Ethics are a development of the standards and guides that a society
             expects members to uphold. Ethics are developed as individuals in society
             reflect on intentions and outcomes of their actions. Ethics are based on
             factors associated with morals, values and beliefs yet, are not wholly the
             same as these other three factors. One can hold a standard they consider
             an ethic, based upon many factors and still disregard it in a time of need,
             yet the standard remains the same. Ethics can surround all of society or
             can be based upon the ethical standards of a particular group, such as a
             Individual morals are determined by individual standards of right and
             wrong as well as some that most people considered universal, such as not
             taking another's life and they are often associated with a person's
             religious belief system. Beliefs are determined also by religious,
             spiritual or societal standards but of course can be secular and can be
             congruent or incongruent of ethics beliefs or values. Values on the other
             hand are concepts that people live by based upon their ideas of those
             things that are important to them and to their society.
             One's ethics are a compilation of the standards that uphold their
             daily actions and they are influenced by both the observation of
             consequences and also the development of morals, values and beliefs, or of
             the observations of these things from others. The development of a
             person's ethics is influenced by many factors. They can be an outgrowth
             of observations or standards upheld within their family and or peer group
             or they can be guided by educational and or employment standards and
             practices. The breaching of one's ethics is often punished internally,
             rather than externally yet society can challenge an individual with the
             denial of association or the fruits of one labor.
             The development of ethics in professional life is guided through thei...