T01a - Ethics

Is it considered stealing to take pens from a bank?

• No, as long as you don't steal a whole office supply

• Why do I care?

• Nah... It's only a pen

• Yes, they bought those pens with hard earned money

Ethics is...

• Moral principles that govern a person's behavior

• Who needs ethics, I want money!

• Corruption, dishonor, and disgrace

• Getting the greatest benefit for myself

What is/are synonym(s) for ethical?

• Unethical

• Good, fine, and great

• Unjust, and unrighteous

• Proper, humane, and principled

Is it unfair to move into better (open) seats at a sporting event or a concert?

• No, as long as they are open, but be ready to move back

• Of course, no one is sitting there but you can't

• Ethics, that's the answer, right?

• Hey, front row let's go!

You find $2,000 at a ATM, what do you do in an ethical sense?

• Oh I read about this, give the money back

• I never go to the ATM, that's not my problem

• Did I hear money???

• Grab it before it returns to the ATM

Before lunch, you find $500 in the restroom. What will you do?

• Quickly grab it before anyone else and keep for oneself

• Go into the lunchroom and ask if anyone has lost a $500

• Use it to buy your lunch for the day

• Report to the security

You are waiting at a red light at 1 a.m. There is not a single car around. Do you run it?

• Yes no one will ever know anyway

• No. It will soon turn, no need to put yourself in danger

• Vroom vroom, baby, let's go

• Run it! Run it!

Is it ethical to take a person's job by working for a wage less than what he / she needs to survive?

• Yes

• No

How do we know what is right or wrong?

• You can't, just guess

• I just don't care

• A good rule of thumb, if you feel guilty it's wrong

• What is this "right or wrong" you talk about?

How are integrity and ethics related?

• They are not even close to being related

• In ethics, integrity is honesty or accuracy of one's actions

• Integrity is ethics, but ethics is not integrity

• Why should I care?