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If losing your job over something unethical is wrong, I don't want to be right. I would never be able to trust my employer again either way.
by greymeister 9y ago
If losing your job over something unethical is wrong, I don't want to be right. I would never be able to trust my employer again either way.
- paulcole 9y agoMillions of people in the US alone don’t have the privilege to be that principled.
- jnordwick 9y agoSo? It sucks to be in such a bind, but nothing says life is always easy or fair. The best you can do is to do the right thing and hope things are better at the next firm.
- paulcole 9y agoWhen the option is do something unethical for work or run out of money and be unable to pay rent, pay for kids’ food, medicine, etc., I wouldn’t think twice about doing what my boss asked.
- greymeister 9y agoThe Milgram experiment[0] indicates you'd be willing to do it whether you were desperate or not if you see your employer as an authority figure. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment#Results https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment#Results
- tnzn 9y agoThe Milgram experiment can't really apply to random people you know nothing about in random situations you've barely described though.
- greymeister 9y agoI clarified that it applied when you see the person as an authority figure as it pertains to obedience of said authority figure. Your comment is completely spurious.
- watwut 9y agoWe are talking about engineers here, supposedly one of the best occupations you can have. This is not about poor starving without education and no choice. Seriosly, there is more emphaty for people who can find another job real quick (or just need to be content to not climb career ladder) then for poor-about-to-be-homeless that does something unethical.
- greymeister 9y agoPrinciples are always a privilege, weighing the consequences of applying them will always be a trade-off.