Ethics - Part 1

Acting to correct unethical behaviour from other people

 Thanks for these two podcasts on Ethics. I really appreciate the effort you put in in explaining what is an ethical behaviour with respect to observing the behaviour of others.  It has put light in the shade for me.  

I have been working on trimming the edges of my high I, high D characteristics and learning when to shut up.  Listening to your podcast I realize I was getting confused between trimming down my high D-high I characteristics and trimming down on ethical behaviour.  Your podcast clarify the issue to me when I do need to take action and position myself and when I don´t. 

This is the story:

Two weeks ago I took my children to school and as I was trying to find the pedestrian crossing, which should be where I was standing but I couldn´t see it, my three year old son started crossing the road and for a split of a second I was able to grab him back and he was not hit by a car, which also couldn´t see us trying to cross the road.  Guess what?  There was a car parked on the pedestrian crossing.  I talked to the teachers, I talk to the guard at the gate and they told me it was always the same people that parked the car there and every year it was the same problem.  I thought to myself, that cannot be the answer!  So I decided to educate the parents myself.  For a couple of days I arrived earlier and gently informed the parents that were parking there that they could not do it.  I wasn´t a fun task, I wasn´t feeling good about having to annoy parents about that issue, but I remember something my mother once told me: "They should be the ones ashamed, not you!"  And I knew I wouldn´t be able to put my had down on my pillow if something were to happen to a kid there.  Because I had seen it could happened, and I had done nothing to prevent it.

Thanks so much for clarifying that one needs to act in accordance to what one knows is the right thing to do (guided by ethics), even if it annoys a whole lot of people, even if one feels uncomfortable in doing it, and even if one stands out as the "problematic" person in a crowed which just follows the trend.

Nara

How to deal with unethical organizaions/people

Thanks Mark & Mike, this was a fantastic podcast. It really motivates even those that are uncertain about ethics to really behave ethical. I really believe you make the world a better place. Bit by bit...

I have a specific question: In the past we had a real dificult relation with a competitor and his founder. He used a stolen Databank to send his Newsletter to our clients, copied products ideas and spread incorrect rumors about our company.

With the Newsletter item obviouls wew took legal actions. But in general, how should one deal with such a competitor or person? Due to a small industry it's common to run into each other now and then... I've read "how to make friends and influence people" and wonder if for such a person this is also the right way to approach?

I would love to get reccommendations on this or maybe even a podcast ;-)

How to deal with unethical competitor

 Akiwitz, i would love a podcast on that too: "how to deal with an unethical competitor."

We have the same competitor who spreads untruth humours, takes credit for things they haven't done, say bad things about us to the client, tell the client whatever we charge they will charge half, steal company information, etc.  

Our strategy has been not to fall in the same game, and eventually they fell down by not being able to deliver.  Ethical behaviour and hard work does pay off. But it does take a concious effort not to act the same way back and we have had to be smarter in marketing to identify and cut the humours with good data as soon as we knew about them.  It can be quite frustrating at times. A podcast to guide us would be great.

Cool, this is great, maybe

Cool, this is great, maybe others add their wish here also? Or maybe Wendy or Mark can reply to this request also?

Sounds so awfully familiar.

Sounds so awfully familiar. Demeaning boss from hell is very frequent. They are not rare. - James Stuckey