Ethics

I am surprised on how many results I have gotten so far searching for memos. I have found tons of articles talking about memos covering up many things related to politics and government mostly, including alien and UFO cover ups (So far I have mostly just found articles about memos and not the actual memos).
It seems that ethical lapses are common in the world of business and politics, and I am not surprised. Everyone wants to get to the top and sadly a lot of people will do anything to get there. What has surprised me is the fact that so many people, after seeing many others get caught, are still choosing to try and pass on important/incriminatory information in memos. From this I have learned that memos are indeed a very common method of communication in the work world and I probably will be writing a lot of them in the future.
When I enter the workforce/go to grad school and begin to write all of these menus, I hope to stick to my own set of ethical principles. I try not to do anything just because someone told me to, but to think before I act. I try and think about what the consequences of these actions may be. I think how they might effect other people or things ( the environment, animals). I try and think if I might have any regrets, if I can be proud of my actions. My ethical principles are to be truthful and not just think about myself, I want to be helpful to others and a responsible/respectable person, setting examples for others to follow.