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What is unethical about her posts? I must be missing something... This post reads like a personal jab at one individual, rather than a discussion about the bro

What is unethical about her posts? I must be missing something... This post reads like a personal jab at one individual, rather than a discussion about the broader tech industry.

mojomark 8y ago
Sorry for the delay. Certainly not a personal gripe of mine, I don't work for PayPal and don't know this person from adam. These were forwarded to me, but similar ethical concerns are growing at my company as well. The fact that the ethics violations in the examples are not obvious is concerning in and of itself, but perhaps acceptance of such behavior has been woven into the fabric of society and I missed that evolution. By definition, ethics are moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity. Using this case as an example, the head of HR is entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing not only the administrative management of human resources, but also the social welfare of those employees. As a leader their actions are representative of all corporate leadership and set the standard (social boundaries) under which all employees act and behave in and out of the workplace. If the HR executive exploits company resources for personal gain while other employs lose their job due to lack of funding, is that not an ethics violation. The first instagram post this person is using the corporate jet for personal travel and boasting about it on instagram, imolying (#byebyecommercial, #ballin, #corporatejetlife) that she is in a class above all other lower-tier employees 'stuck in coach'. That could, I suppose be chalked up to poor taste and judgement. The actual ethics violation, which perhaps isn't readily apparent (you have to follow the trail of this instagram account a bit), is that her posts serve to boost traffic to publicize her private fashion clothing business: http://www.stylesbydoniel.com http://www.stylesbydoniel.com That is unethical. In the second example, in publicly declares the sexual availability of her two underage daughters and (very high) price at which their favor can be purchased. It's clear that this person (again, who is responsible for the social welfare of all employees in the company, from cleaning staff to call center workers, some of whom do not receive a living wage) is very happy to advertise the privilege afforded to her daughters at the expense and exploitation of others. As she is entrusted with establishing a standard of conduct for the company, this clearly is not the standard that the other executives, share holders, and employees expected when they charged her with the responsibility. A clear violation of trust. At my company, we've had similar exploits. Corporate officers, awarding special non-dilutable shares while employee stock is purposefully devalued. Hiring of friends and family despite lack of qualification. Using company resources for personal gain. The list goes on and I don't feel it was nearly this rampant a few decades ago. To me, the moral principles that underpin actions such as these are poor at best, and lead to being outright corrupt.

What is unethical about her posts? I must be missing something... This post reads like a personal jab at one individual, rather than a discussion about the broader tech industry.

mojomark 8y ago

Sorry for the delay. Certainly not a personal gripe of mine, I don't work for PayPal and don't know this person from adam. These were forwarded to me, but similar ethical concerns are growing at my company as well. The fact that the ethics violations in the examples are not obvious is concerning in and of itself, but perhaps acceptance of such behavior has been woven into the fabric of society and I missed that evolution. By definition, ethics are moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity. Using this case as an example, the head of HR is entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing not only the administrative management of human resources, but also the social welfare of those employees. As a leader their actions are representative of all corporate leadership and set the standard (social boundaries) under which all employees act and behave in and out of the workplace. If the HR executive exploits company resources for personal gain while other employs lose their job due to lack of funding, is that not an ethics violation. The first instagram post this person is using the corporate jet for personal travel and boasting about it on instagram, imolying (#byebyecommercial, #ballin, #corporatejetlife) that she is in a class above all other lower-tier employees 'stuck in coach'. That could, I suppose be chalked up to poor taste and judgement. The actual ethics violation, which perhaps isn't readily apparent (you have to follow the trail of this instagram account a bit), is that her posts serve to boost traffic to publicize her private fashion clothing business: http://www.stylesbydoniel.com http://www.stylesbydoniel.com That is unethical. In the second example, in publicly declares the sexual availability of her two underage daughters and (very high) price at which their favor can be purchased. It's clear that this person (again, who is responsible for the social welfare of all employees in the company, from cleaning staff to call center workers, some of whom do not receive a living wage) is very happy to advertise the privilege afforded to her daughters at the expense and exploitation of others. As she is entrusted with establishing a standard of conduct for the company, this clearly is not the standard that the other executives, share holders, and employees expected when they charged her with the responsibility. A clear violation of trust. At my company, we've had similar exploits. Corporate officers, awarding special non-dilutable shares while employee stock is purposefully devalued. Hiring of friends and family despite lack of qualification. Using company resources for personal gain. The list goes on and I don't feel it was nearly this rampant a few decades ago. To me, the moral principles that underpin actions such as these are poor at best, and lead to being outright corrupt.