Everyone has ethics, but no one has the same ethics as anyone else. Ethics may be good or bad, but who is the judge? Who would be qualified to be the judge? You? Not to judge my ethics, no way. Me, to judge your ethics, I doubt that you feel I was qualified. What do I really know about you? What do you really know about me?
Therefore, spend this effort of judgement to examine your own ethics and improve them when you judge yourself capable of improving. The only reason to make a judgement about the ethics of another, is not to change the person, but to decide if they meet the standards for your association and interaction with them. There is no fixed standard for the ethics of those you associate with. An uncle you see once a year does not have to meet the same standards a spouse, or a partner in business most meet. That is why we have situational ethics. You must consider each time, each person, each event, and make your own ethical decisions on a continuous and ever-changing basis.
John Boden, was the founder of Personal Care Managers, Inc. a professional geriatric care management company begun in 1988. That company helped elders and their families navigate every area of eldercare. John is a nationally recognized expert in elder care issues and geriatric care management. He has served as President of the Florida Guardianship Association and has been an active member in the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and the National Guardianship Association. He has also served the Florida Bar's Elder Law Section. Prior to founding PCM in 1988, John held executive positions in sales, marketing, and operations at several entrepreneurial firms. John also served as a U.S. Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam, successfully completing more than 750 combat missions. He is married to his wife Patricia who founded PCM with him, and has five children, eleven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren, who give him pride, joy and happiness.
