WHAT'S YOUR ETHICAL STYLE Read each statement and determine if you agree or disagree. Pick 3 (2 you agree and 1 you disagree and Discuss It really bothers me when someone ignores or breaks one of the organization's rules. It's the same kind of feeling I get when I see someone run a red light, even if no one else is on the road. I get so irritated when one of the bureaucrats at the main office insists on following the rules when there just isn't any point to it. I mean, some rules don't make any sense and should be bent or broken. The important thing is service, not blind adherence to policies and procedures. My feeling is that anyone who can't stand behind departmental policy 100% just shouldn't be here. If they think that our department is doing something wrong, they should quietly leave. Otherwise, they should support it. You always have to ask "How will this benefit us in the long run?" I don't believe in short- term solutions. But I do believe that if we can make our organization prosper over the long haul, it will be best for everyone, and especially for us. I'm not saying we should be selfish, but no one is going to prosper if we sacrifice ourselves. I always ask "Will I be able to look at myself in the mirror in the morning and say, 'I'm proud of you?" If you sacrifice your reputation, what's the point? I just know when something's wrong. It's as if I can smell it. Don't ask me how I know, but I am hardly ever wrong. I always put myself in the other guy's shoes. It's not that I'll always give in if I know he's hurt, but I have to know how he feels. Rockefeller, Carnegie, Trump -I mean you're not talking about nice guys who fought a clean fight. They did whatever they had to do, and they won. History says they're right, and it's the same with all of us now. I'll follow the rules if they will help me and break them when it's to my advantage. Sometimes the rules and laws which man has developed just are not right and you know it in your heart. Then you have to refer to a higher power to determine what you should do.

WHAT'S YOUR ETHICAL STYLE Read each statement and determine if you agree or disagree. Pick 3 (2 you agree and 1 you disagree and Discuss It really bothers me when someone ignores or breaks one of the organization's rules. It's the same kind of feeling I get when I see someone run a red light, even if no one else is on the road. I get so irritated when one of the bureaucrats at the main office insists on following the rules when there just isn't any point to it. I mean, some rules don't make any sense and should be bent or broken. The important thing is service, not blind adherence to policies and procedures. My feeling is that anyone who can't stand behind departmental policy 100% just shouldn't be here. If they think that our department is doing something wrong, they should quietly leave. Otherwise, they should support it. You always have to ask "How will this benefit us in the long run?" I don't believe in short- term solutions. But I do believe that if we can make our organization prosper over the long haul, it will be best for everyone, and especially for us. I'm not saying we should be selfish, but no one is going to prosper if we sacrifice ourselves. I always ask "Will I be able to look at myself in the mirror in the morning and say, 'I'm proud of you?" If you sacrifice your reputation, what's the point? I just know when something's wrong. It's as if I can smell it. Don't ask me how I know, but I am hardly ever wrong. I always put myself in the other guy's shoes. It's not that I'll always give in if I know he's hurt, but I have to know how he feels. Rockefeller, Carnegie, Trump -I mean you're not talking about nice guys who fought a clean fight. They did whatever they had to do, and they won. History says they're right, and it's the same with all of us now. I'll follow the rules if they will help me and break them when it's to my advantage. Sometimes the rules and laws which man has developed just are not right and you know it in your heart. Then you have to refer to a higher power to determine what you should do.