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Ethics in decision making
Ok so I've been thinking about this, but if you were put in an ethical dilemma, how would you best respond? If you choose the ethical path, it ends up harming you and in the end it makes you a martyr, but if you choose the unethical path, you end up benefiting from it but also exposing yourself to blackmail.
Personally, I want to do the right thing, but if I end up losing my life, my job, or something valuable to me, it may make me think twice. For example, what if you thought you had the opportunity to become well-connected with powerful people, but you were pressured into doing something that's somewhat unethical?
Or another case is one of my friends who wanted to apply for citizenship in my country wanted to use me as a reference, but I had only known him for 1 year (the application specifies at least 3 years)? In this particular case, it turns out that the government doesn't actually take the reference checks seriously and gave my friend his citizenship without calling me. I felt a bit dumb for that
How would you make your decision?Â
Of course, making this kind of decision without knowing exactly what will happen in the future is the tough part, but what are some things that you could do to insulate yourself from the fallout if it turns out that you made a bad decision?
