Develop a Personal Persuasion Code of Ethics

Each profession or field offers opportunities for career advancement, personal/professional growth or profit. 

Inspired by the persuasion theories we studied, please develop a one-page Personal Persuasion Code of Ethics specific to you and your current organization or career path.

In this Personal Persuasion Code of Ethics, please follow the following steps:

1)      Identify the specific field, organization, or career that you are developing the Code of Ethics to use in

2)      State why a Personal Persuasion Code o Ethics important to use in this area

3)      List at least three risks that the audience of your message may fall into if you communicate with them without this a code of ethics.  For example one of them could be that in your line of work, the products that you sell can be highly addictive and you worry about persuading potential customers or patients to use this product.  In other words, you want to be successful in increasing sales, but you are always worried about the extent that selling this product is ethical or unethical, despite the fact that your company has the license to sell this product.  If you were using this example, then establishing a personal persuasion code of ethics would help you to remain focused on a persuasive message which emphasizes the short term benefits of the product, while being honest about the potential dangers of this product in causing addiction.

4) List at least five statements explaining what you will or will not do to ensure you do not cross this ethical boundary.  For each statement, please add at least 2 or three sentences to explain why that particular statement will help you not to cross that ethical boundary, in your specific field, organization or career path.

Your Personal Persuasion Code of Ethics should be between 500-600 words (1 full page).  Citations are not required.