ORIGINAL: Briman
You couldn't be more wrong.
Doing the right thing when nobody is looking is being ethical.
Obeying the law when noone is looking is only being honest with the government, nobody else.
Doing the right thing and obeying the law are not always the same thing.
Yep! I accidently posted it here! Longggg night!
Briman, I agree with you that doing the right thing, IS being ethical! ethics, and legal are sometimes two different things!
What stirred this thread was some peoplesview of "admitting" to blatantly illegal actions, was being "honest!" Which, could not be any further from the truth!
Also, using the excuse that "we all do it," is an assumption, thatdrags all of us into the same boat, to soothe a guilty conscience!
Along with this, some folks believe they deserve a pat on the back for being legal and/or ethical! Why? We've only done that which we were SUPPOSED to do in the first place!