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“You can't put someone else in charge of your morals. Ethics is a personal discipline.” quote by Price Pritchett — Download Open image

“You can't put someone else in charge of your morals. Ethics is a personal discipline.”

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Notice that "I" is at the center of the word "ethical." There is no "they." Achieving the ethics of excellence is our individual assignment.

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