... a weekly letter of encouragement.
January 28, 1998 - Singapore
Good Morning!
FACING TOUGH ETHICAL DECISIONS?
Then consider these thirteen questions:+
1. Have you defined the problem accurately?
2. How would you define the problem if you stood on the other
side of the fence?
3. How did this situation occur in the first place?
4. Who was involved in this situation in the first place?
5. What is your intention in making this decision?
6. How does this intention compare with the likely results?
7. Who could your decision or action injure?
8. Can you engage the affected parties in a discussion
of the problem before you make your decision?
9. Are you confident that your position will be as valid over
a long period as it seems now?
10. Could you disclose without qualms your decision or
action to your boss, your CEO, the board of directors, your
family or society as a whole?
11. What is the symbolic potential of your action if
understood?
12. Under what conditions would you allow exceptions
to your stand?
13. What would Jesus do?
"Righteousness exalts a people, but sin is a disgrace
to any people." (Proverbs 14:34)
+ Points 1-12 attributed to Laura L. Nash, "Ethics
Without the Sermon", (From the Dreiford Group's "Resolving
Ethical Ethics") Point 13 is mine
My prayer is that you are having a great week!
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