You know, quitting doesn't mean washing your hands of the whole matter and walking off. You can do that, but that is not its intrinsic meaning. In your example

You know, quitting doesn't mean washing your hands of the whole matter and walking off. You can do that, but that is not its intrinsic meaning. In your example even the quitting is not the issue, it's how it would have been done that would be the ethical issue.