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NuevaVida -> RE: Lip service (12/9/2008 8:27:38 PM)
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ORIGINAL: rulemylife
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ORIGINAL: Nueva
I wonder what you define integrity to be, if you feel it is a "weight" for someone. I read and re-read your posts here, and what I'm getting from them is sarcasm toward someone who is comfortable with the integrity she holds. We all have different levels and/or definitions of integrity. Remaining one's integrity typically comes naturally, and is not a burden at all. And while I know you meant your words as a snipe to someone who outs her co-workers (which, btw, I have had to out co-workers too, who were being unethical and sacrificing the wellness of the company - one of those co-workers was my CEO), but I wonder why you would make such a snipe? She didn't say what she is outing her co-workers about. Is it ok if she outs someone who is stealing? Drinking on the job? Sexually harrassing? In my opinion, I would question one's integrity who looked the other way about such things. I wonder about someone who has a problem with that...but hey we're all different.
What she, and you, did say was this was necessary many times.
If there is serious wrongdoing I can respect a whistleblower.
How many times does the average person encounter such serious situations that require that?
My guess is, if you have had to do it so often, what you call integrity your co-workers call pompous self-righteousness.
Either that or you use your "integrity" as a convenient excuse to denigrate your co-workers for self-advancement.
In the famed words of a great American philosopher:
Mike Brady:
Cindy, you know by tattling on your friends, you're really just tattling on yourself. By tattling on your friends, you're just telling them that you're a tattletale. Now is that the tale you want to tell?
Read again. I did not say I did this many times. But if I did, so what? Maybe I worked there for 20 years. Maybe I work for a shitty company. Maybe maybe maybe.
For the record, I am and always have been extremely respected at work. I am the one others come to for advice on how to handle something. One of the "many/not-so-many" outings was because a co-worker came to me about her boss - a senior vice president - blatantly sexually harassing her and not knowing what to do about it. Because I was the assistant to the CEO, I had an obligation to tell him, and I told her this, before she shared much further.
Another time was when our Regional CEO was conducting unethical business practices which were harming the well being of others. When the corporate office sent a senior guru out to check things out in our office, I had an hour long meeting with him in which I laid out all I knew. I was applauded by many for this.
Hmm, another time our CFO was drinking on the job, and keeping a separate set of books to reflect false numbers of how we were doing. Yep, I outed him, too. In all of these occasions, it was the absolutely right thing to do, and I stood by my decision. One of the issues resulted in a law suit in which I was called as a witness. I contacted the corporate CEO about it and spoke to him directly, asking for his blessing to talk to the attorney (this was after I left the company, too, but I wanted to be sure what I was doing was right. He gave it to me. We are still in touch to this day, some 15 years later.
No pompous self-righteousness, no trying to advance myself. Just doing the right thing. I eventually left that company (after 7 years of employment with them) because it was too internally corrupt, and working for the CEO had me taking part in unethical practices, which I wouldn't do. I remain in touch with many former co-workers to this day.
I think you have jumped to a lot of really incorrect conclusions here, without knowing any of the details or even asking about them, and launched ignorant, incorrect and unfair criticisms as a result. What does that say of you?
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