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ASK the Ethics Guy (1/2)
A corporate ethics consultant helps people to make the right choices
One of your colleagues is abusing drugs while on the job.
Would you:
A) Do nothing?
B) Confront your colleague and leave it at that?
C) Notify your colleague's supervisor?
A colleague who is abusing drugs places others-and himself-at risk of harm. The company's ability to provide excellent service is also at risk. Confronting the colleague is better than doing nothing, but leaving it at that doesn't go far enough. Even if he admits that there is a problem, can you be sure the coworker will tackle it?
An ethical duty to protect others
No one likes to be a snitch, but you are in a position to protect others from harm and have an ethical duty to do so. If you fail to bring the matter to the attention of the appropriate third party and your coworker goes on to cause injury to someone else, how would you feel? Think of whistle-blowing here as "tough love" for your colleague and the best way to protect the interests of your company and the community.
Righting a wrong
You have an expense account at work, and you have been turning in expense reports where you have intentionally used company money for personal reasons. For example, you have paid your personal cell phone bills with this account. You rethink this practice, however, and you now want to make amends for your conduct.
Would you:
A) Vow to cease the activity?
B) Tell your supervisor what you have done and pledge to repay everything you took?
C) Calculate exactly how much company money you used improperly, and use your own money over the coming months to pay for business expenses until you have repaid your debt-but do not let anyone know of your actions?
Vocabulary Focus
confront (v) ---to face, meet or deal with a difficult situation or person
make amends (v. phr) ---to do something good to show that you are sorry for something you did previously
pledge (v) ---to make a serious or formal promise to do something
Specialized Terms
snitch (n) ---恶意打小报告的人one who secretly tells someone in authority about something bad, usually to cause trouble for others
whistle-blowing (n) ---公司员工揭露上司或同事过错the act of an employee when he informs on the wrongdoing of his employer or another employee
expense account (n. phr) ---公款账户money that employees spend for travel or other things related to their jobs, which their employers reimburse