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If you had to remain competitive in your field by doing something that was technically illegal but the only negative consequence was your own personal integrity, and virtually everyone you were competing against in your field was doing it, would you do it as well to remain competitive or would you accept the competitive disadvantage to maintain your personal integrity?
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what is this integrity you speak of?
seriously, I've already got my ticket for the bus ride to hell . . . what's one more thing?0 -
Would you hypothetically be okay with it or would you flay yourself with guilt because of it? What would make this hypothetical person ok with the decision s/he made?0
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Would you hypothetically be okay with it or would you flay yourself with guilt because of it? What would make this hypothetical person ok with the decision s/he made?
Essentially the only negative consequence would be your own personal views of yourself...0 -
This sounds like bodybuilding and steroids. Everyone at higher levels takes them, noboby admits to it. Illegal.
Leveling the playing field.
I have a tough time doing things I wouldn't tell my family or friends about.0 -
In this life, if it's a choice between more money and my personal integrity I take the thing I'll die with.0
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depends on whether or not i agreed with it being illegal in the first place0
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Nope.
If I have to compromise my values (and the law) to stay competitive in the field, then I'm somewhere I don't belong.0 -
depends on whether or not i agreed with it being illegal in the first place
Pretty much this. I probably wouldn't do anything I believed was wrong for personal gain, legal or not.0 -
I'll throw someone under the bus for more money, eff that integrity noize.
Then again, I'll throw you under the bus for a cupcake.0 -
No amount of success is worth sacrificing your own integrity. All the money and prestige in the world don't matter when you're laying in bed at night and won't soothe your conscious on your deathbed.0
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Intergrity Is Doing The Right Thing, Even if Nobody is Watching. (from a picture hanging in my shop so my employees can see it. )0
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what is this integrity you speak of?
seriously, I've already got my ticket for the bus ride to hell . . . what's one more thing?
ill keep a seat warm for you0 -
Ethics and legality are separate things. If it was merely illegal but I agreed with it, I'd do it depending on the risks and rewards. Wouldnt do it if it also compromised my integrity.
Insider Trading, for example, is mostly only prosecuted in the US and UK. It's now illegal in a number of other developed countries, but not investigated and prosecuted. It's hard to define and many people have always thought it should be legal. Does the legality of insider trading determine if it's ethical or not? Until recently, most people thought it was ethical.
Or as previously mentioned, bodybuilding and AAS drug use. The laws are non-logical and absurd in the first place. The only question is risk vs reward. No affect on personal integrity as there is not one top competitor that doesn't use...it cannot be considered cheating.0 -
If it's going to keep me up at night then no. I am cursed with a conscience dammit.0
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This sounds like a post about baseball.0
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I'll throw someone under the bus for more money, eff that integrity noize.
Then again, I'll throw you under the bus for a cupcake.
my moral compass isn't completely broken. missing the pointer? yes. but not broken.0 -
I work in the government...can't get more UN ethical...I0
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I would want to keep my integrity. Would be so tempting with all the competition...but honesty is a good quality that we may need to be patient for the reap the benefits and to keep our values honest.... so that anywhere else we can be trusted and sleep with a healthy conscience.0
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If it crosses my ethical line then no, if it crosses some made up illegal line then depends on the consequences.0
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This sounds like a post about baseball.
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