Right vs. Wrong
Right Vs. Wrong
When I am faced with an ethical dilemma I will often ask myself is this right or wrong, and how will this decision affect myself and others around me. The first case scenario that I chose in Group A is about a newspaper columnist who signed a contract with a newspaper chain. Several months later she is offered a position with another newspaper chain at a higher salary. Because she would prefer making more money, she notifies the first chain that she is breaking her contract. The courts will decide the legality of her action. But what of the morality? Did the columnist behave ethically? My response to this is that she did not behave ethically. This is a case of selfishness and greed. Of course everyone would prefer making more money, but a contract is a contract, Legal or not it is a binding agreement of one’s word. If the newspaper chain she was working for found another columnist that was willing to work for lesser pay than she did, she would not be pleased if the chain decided break her contract for their own benefit. She should have kept her word and completed the term of her contract. She could have gone to her superiors and requested a raise based on job performance if she wanted more money. Also, although it does not state this in the scenario, another newspaper chain would not have just offered her a job at a higher rate of pay unless she applied for the job. In my opinion, she initially broke the contract when she went looking for another job. If this columnist was unhappy with her job she should have brought her concerns to her supervisor and tried to work things out. After all she did sign a contract stating a promise of employment. Sekfishness and greed are both evil things that come out in a lot of people at some point in time. It is whether or not we choose to act on these feelings or not that will determine if we are good people or evil ones. Anyone knows that when you sign a contract or make a promise, the only right thing to do
When I am faced with an ethical dilemma I will often ask myself is this right or wrong, and how will this decision affect myself and others around me. The first case scenario that I chose in Group A is about a newspaper columnist who signed a contract with a newspaper chain. Several months later she is offered a position with another newspaper chain at a higher salary. Because she would prefer making more money, she notifies the first chain that she is breaking her contract. The courts will decide the legality of her action. But what of the morality? Did the columnist behave ethically? My response to this is that she did not behave ethically. This is a case of selfishness and greed. Of course everyone would prefer making more money, but a contract is a contract, Legal or not it is a binding agreement of one’s word. If the newspaper chain she was working for found another columnist that was willing to work for lesser pay than she did, she would not be pleased if the chain decided break her contract for their own benefit. She should have kept her word and completed the term of her contract. She could have gone to her superiors and requested a raise based on job performance if she wanted more money. Also, although it does not state this in the scenario, another newspaper chain would not have just offered her a job at a higher rate of pay unless she applied for the job. In my opinion, she initially broke the contract when she went looking for another job. If this columnist was unhappy with her job she should have brought her concerns to her supervisor and tried to work things out. After all she did sign a contract stating a promise of employment. Sekfishness and greed are both evil things that come out in a lot of people at some point in time. It is whether or not we choose to act on these feelings or not that will determine if we are good people or evil ones. Anyone knows that when you sign a contract or make a promise, the only right thing to do