Moral dilemmas Everyone has 'em
#1
Posted 06 October 2005 - 04:02 AM
This may or may not be a hypothetical situation, but I thought I'd get you guyses thoughts.
Ok, what if you were in a position where the person you worked for was doing something that is completely wrong for a client, and may cost them a lot of money, but the money coming in from the deal may be the difference between whether they could afford to pay your wages next month or not.
Should you try and do something to stop it, or just do your job and let it go?
Ok, what if you were in a position where the person you worked for was doing something that is completely wrong for a client, and may cost them a lot of money, but the money coming in from the deal may be the difference between whether they could afford to pay your wages next month or not.
Should you try and do something to stop it, or just do your job and let it go?
#3
Posted 06 October 2005 - 06:41 AM
Depends how much you like your job I guess.
And there's the question of; who's going to get the blame? The management will probably push the responsibility onto the employees anyway to save their own hides.
And there's the question of; who's going to get the blame? The management will probably push the responsibility onto the employees anyway to save their own hides.
#4
Posted 06 October 2005 - 10:54 AM
If your company knows it's wrong for the client, but they're doing it anyway, you might want to be looking to work somewhere else. If it's an oversight, you could be a hero. If it's intentional evil, you could be a whistleblower and end but being well-remembered by the client who just didn't get screwed.
I guess it depends also on what you do, and the severity of the consequences. In some cases the ramifications could be so severe that not to speak up at some level would be sociopathic. In other cases, meh.
I guess it depends also on what you do, and the severity of the consequences. In some cases the ramifications could be so severe that not to speak up at some level would be sociopathic. In other cases, meh.
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#6
Posted 06 October 2005 - 06:21 PM
If you didn't let them get away with it, you'd be a hero. But sometimes if you're a realist you can't be a hero.I'd say tell the client what's going on.
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#7
Posted 06 October 2005 - 07:10 PM
i think you should kill your boss and take the money...
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#8
Posted 06 October 2005 - 09:26 PM
Ethics are what you decide them to be. Killing your boss and taking the money would be eithical, just not intelligent. Unless you were very, very careful to make it look like an accident.
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#12
Posted 07 October 2005 - 03:47 AM
Obviously I can't divulge too much of the details on here.
We have come up with a way of making it as clear as we can to the client that they should think again, which is all above-board and won't implicate us or leave us open to sackage.
And if that fails, I guess its barend's plan......
We have come up with a way of making it as clear as we can to the client that they should think again, which is all above-board and won't implicate us or leave us open to sackage.
And if that fails, I guess its barend's plan......
#15
Posted 09 October 2005 - 06:43 PM
ethical schmethical, the man needs a promotion!
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