| | In my management class the other day, we were discussing ethics. The
professor asked if you think it's never okay to lie, raise your hand.
Without even thinking my hand went up, confident that there's other
good, honest people in the world. To my shock and horror the professor
pointed out I was the only one with my hand raised, out of about 60
students. We started to discuss different scenarios where we would be
faced with the decision to lie or not. One incident that was brought up
was when Vincent Marinallo killed his wife in an Old Metairie parking
lot in broad daylight. Harry Lee came out with a statement saying they
think it's just a random robbery and the tape from the building was
unusable b/c it was staring into the sun. All of which was untrue but
they didn't want the killer to know they were onto him. Okay, I can
understand this lie, but do I think it's right, I didn't at the time.
We also talked about various business situations where people said they
would lie or not lie. But I was really shocked how many people would
lie, about stupid things, or really serious things that could get you
in major trouble. The whole class I am thinking, I must be living in my
own bubble. These are my classmates, my peers, my future employers,
employees, colleagues, the generation that will teach and raise my
childrens generation, etc. and they're all a bunch of
LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And this disturbs me. It's one thing to lie but
it's another thing to admit you are a big fat liar to a classroom full
of your peers. Good to know, I won't be working with you in the future!
So I started thinking the Bible does say "thou shall not lie" right?
Like I'm not crazy, right? Not that everyone is a Christian, but there
had to be some in my class. So I went to the Bible to check it out and
reassure myself. To my shock and horror (number 2), it does not say
that. The one people refer to as don't lie I guess would be "you should
not testify falsely against your neighbor" I consulted 3 versions all
saying the same thing. I'm glad I looked this up and didn't just go off
of what I hear at church or what I think I know. But what does this
mean? Only don't lie about other people but it's okay to lie about
yourself? Then I thought, whatever. Whether it's okay to lie or not,
that's not the kind of person I want to be. I want to be an honest
person, no matter what. Which those of you who know me well might say I
don't have a problem with being honest, sometimes, I'm a little to
honest, but nevertheless, I'm honest. And that makes me feel good.
Maybe some people think I can't get anywhere with being honest, like
some people in my class. But really shouldn't we want honest people in
power? It's what people have been begging for in politicians, even
clergymen. Like hello....Enron! People want honest people in power but
at the same time they diss and have no hope in honest people. What is
up with that? Well, that's my thoughts for now. |
| | Posted 9/12/2007 7:24 PM - 30 Views - 4 eProps - 2 comments
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