Another example from someone I spoke with works for a trucking company in the human resource department. He explained that when evaluations were not satisfactory and performance did not improve he had to decide if they should be terminated or put in front of a panel for further review. If he thought that there was a chance for improvement then he would put that person in front of the panel. He also explained that there have been times when he has had to fire his friends. He explained that was when his moral values fought with the values of the company.
Ethics plays a role in the everyday functioning of a business, company, or corporation.
How the individual chooses to handle any given situation is up to him or her. Society has got a mind of its own and our influences are how we choose the decisions we make. Hopefully that right decisions are the ones that are always chosen. Prentice-Hall Inc., 2000. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.