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Pardon me for being d's advocate. I think there already exists avenues to reject requests to do unethical things. I don't know what this "code of ethics" offers
by flamedoge 10y ago
Pardon me for being d's advocate. I think there already exists avenues to reject requests to do unethical things. I don't know what this "code of ethics" offers that will replace or surpass existing avenues.
- morgante 10y ago> I think there already exists avenues to reject requests to do unethical things. Such as? Right now you're option is basically to quit.
- flamedoge 10y agoYou start documenting evidence and bring it to court or (threaten to)expose them in public. I don't see what this "code of ethics" can do to shield you from whatever.
- morgante 10y agoThere are plenty of things which are legal but unethical. Also that still involves me losing my job. A code of ethics let's me say "I'm not going to do that, and you can't hire somebody who will."
- flamedoge 10y agoseriously? You think a company willing to violate ethics will stop at you saying to them "you can't hire somebody who will."? This is why I think such "code" has absolutely no power or leverage when it comes to employer-employee interactions.
- anigbrowl 10y agoOh, but you think you'll be able to scare them into compliance with the threat of a lawsuit? You don't have enough power. Capital provides one kind of power, large social networks a different kind of power. You as an individual don't have much power at all unless you are some sort of indispensable genius...in which case you're more likely to be running the business than taking orders.