tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post114937597705953829..comments2024-02-19T08:12:53.815-05:00Comments on The Right Thing: TIME TO DRAW THE LINEJeffrey L. Seglinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15648051034425906705noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-1149730916531886322006-06-07T21:41:00.000-04:002006-06-07T21:41:00.000-04:00There is an assumption that the ethics program is ...There is an assumption that the ethics program is an ethics program and not a program to avoid lawsuits. Most ethics programs are misnamed in this way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-1149427181050125992006-06-04T09:19:00.000-04:002006-06-04T09:19:00.000-04:00Gosh Dang! She is "caught" in an ethical crossfire...Gosh Dang! She is "caught" in an ethical crossfire. OK! I bet everyone in the company has "lied" about the boss being on the phone or at a meeting when avoiding callers. I bet all the employees have "lied" at one time or another about: being late, being sick, having a doctor’s appt, not finishing a project on time..ad nausea.<BR/>The only time people choose to become "ethical" is when it impinges on their time or personal sense of morality that applies to "others" and not themselves. A job description should be...IF YOU CHOOSE TO WORK HERE THEN YOU WILL DO ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ILLEGAL OR IMMORAL WHILE AT WORK.<BR/>Since we all lie for convenience then lying should not be a moral issue.<BR/>Yes companies have ethical seminars, web-based course and focus groups to "teach" us to be ethical. None of these will change any ones action because the decision to do becomes a choice at the moment based on a set of rationales developed over time.<BR/>So the old or new employee doing the requested course for her boss allows the boss to be more productive, allows the employee to do something that is productive(helping her boss stay productive is productivity....consider any employee doing anything assigned as a duty helping the boss focus on something more important.)<BR/>As a counter to the ethical question why not ask the following, "How many Companies in America require their Board of Directors and Executive management to take any type of ethical courses?"<BR/>To do or not to do is the question for the lady with the dilemma. If she were truly ethical then she would not be asking these questions on an open forum or newspaper.<BR/>RAKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com