such as medical practitioners or engineers. Perhaps a useful definition in such
perspective is in referring ethics to a highly explicit codified form of values behaviour
designed to produce particular ends and act in accordance with particular values, and of
specific professional application. In this regard ethics corresponds to a smaller set than a
culture’s generic standard “values”. There are admirable values that are not directly
matters of ethics (such as wealth or success); there are other values that are of direct
concern (such as honesty or fairness). It seems to the present writers that the distinction
given above may have some practical merit in discussions.