The greatest civilizations in the world started off with basic principals to become successful.  Throughout the ages the most recurring principal to success is morality: the socially accepted right and wrong of the day. A good civilization must have established moral standards, and have punishments for those unwilling to abide by them. Even since the ancient Romans and Greeks, harsh punishments for stealing, lying or showing  disrespect to the government have been in place.  The leaders of the time realized that no matter how strong their leadership skills, a nation cannot be run without morality.  It should be across-the-board standards for everyone so each individual is held accountable. Recently, studies have shown that all humans are born with the inherent knowledge of right versus wrong. However, as children grow it seems some people have a naturally stronger conscious, that voice in their head telling them its wrong. On the other hand, many people seem to have been raised amorally, making them morally dependent on the laws that society has put into practice.

Even though in Lord of the Flies  many of the boys were most likely raised with high moral standards in England, of those lessons were lost when they were pitted against each other for survival  with no supervision.
 Jack is a prime example when he stands up to the authority of Ralph in front of the entire group. Another instance is when the other group, led by Jack, steals fire from Ralph's camp. Or, when the boys all forget themselves and murder Simon in a crowd-mentality rage. If moral standards had been upheld, many of the issues the boys run into would never present problems to them.