United States Army Academy
Various scholars and academic experts have defined ethics differently at different times. It is a discipline that cannot be assigned a single definition because its embraces many principles and philosophies and its application is in almost all fields and professions. The concepts of ethics can for instance be applied in the practice of law, medicine, and the military. As a general definition, ethics can be said to be a set of pre-determined guidelines that govern the conduct of the parties concerned in the context of the institution or profession where such principles are designed (Barlett, 2011). The role of ethics is fundamentally to ...
