and do what is right. Learn more.
• RESPECT. Treating others the way you want to be treated. Learn more.
• RESPONSIBILITY. Embrace opportunities to contribute. Learn more.
• SPORTSMANSHIP. Bring your best to all competition. Learn more.
• SERVANT LEADERSHIP. Serve the common good. Learn more.

Truth, Love, Peace, Non-Violence and Righteous Conduct are the Universal Human Values. These are needed for well-being of an individual, society and humanity and ultimately Peace in the world.

Each of the ten basic values can be characterized by describing its central motivational goal:

• Self-Direction. Independent thought and action; choosing, creating, exploring.
• Stimulation. Excitement, novelty, and challenge in life.
• Hedonism.
• Achievement.
• Power.
• Security.
• Conformity.
• Tradition.

The universal values theory has identified 10 basic, motivationally distinct values that people in virtually all cultures implicitly recognize. The ten universal values are power, achievement, hedonism, stimulation, self-direction, universalism, benevolence, tradition, conformity and security.

Moral universalism (also called moral objectivism) is the meta-ethical position that some system of ethics, or a universal ethic, applies universally, that is, for “all similarly situated individuals”, regardless of culture, race, sex, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, or any other distinguishing feature.

While morals tend to be driven by personal beliefs and values, there are certainly some common morals that most people agree on, such as: Always tell the truth. Do not destroy property. Have courage.

In law and ethics, universal law or universal principle refers as concepts of legal legitimacy actions, whereby those principles and rules for governing human beings’ conduct which are most universal in their acceptability, their applicability, translation, and philosophical basis, are therefore considered to be most …

Anthropologists at the University of Oxford have discovered what they believe to be seven universal moral rules.

Moral evil is any morally negative event caused by the intentional action or inaction of an agent, such as a person. An example of a moral evil might be murder, war or any other evil event for which someone can be held responsible or culpable. The distinction of evil from ‘bad’ is complex.