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Secondly, I would regularly give a speech to the finance employees that went like this:
“In this business, we may run into trouble. We may miss a quarter. We may even go bankrupt, but we will not go to jail. So if somebody asks you to do something that you think might put you in jail, call me.”I'd love to see something about ethics, too. I feel there is a need for more ethical behavior, in today's corporate world.
I have a fairly basic ethical litmus test: "If I feel like I can 'get away with it,' it's wrong." Doesn't matter, whether or not it's legal.
Wrong is wrong.
One of the most valuable assets in my life, is my personal sense of Integrity and Honor. It has nothing at all to do with whether or not anyone else is doing it. It's all about whether or not I can shave in the morning.
I'm clean-shaven.
> it's everyone's highest priority to do what's legal, rather than what's "right".
is something that can be tested and its truth discovered. Not clear if "everyone" means people in your city, state, country etc. Although "highest priority" seems a bit vague too. Does "highest priority at the end of the day" mean, what people actually do/end up doing? That sounds nowhere near true for me, or the people I know. But maybe I'm misunderstanding you.
People whose behaviour is guided by laws, rather than ethics, stand out as sociopathic jerks, e.g. internet trolls or bullies. "There's no law against it" doesn't say much at all about whether you should be doing something.