Ethics training
I just had to complete a series of four CBT (Computer Based Training) courses required by company for me to be legally compliant by 9/01. This really sucked as they told us FOUR DAYS AGO that this was mandatory, and it'd take about 4 hours to complete them all (we have to do this in our own time, mind you). Plus, the topics being what they are -- 'Insider Trading,' 'Protecting Company Assets,' 'Harrassment,' and 'Ethics' -- I begrudgingly downloaded the courses and started the training...
Well, boy, was I wrong! I don't remember if I was ever interested about Ethics when I was in college, but reading up about it right now, it really is very interesting.
An example: Say, you're a pilot of a commercial airliner that is en route to Los Angeles from Tokyo. All of a sudden, a flight attendent bursts into the cockpit and tells you that there's a passenger whose heart condition requires immediate medical attention or he will die. Fortunately, you're flying by Hawaii, but because of the stormy conditions, the control tower will not authorize a landing. Now, you're confident that you can land the plane despite the warning, but if you do this, you're putting the lives of other passengers in danger.
What would you do?
I really liked the structured approach that the training teaches you to think through such situations... 'right vs wrong,' 'right vs right -- which is higher right,' etc... very intriguing... I think I'll crack open an Ethics book and delve in for a while. Uh... yes, I'm quite serious, thank you.
Well, boy, was I wrong! I don't remember if I was ever interested about Ethics when I was in college, but reading up about it right now, it really is very interesting.
An example: Say, you're a pilot of a commercial airliner that is en route to Los Angeles from Tokyo. All of a sudden, a flight attendent bursts into the cockpit and tells you that there's a passenger whose heart condition requires immediate medical attention or he will die. Fortunately, you're flying by Hawaii, but because of the stormy conditions, the control tower will not authorize a landing. Now, you're confident that you can land the plane despite the warning, but if you do this, you're putting the lives of other passengers in danger.
What would you do?
I really liked the structured approach that the training teaches you to think through such situations... 'right vs wrong,' 'right vs right -- which is higher right,' etc... very intriguing... I think I'll crack open an Ethics book and delve in for a while. Uh... yes, I'm quite serious, thank you.
posted by choongster at 1:00 AM
1 Comments:
I know what you mean. A month ago, as a replacement for another, more core technical course in my degree, I had to take Business and Technology Ethics. Since we're IT students, we had to start from scratch, "what are ethics", metaphysics, various theories, schools of thought, etc. and I find it very interesting despite initially thinking it would be a huge waste of time.
Nice blog, btw, you've just converted me to a frequent reader. :)
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