Ethics Statement

Ethics Statement

Ethics is essentially knowing the standards of right and wrong, then doing what we know we ought to do. It is beyond what the law requires, it is more than that.

For me, it is much of what I was taught growing up and that was reinforced over time (e.g., tell the truth, play fair, be kind, share, work hard, don’t take things that aren’t yours, clean up, respect your betters, obey the rules). Credit to my parents and to Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

At the center of Petrichor’s Ethics Statement is the Golden Rule; i.e., treat others as we want to be treated: