Selling Out

The Bachelor’s Jason Mesnick
brutally dumped his choice
in front of the world,
enraging women everywhere.
He looked like a world class a$$hole.
Then on top of that,
he says he had no choice,
passing the buck for his bad behavior.
That lost him points with any perspective employer.

He got paid for that stunt, obviously.
But I hope he got paid well
because no one with self respect
would touch him
for personal
or
for business.

Few of us will face
such a public ethical dilemma
but many of us,
especially managers,
are right now facing smaller ones.

It is important to weigh
the pro’s of caving in ethically
with the often long term con’s.
An ethical decision is not one to make lightly.
You will be judged forever on it.