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Something being legal has nothing to do with it being ethical. Many terrible things used to be entirely legal. Some still are. Having said that, this kind of th
by caseymarquis 5y ago
Something being legal has nothing to do with it being ethical. Many terrible things used to be entirely legal. Some still are. Having said that, this kind of thing puts your job on the line. Standing your ground on ethics will always come with a price.
- mytailorisrich 5y agoI specifically wrote 'legal' because that is in principle a valid ground to refuse to obey your employer's instruction. 'Unethical' as in 'I don't agree with it' is not. My reply was also specifically to a comment about a pop-up window when a visitor leaves a web page. It's over the top to bring ethics into this and I feel the term is being completely diluted into meaninglessness these days and too often used as an excuse to choose to do only whatever one agrees with, which both unprofessional and, frankly, childish. Again, I'm very surprised that my comments are being so badly received when they are simple statements of fact and reality of the employment relationship. Maybe many readers are still quite inexperienced...