Every day minerals from the earth are mined, removed and formed into something new, when you look back, to stop and reflect on what has been formed, the human mind will be amazed. “This… comes from there?” beautiful rubies were created from very specific minerals that were combined together, and sparkling diamonds were formed from coal that was subjected to great pressure, but it's not such a magical story when the curtains are pulled back and the truth is shown. Where are the ethical principles that hold this industry together? A shovel is buried in the ground, the wind blows on the small particles of earth, revealing the commercial conduct of the mining industry, but the ethical principles have been shattered just as the rocks of the earth have been shattered, because they have not turned into gold, nor diamonds, nor rubies, these ethical principles of business conduct have been forgotten in the wind, in the toxic fumes. We see men with bloodstains on their clothes, they remind us of coal that has been forced under great levels of pressure, yet these people are not transformed into something so beautiful, they are left to inhale toxic fumes, layering the mercury to separate the metal from rock, the neurotoxin delicately handled with bare hands, just as the truth is delicately handled and separated, turning into a lie. According to the Oxford Dictionary (2014) ethics is defined as “Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conduct of an activity” and “The branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles”, so basically your Ethics, or someone's ethics, is a set of principles that shape your behavior, describing who you are, guiding your behavior, your actions, and your words. Ali ibn Abu Talib is… halfway through the paper… concluded that the amount of corporate spending, overall, was over $55 billion. (Lannin 2013). According to Terry Heymman, a member of this council, the amount also included payments to communities, payments to employers and employees, to companies, suppliers and governments. (Gold 2013). Terry Heymman also stated that the benefits of gold mining are so great that they cannot be measured; the economy also benefits from gold mining, royalties are everywhere and make up a huge part of the government's total revenue (Lannin 2013). Additionally, some major members of a Wisconsin sand mining industry aimed to improve the association's standards by creating a strict code of conduct. Even though the levels of environmental protection, management and safety were already high, they wanted to improve them and aimed at self-regulation. (Rivedal 2012)