Chapter 6 Managing Social Responsibility and Ethics

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It’s Your Career How to Be Ethical When No One Else Seems to Be

You make choices every day: Your boss asks you to do something questionable; you see a colleague doing something that violates a company rule or policy; you think about calling in sick because it’s a beautiful day, and boy oh boy do you need a day off; you need to make copies of some personal documents and the company copier isn’t monitored by anyone; you need to get some bills paid online and your boss is in meetings all day. Choices, choices, choices. What do you do?

When an ethical dilemma ...

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