Dunford’s Laws of Ethics

This came out of a discussion in a forum I am a member of. The forum was discussing the ethics of dealing with particular large multi-national computer corporations.

I can state with a high degree of certainty that every one of the world’s greater and lesser humanitarians practices or has practiced the first three laws.

1. Each of us is personally and individually responsible for our own behaviour and decisions whether good or bad.
2. We are not responsible for the behaviour or decisions of others except where we have a legal duty of care or responsibility (e.g. parents, teachers)
3. Accept everyone unless they are disrespectful, breaking the law of our country, breaking rules that we have legal jurisdiction to enforce, or inciting others likewise.
4. God is to judge everyone, therefore we only judge in accordance with law 3.