True Diversity: Ethics Development, Understanding and Application

According to The New Webster Handy College Dictionary, ethics are the principles of honor and morality, the accepted rules of conduct, and the moral principles of an individual. I believe there is no difference between ethics and moral, beliefs, or values. Ethics are also the distinction between right and wrong or an accepted opinion, principle or standard of an individual.
Personally, ethics are the moral values that my mother taught me since I was growing up. Just as my life began with her, so did my ethics in life. My mother was and is instrumental in teaching me and putting into practice personal ethics for life. My young teenage life was not like most of...