A personal code of ethical principles is indispensable for every person’s life. Knowingly or subconsciously, facing everyday moral dilemmas, we are guided by a certain set of values, and it is better to think over them in advance and set priorities for our conduct in difficult situations which may arise. Before defining our relations with the surrounding world and other people, it is required to look inside and analyse our own self, in an honest and unbiased manner.
I see myself primarily as an optimistic, communicative and purposeful personality: this also corroborates with my friends’ and relatives’ opinion, although I realize that sometimes our enemies may have a more truthful idea about our qualities than friends.
In most complicated situations I am trying to be reasonably altruistic, i.e. strive to help people when it is possible with firstly estimating the consequences of such help and deciding whether it brings some actual good to a person. For example, I am not the one to give money to all the beggars if I know it may be used to buy alcohol or drugs: so I try to explore what a person exactly needs it for. In his “Nicomachean Ethics”, Aristotle claims that the complete and virtuous life can only be achieved by noble deeds to the right people in the right time, which I try to pursue (2011).
I am tightly attached to my family, who are my uttermost value, and consider that if we can’t take care about our nearest people, we should not even try helping others. Hence, I do my best to support my family, encourage their initiatives, console at times of need and look after the oldest members.
My primary belief about life is that nothing happens accidentally: we ought to analyse the lessons that our life teaches us and avoid making mistakes later on. Therefore, I tend to be attentive to details and considerate with others in my place of work.
Given such an opportunity, I would like to dedicate myself to reducing poverty and providing access to knowledge in the Third World countries, because I am certain a person should share what he/she owes with others, and it primarily concerns not money, but information, which we are able to share even not having large fortune.
Of course, there are things which irritate me, like irresponsible, rancorous or egotistic behaviour in people, but I do my utmost to be tolerant and try to unobtrusively admonish rather than criticize them.
In future I am planning to run my own enterprise in the sphere of marketing and maintain a caring family. This, however, should be quite compatible with the Third World countries initiatives, to which I hope to be able to contribute both financially and morally.
My most unusual experience was in the volunteer programme, helping orphans and children with autism. It was a revelation for me that these children badly need our help to learn to communicate with the outer world and develop their numerous talents and aptitudes.
If I were to run a business, I would …