-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On August 1, 2002 02:43 am, Wm.G.McGrath wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:37:56 -0600 > > "J.P. Pasnak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > |Would you be looking for an 'ethos' then? The disposition, > |character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, > |people, culture, or movement. > > No. An ethos can be helpful in other ways but professional ethics is > more about behavior than opinion.
That's why I mentioned it. 'Exceptable behaviour' and 'ethics' in an of themselves may mean too many things. Having spent time in both military, civilian and government sectors, I have seen a broad brush painted to 'ethics'. An 'ethos' would define, in cold terms, what you mean by 'ethical behaviour' > |You wouldn't happen to be ex-military would you Bill? I can't > |count the number of times I heard 'conduct unbecoming a member of > |Her Majesty's Canadian Forces' :) > > LOL. No. I do admire self-discipline though. My Dad and uncle did > their bit for their country. Perhaps that's where I got my love of > freedom. > > 'Conduct unbecoming...' is a rather generic phrase. > Conduct unbecoming a gentleman.... > Conduct unbecoming a lawyer... > Conduct unbecoming ...well you get the idea. Just don't dance naked > on the tables at your local pub and you'll do fine. B->>> Sure, completely write off my weekend for me :) - -- Live fast, die young, you're sucking up my bandwidth. - ------ J.P. Pasnak, CD [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca Kernel version: 2.4.18-21mdk Current Linux uptime: 5 days 23 hours 43 minutes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9S3B4BMRgzmzdk08RAuScAKCV5fMQTn3XxDYbcbtL6LXjDyQwBQCfRJAz ppxHSYbkHLSuhNuIZfXUQrc= =iCMX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
