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Ethics in the Workplace
Anna Quindlen said, "If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all." Ethics is defined in the text as the rules or principles that defined right and wrong conduct. Ethics are about making decisions that may not always feel good or seem like they benefit you but are the “correct” decisions to make. “Do unto others as you would have done to you,” the most famous of the golden rules. It is not just catchy phrase; they are words of wisdom that any productive member of society should live by.
ENRON is the most infamous example of where any since of ethics were no where to be found. This case is a classic example of a couple of things: First, the actions displayed by the CEO’s of ENRON are how not to use a since ethics in any way, shape or form. Second, their actions painted a harsh and pragmatic picture of what can happen when ethics are completely neglected.......

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