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My Ethical Decision- My personal Government
An ethical decision of my own involves series of experience, life’s lessons, theories, learnings and knowledge that have been acquired over time which form the pathways to our life’s settlement. These decisions goes a long way to guide my actions, beliefs and norms, the positive environment we want to be as well as using wisdom to deal with the negativity attached to that environment, so we don’t become the victim of circumstance.
Even we as an individual begin to access each other and choose to relate with anyone whose perception matches ours, and may only be nice to the ones we dont like or cannot avoid.
I for once believe that attitude is like a smoke, if you use one thousand baskets to cover the smoke, it’s still going to spring forth at the end... it's just a matter of time...
No matter how much we try to hide and pretend in certain environment, even though we hate the person sitting next to us, yet we have an obligation to work with that person and give fake smile... But someday, someone somwehere is going to drive you to the wall and you may “lose it” and release yourself for a few moment then we go back to the way things were. For instance, we go into a workplace and there’s a notice for “Zero tolerance“abuse policies there. We often see this in healthcare facilities, bus station offices,government buildings etc. Aren't these policies set in place for a reason? no matter what triggers the action? so why is that, even though it may not be intentional? Why not 10%, why ZERO?
But never for once have I ever entered a Taxi and see such notice (I stand to be corrected) even though it’s likely to occur there more often, or such notices in our homes especially with families the way we approach ourselves or elderly members of the home
So why does enforced policies and ethical standard vary in differently? Some 100% tolerance such as our homes with family? It is sometimes said but not laid down, some 50% and some are totally ZERO tolerance no matter what triggers the action? If anything goes really wrong in these places with same actions, wont the law be applicable to all?
Ethical decisions are simple yet complex in its application due to variation, personal or organization government
CONCLUSION
Most times perception varies and our attitude is as a result of our perception, our actions, our thinking and the ethical decisions and standards we have formed to govern it overtime, and these are what becomes a guideline. slowly we begin to build our lives around an ethical decisions we have made until we hit a wall……. and then we hit a reset button, rewind and rebuild a better standard one. This is what makes us human…
P.S This write up came from the deepest part of my thinking without consulting the internet or reference and it’s amazing how little drops of water such as reflections documented bit by bit can become an ocean.
Comments
I like that you mention that your post comes 100% from your deepest inside....and I see your reasoning to the zero tolerance rules. I think many times, these are company come up with these rules just to be safe from lawsuits and protect the safety of the employees, but I understand that we can all have a bad day.
Hi Bibi,
I agree with your point that there is always a breaking point for everyone and there is a limit to what one can take. I personally know someone who worked at a call center as team lead for many years and was known for his patience and good communication skills. His job was to deal with irate customers and de-escalate situations. In spite of him being such a cool-headed person and having years of handling difficult customers. One fine day he himself lost it on a customer and was terminated from his job. As you have mentioned, I also do believe the same, that there comes a point in everyone’s life where you have just had it and cannot take it anymore. Once you hit that point you go back, realize what you have done and think how you could have handled the situation differently.
HI Bibi,
Interesting take on the zero tolerance, I went to check online to see if anything came up regarding zero tolerance policies.
One was interesting it was, "Do zero tolerance policies make zero sense?" After reading it I found that when these policies exist, those that are being abused are not quick to report abuse. The reason is zero tolerance assumes that if it were abuse from an employee does it mean they get fired for doing the abuse? This makes it a hard decision for those being abused because they don't want to be responsible for getting anyone fired.
I had an abusive employee, I've witnessed the abusive behavior and I even brought it up with my boss. Sad thing is he only spoke to the person and I didn't see anything happen. They continued to keep their job, so I didn't feel that was satifactory. They should have been given leave of absence without pay, but I think it was just a slap on the wrist. When they continued to abuse me and my colleague, I complained again but asked this time, "why is he allowed to keep doing this?" Their only response was, "I will talk to him." So in this case I felt it was moot complaining.
https://www.fisherphillips.com/Workplace-Safety-and-Health-Law-Blog/do-zero-tolerance-policies-make-zero-sense
Hey Juan,
I hope so too thanks.
Hey Nairius,
it is appalling to hear such a story and it's sad to say that's the kind of reality we live in and we must face it and suceed.
Hey Twy,
This is an interesting fact and thanks a lot for the enlightenment, it's quite a learning for me. I have also had the same experience, reported it to the boss and they spoke to the person and I never heard any feedback or update. I do not wish for anyone to lose their job, but a little scolding or warning to stop such habit would have been perfect on the matter, so I let it go. I guess that's the reality and the kind of we live in also, we just have to look for a way to rise above it with determination to succeed.