tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post2042332371801136522..comments2024-02-19T08:12:53.815-05:00Comments on The Right Thing: THE RIGHT THING: WHEN LOYALTY LOOSENS ITS GRIPJeffrey L. Seglinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15648051034425906705noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-44534003679948664162007-05-28T09:33:00.000-04:002007-05-28T09:33:00.000-04:00Jeffrey, having worked in business (insurance admi...Jeffrey, having worked in business (insurance administration) for over 40 years, I have strong opinions about loyalty. In my opinion, as workers, we decide what type of business we are going to be in, and over time, we learn what the ethics are of the type of business we choose. In all businesses, there are ethical decisions that are made every day and many times, every single act by companies may not be totally ethical and it doesn't take long before, especially if you are in a position of authority, whether management or higher support, you learn the foibles and types of decisions that are made in the company or even if something illegal is going on. The whistle blower in question, who has been feeding information OVER COMPANY COMPUTER E-MAILS!, is nothing but a common sneak, regardless of her high intentions. Who appointed her as judge and jury? By her actions, eventually she is going to have to quit or be fired for her actions. Here is how I view it - you join a company, and in so doing, you implicitly promise to be a faithful and loyal employee. If you find out the company is doing something ethically or legally wrong that you cannot live with by your moral standards, it is not your duty to act like a spy and feed information about the company to a reporter or police, in which case, you become not just a sneak but also a wretched snitch, even if the information you are providing is true. I hate whistle blowers because what usually happens is there is a blowup and the person is fired and ends up suing the company or in other ways expects to profit by the act of disloyalty. When you take a job, your job duties are not to act as detective and policeman. If you see things that aren't right, you report it to your boss. If that doesn't result in a correction satisfactory to you, if that doesn't set things right, your duty is then to quit the company, not become a Mata Hari. After you quit, what you do about what you have found out is then your business to do with what you wish. But nothing like that is going to happen because there is no profit in it. I have never seen any result of a whistle blower that was justified even when the company whistled against was grossly in the wrong. These days, everyone wants to be a Carl Bernstein or Bob Woodward, who in their own ways were just as unethical as the people they reported against. Our society makes heros of the most unethical people imaginable.<BR/> <BR/>Charlie Seng<BR/>Lancaster, SCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com