inadvisable. These objections to loyalty - a concept that‚ ostensibly‚ seems like an auspicious virtue – range from a business’ inability to reciprocate loyalty‚ to challenges to the very idea that employee loyalty is even possible. Duska’s article: “Whistle-Blowing and Employee Loyalty” is a good summation of the breadth of objections to employee loyalty. But for many reasons‚ these objections are misguided and off base‚ and in fact‚ employee loyalty is a good thing for both employer and employee. In
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single entity‚ whether it being a single person or a business as a whole‚ to count itself immune to the dangers of corruption or malfeasance. Those who blow the whistle can neither risk the silencing of themselves for reasons of concrete evidence that question the proper moral and ethical interests of the public eye. According to Sissela Bok‚ “’Whistleblowing’ is a new label generated by our increased awareness of ethical conflicts encountered at work. Whistleblowers sound an alarm from within the
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Honest Work: 5-9. Orlando‚ John. "The Ethics of Corporate Downsizing." Honest Work: 30-33. Solomon‚ Robert C. "Why Ethics?" Honest Work: 136-138. Bok‚ Sissela. "Defining Secrecy – Some Crucial Distinctions." Honest Work: 72-75. Solomon‚ Robert C. "Is It Ever Right to Lie?" Honest Work: 69-72. Boatright‚ John R. "Finance Ethics" Honest Work: 169-175. Bok‚ Sissela. "Whistleblowing and Professional Responsibility." Honest Work: 398-402. Moore‚ Jennifer. "What is Really Unethical About Insider Trading." Honest
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Ethics Johns Hopkins University The Insider: Essay The Insider is a great example of the whistle blowing problem and way for us to discuss right – versus – right ethics. I would like to analyze the essay focusing on the two main characters and how they made their decisions when they are standing at their turning points. The main two characters are Jeffrey Wigand who is the whistle blower of Brown Williamson Corporation‚ and Rowell Bergman‚ who is a TV producer of the show 60 Minutes
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in a person’s life they will need to tell a lie. Is it appropriate to lie? This is what Sissela Bok writes about in Lying: Moral choice in Public and Private Life. Bok acknowledges that despite numerous religious and moral statements against lying‚ people will still lie in certain situations. She will discuss and explain the different excuses people will give for lying. The first four chapters of Lying‚ Bok analyzes the nature of lying and basic approaches to evaluating lies. She analyzes many
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tell a lie to save your friend.To me that is not a bad lie it is a good one and can save a person’s life. In the article “rejecting all lies” by Sissela Bok state’s that people should never lie no matter what situation it is.I disagree with Sissela Bok because she basically said that people should never tell a lie.I think that Sissela Bok is wrong because she wouldn’t lie to save someone’s life.Sissela defines all lies as an untruthful declaration to all people.I think that is not what all
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The Burden of Deceit in Public Life: Sissela Bok Writing to Discover Nancy‚ a middle-aged politician‚ is more than eager to be elected as her town’s mayor in the next election. With the mind-set that she will‚ in reality‚ be limited as far as what she can do to help her town as a whole‚ Nancy decides to “sugar-coat” her public speech. In doing this‚ Nancy is confident that the citizens of her town will feel both reassured and hopeful that she will make many positive changes as mayor; even
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further suggested that blowing the whistle might be not merely justified‚ but morally required‚ if 2 additional criteria are met: The whistleblower has convincing‚ documented evidence; The whistleblower has good reason to believe that going public will actually bring about change‚ and thereby prevent serious harm. 1) Talk to supervisor 2) Talk to family members (this is important because the stress placed on those who blow the whistle is tremendous and can
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in adolescence living in America have more than doubled since the 1990’s.For this reason‚ we must ask‚ is media violence the reason for this aggressive behavior? After reading many essays‚ such as Mike Males essay‚ “Stop Blaming Kids and TV‚” and Sissela Bok’s essay‚ “Agression:The Impact of Media Violence‚” I realized that people cannot just pinpoint violent media as the cause of this new epidemic‚ because in reality the environments that kids live in nowadays plays a much bigger role. Therefore
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Furthermore‚ even if lying will save someone’s life you ought not to lie (Boss 317). Sissela Bok disagreed with Kant and regarded telling the truth as a Prima Facie duty. She agreed that lying is usually wrong however she claimed if innocent lives are at stake it is okay to lie. To illustrate her point she used the example of boats that smuggled
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