Dictate

The Mirriam-Webster Dictionary defines ethics as the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation

Everyone tells me how to behave

Church's ancient tablets of hard stone 

Writings by prophets, good kings and slaves

Parables about fish and bread loaves

Man's laws too, add to my religion

Drive fifty-five, not any quicker

Don't do drugs, or arouse suspicion

No stabbing your spouse, only bicker

My parents, too, raised me with their views

Love your siblings, call old mom and dad

For peace, minor infractions excuse

Remember the good, forget the bad

Work has its own set of rules to do

Children do count, but (more) saving face

Budgets, taxed town folk, it's very true

Put public school in state of disgrace

Still, paperwork and deadlines to meet

The staff handbook tells me how to act

Proper dress, no sandals on my feet

Paperwork due dates, other fine facts

Marriage, too, has its own set of rules

He cooks, I make the fine marriage bed

Follow these so we don't look like fools

I make the money, he's still the "head"

With all who build my ethics tower

I take a bit from each spoke of my wheel

Mash it up into my finest hour

And ignore most, keep it, proudly, real!