For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.Do we do right when no one is looking?Do we refuse to cut corners to get the design in on time?Or refuse to trade stocks based on information that we know we aren't supposed to have?
We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth.The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our memory.It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.Not about how we had a chance to beat the system and took it, but about how we did the right thing and were forever strengthened.