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Scenario #3 – No thanks, I want to do a good job here
Patal Fray was Project Manager of a very big and important project for his firm. He was very proud to have been given this assignment and assured his VP that he would bring it in successfully, on time, if not ahead of time.
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Why acting ethically is so difficult
“So you knew the right thing to do, yet you failed to act. Why was that?”
“I was afraid I’d lose my job.”
I’ve had the above conversation dozens of times, and it’s always frustrated and confused me. Why would you want to keep a job which forces you to behave contrary to your beliefs? [...]
Over-extending – over-commitment – over-time
My ex-husband always made us late for appointments because he’d estimate time “as the crow flies” – not ever taking into consideration red lights, kids having to go to the bathroom, wrong turns or any of the other things that cut into time estimates. Ray was an engineer – a damn good one at that!
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