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by Rick Brenner
When your boss asks you to look the other way, or to actively take part in unethical activity, you probably feel uncomfortable — with good reason. Can you find a way to live with yourself?
hat if your boss asks you — in complete confidence, naturally — to look the other way, or to actively take part in unethical activity? Not criminal exactly, but "gray" — problematic acts that are really tempting but which you know in your heart are wrong. Falsifying status reports, juggling expenses from one account to another, intentionally skewing estimates. How do you handle these situations?
We're all unique. There is no one right answer for every one of us, but usually there's at least one right answer for you, one that gives you peace. Keep three things in mind:
Staying in connection with those who make us feel ethically uncomfortable is difficult. Here are four strategies.
Once you've
committed
an ethical breach,
anyone who
knows about it
has a lever
Once your boss crosses your ethical line, peace will be hard to find — until you find a new boss.
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