Personal Narrative: My Personal Code Of Ethics

Everyone on earth is defined by their core beliefs. It’s what makes us all individuals, what separates us from the others. It wasn’t until I was talking with my friend Sean in 8th grade that I started to realize that one of my core beliefs, something I was taught growing up, may not be my own belief.

I have a petty theft misdemeanor. I was going through a hard time and was trying to get food for my family. I was given a citation and ordered to pay a fine. I am currently in the process of getting my record expunged. I am a honest hard-worker with a strong work ethic. I am a fast learner and very goal oriented. I work well in teams as well as

I played football in high school for all 4 years. My freshmen and sophomore year I wasn't very good. I was a backup and never played. Then came along my junior year, I was still undersized and didn't start but I improved my skill greatly and I started to increase my work ethic. The off-season before my junior year I went hard in the weight room and became strong. I also lost some weight and gained some height. That's hard work in the offseason is what lead to me having a great senior year. My senior year was full of emotion, I felt tired, determined, and at the end of the season I felt sadness with no regret and the love for my brothers. The first thing we had to do to become a great team was build a brotherhood with kids who wanted to try.

Your Honor, I request to represent myself due to the financial in ability to retain an attorney. I plead Guilty to the suspended license charge; I was not aware, and not guilty to the failure to report charge. You’re Honor on August 5th 2014, after getting off work I went to a 7/11 of Newtown Road and Lake Edward Drive. I was simply there to grab a bite to eat. Once I purchased the items, I went to my vehicle the only car in the parking lot of the 7/11 roughly around 3:00am in the morning. Once I became secured in my vehicle seat belt on and ready to head home, I look over both shoulders and rearview mirror before backing out of the parking spot I was in.

As I hold her hand, I think about Patsy and two of her cousins. They all have breast cancer, and they all picked crops in the central Valley of California when DDT was permissible. Rubbing her knuckles as gently as I can, I think of her slow death.

While some people around me flourish in their athletics, others succeed in their schoolwork. Personally, my most outstanding strength stands as my work ethic. When certain activities do not come naturally for me, I work as hard as possible to get better at them. Multiple instances of this have occurred over the past few years. For example, this year I participated in lacrosse for the first time. I usually spent my time playing soccer, but after a concussion that prevented me from playing again, I decided to give something else a a try. Going into a new sport like lacrosse was initially difficult for me. I had no idea how to play, everyone else had far more advanced skills than I did, and my confidence level started to deflate. My mom

Life is a mystery, one minute, things seem calm and peaceful, and the next, chaotic. In life, there will always be situations that occur randomly, and their severity are too random. Random was not the case for me receiving a car for my 16th Birthday. I had been waiting months for my birthday to arrive, for my car was in sight. Both my father Steven and my mother, Felicia, had made it very clear that I was to get a car for my birthday, but not necessarily the new 2016 blue Chevrolet Malibu I had hoped and begged for. This was not very pleasing, for I wanted a car of my liking and satisfaction. This car was the newest car to hit the market, with an incredibly low gas mileage, rearview camera, and its sleek exterior. On October

Most people would describe me as quiet and laid-back. I would agree with this statement. However, what people don’t see is what goes on behind the scenes. As a result, I believe that my work ethic is what goes unnoticed in my life. During the first half of high school, I was very self-conscious of my physical health. I would always finish last and tire out first during gym class, and was generally unhappy about my appearance. Many of my friends, who were in sports, questioned why I wasn’t on any of the sports teams. The embarrassing truth was that I was just too out of shape and unathletic. I let a lot of this go to my head, and I started feeling ashamed of myself; sort of an odd feeling considering fitness was never a priority in my life.

There are many things that sets me apart from other candidates applying to California State University, Long Beach, but one that specifically sets me apart is my work ethic. I have disciplined myself to the point where if my work is not done I am not satisfied with what I have done. Not only have I disciplined myself, but I have been disciplined by my parents to work hard and anything can be achieved if you aren’t afraid to fail and put the effort needed. Without discipline I would not have the grades I have, I would not have the GPA I have, and I would not be able to have the opportunities I have now. I was not the best student at one time, but I wanted to accomplish my goal, which is to be successful. I had to build up my work ethic to be able to achieve this goal.

Ethics is a very important component in life, business, and everything else that affects our daily lives. Ethics are defined as: “the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.” (Dictionary.com, 2015). The creed will consists of my basic beliefs, my controlling values, my ethical commitments, and my plan to promote sound ethical practices in the following organizations that I’m closely connected to: my non-profit organization mentoring program, church, school, and my place of employment.

ISALITA is always there to get me over some ridiculous event. An exam gone awry, a terrible week that screams, "If I'm ending right now, a martini better be involved," or when my deep cravings for fish tacos stop me down Liberty, it's always there for me. On one such occasion, one of my fave people in the world with whom I happen to share a cohort in not ONE, but TWO schools, decided we needed to treat ourselves. Mid-semester shenanigans and a wide-open schedule allowed for such an occasion.

One of the most ethical thing I did was I found a wallet in the park lot of Walmart. It had the person credit cards, driver licenses and everything. i'd return the wallet with everything it had in it even the 200 bucks. The person was so thankful it made me feel real good that i had did such a good deed she offer me money but, I did not except it just the feeling of doing a good deed was rewarding enough for me.

“Officer, do come in!’ I said with a smug look on my face. This foolish man had

Defining my own personal morals was a difficult task to grapple. There have been certain times I was not fully aware of where I stood with my beliefs on morals. In one of these particular times, I had felt coerced into sharing some of the answers on a test with a friend. I knew that I was careening down the wrong path by doing this, but it can also be very hard to say no when somebody asks a favor of

I entered the first semester of my freshman year, opinionated and unsure of what to expect. I believed in many of the same things I do now: hard work, equality, advocacy, love, faith in something (even if we do not know what), and truth, among others. I found, though, when it came to approaching people, taking action, and believing in the impossible, I was immensely influenced by people in my life. I approached people and situations with cynicism implanted by my family and small-town friends. As the semester progressed, I found myself and my own point of view. I found myself approaching life more optimistically, and seeing challenges as opportunities rather than obstacles. Being truly on my own for the first time has opened my eyes to how