Ethical Filter Worksheet
Date due 05/06/2007
Value
Personal Source
with Examples
Justify the Value's Position in the List. Include any challenges to employing these values consistently when making personal and organizational decisions.
Honesty
There is a Russian proverb that goes like this "With lies you may get ahead in the world - but you can never go back."
I know of a man who was forced to tell lies to save his career and he did so to keep his job and not lose his wife and children, but eventually the lie caught up with him and now his wife left him and his children went with her.
It may be easy to lie and get away with it, but guilt will eventually get to us. Sometimes it may seem as if honesty does not pay off in the short run, but in the end doing the right thing always pays off. This man could have told the truth and perhaps have lost his job; but who knows his wife would have appreciated him for standing up for the truth and stayed with him to make things work. I guess one will never know.
Fairness
As the Corporate Webmaster at McKee Foods Corporation I was interviewing applicants for the post of graphic artist. In the process I met with several talented individuals and not so talented individuals. Some applicants came dressed very well and some others did not bother to spend time on personal appearances. But since I wanted the very best, I had to go beyond how they looked or presented themselves and had to dig deep down, below their presentation layer to find the person I was looking for. Incidentally I hired Quantal, the worst dressed person in a field of 20 applicants just because he had skills that none ...