“ It was Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter who said “You see what you expect to see, Severus.” Can you think of a situation where that has been true for you and perhaps caused you to miss something important?”
Yes, I can.
I was once desperate to get a job, and so I applied to any kind of work that I could find online. One day I received a call to attend an interview at a sales company, which I responded to well. The interviewer asked me several questions and eventually instructed me to come another day in a way that made me uneasy. He did not confirm whether I had passed the interview or ask the salary I expected. When I went back, I learned that I would only receive two per cent commission of any sales made and would not receive any retainer. At this point, I wanted to leave and wait for another opportunity, but I ignored these thoughts and reported to work because I focused on earning money. On the first day, the manager made sexual advances and was not ashamed of expressing his sexual needs. He persisted for a while until I quit the job. I should have listened to my gut the first and the second day in that office.
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“ Who should be primarily responsible for keeping ethical considerations in your frame of reference as you make decisions in the workplace? Your boss? Or you? Why?”
My boss and I are responsible for keeping ethical considerations because everyone has this responsibility in their frame of reference when evaluating decisions in and out of the workplace. We should consider all aspects, including meeting production goals, acting per the law and impacting people outside the organization.
What other factors that are illustrated in Ethics Unwrapped videos can make it difficult for a well-meaning person to make the right choice?”
A well-meaning person’s desires can make it difficult to make the right choices. The desire to please authority may cause one to make choices that ruin the relationship with fellow workmates. Similarly, the yearning to fit in a group makes one ignore ethical dimensions to make decisions that are acceptable by the majority. The pressure to achieve goals also prevents one from seeing ethical issues in a particular matter.
