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Copy Clerk  Posts: 108 Joined: 5 Nov 2008     | |
Beat Writer  Posts: 159 Joined: 23 Oct 2008     | Everybody does these things to a degree. Only two variables here : 1.How shitty the job is |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 96 Joined: 18 Jun 2008  | Well, I'm usually looking at the news and a couple of forums while i'm at work, so not really a crime, but nevertheless it's against company policy. |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 711 Joined: 12 Dec 2007    | I'm looking at these forums from work right now. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 845 Joined: 30 Jul 2008  | "planning the murder of your boss"? That's a bit extreme isn't it? I thought most people would just quit... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1110 Joined: 22 Aug 2008  | About the planning the murder of my boss..In my mind, there isn't any planning. I hate the fucker so much I'd do it in front of everyone. More than once I was extremly tempted to walk up to his desk lean over rip out his jaw with my bare hands an ram the sharp end into his throat..I'd have no regrets, but maybe thats just because I'm just a cold person. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1267 Joined: 12 Dec 2007   |
What a moronic question. It shows a real lack of any insight or purpose. These are more moral questions than ethical ones. If you want to ask about ethics maybe you should learn about them first. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1072 Joined: 22 Oct 2008    | Perhaps you should rephrase the question to "Who here breaks the rules at work?". In, say, a family business "chatting, taking longer breaks than necessary, eating co-worker's food from the common room/kitchen fridge", etc might be allowed. I realise that not everyone works in a family business, but certain workplaces are more lax than others, get what I mean?
Ah, but it's always nice to dream, isn't it? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1667 Joined: 8 Apr 2008     |
As a philosophy minor, allow me to say that you seem to be the one confused here. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 626 Joined: 12 Sep 2008  | unethical? you mean do I routinely pull the plug on vegetables? Yes, I do. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1057 Joined: 21 Aug 2008  | Some days, I'll take a half-hour break when I'm supposed to have a fifteen minute one. Oh, and I once spent an entire shift in the stockroom "taking inventory", when all I was really doing was playing cards with the real stock guys. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 10 Joined: 4 Jun 2008   | I work in a kitchen, and usually pick at the salads etc whilst i'm serving. I wash my hands though ;) I also wait until way after my break before going back to work, no-one seems to notice :D |
Muckraker  Posts: 268 Joined: 2 Sep 2008   | Well at school the other week I was on first lunch, but my best friends had second lunch so i had my lunch, their lunch then the 15 minutes of the time that we can go over before its classed as late, and when my teacher asked me why i was coming into the class so late i just said yes. it wasnt proper lessons so i didnt need to be there, im doing my GCSE's I dont need crappy creativity days |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 824 Joined: 12 Aug 2008     | I'm supervisor at work and I often give double length breaks to those working 8 hours and half hours breaks to those working 4 hours where they should get none. I do the evening shift so all the bosses have gone home by 4pm and I'm in charge from then on. We usually get all the work that needs to be done finished by about 6pm then sit around until quitting time talking or texting. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 582 Joined: 17 Apr 2008  | I dont think i have every posted on this website when i wasn't at work. And yeah i'm forever late, or leaving early. Never attempted to murder my boss but i've got a life time of mindnumbing work to do that one in. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 747 Joined: 9 Apr 2008 | oh my yes. In the summer I work in a large outdoor area, so there is no way for people to actually supervise you. Sleeping during work? Done it. Drinking/smoking weed during work? Done it. Sat in a hammock and read during work? Done it. Sat on my ass and stared at the clouds for hours during work? Done it. I got a highly positive employee review as well, and I'm lined up to return this summer. Best job ever. |
Paperboy  Posts: 20 Joined: 16 Apr 2008  | I work a food service job right now and grab bits of food to snack on while I'm on the clock. Everyone does, and the managers know, they just don't really care. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2684 Joined: 13 Jul 2008 | Slowly emptying the water cooler...... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4604 Joined: 13 Aug 2008     | I used to be a cashier at Giant, and I would take candy that would have been marked as damaged (some kid opened it and their parents couldn't afford it) and eat it, and I would avoid customers by ducking behind my register and pretending to look for something or turning my light off when managers weren't around. When I pushed carts I would sit on the bench drinking soda and listening to music when my managers weren't around. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1002 Joined: 18 Sep 2008   | Sure, fight the man in your own little way, i say abuse your watercooler privileges as well, W00T! |
Press Junketeer Posts: 440 Joined: 10 Mar 2008 |
You know I can't even count anymore how many managers I have murdered, maybe Its an addiction, I just don't know! |
Press Junketeer Posts: 400 Joined: 1 Nov 2008 |
I'm never going to be able to get that image out of my head when I see store clerks seemingly rummaging around below counter. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2684 Joined: 13 Jul 2008 | Helpful! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1267 Joined: 12 Dec 2007 |
Oh really, a whole minor in philosophy, well I should just give up my argument then. Clearly the examples given relate more to a moral code of conduct than an ethical code of conduct. While both are covered, the rationale is not specific enough to derive what is ethical from what is moral. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1667 Joined: 8 Apr 2008 | Apparently I came off as pompous by mentioning the philosphy minor, and for that I apologize. However, to say there is anything different about unethical behavior and immoral behavior is merely arguing semantics, particularly in this case when the exact defenition doesn't even really matter. Even if it were, "unethical" is far more accurate than "immoral." The latter infers a knowledge of wrong-doing, and I hardly think anyone who steals a pencil from work is convinced they're going to hell for doing so. On the other hand (and yes, I know this is going to be a very narrow definition), unethical more often implies breaking some kind of moral guideline. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 4604 Joined: 13 Aug 2008 |
Yeah, we all did it. We'd see a customer coming when we had maybe one minute left before sign-out, so we'd duck below the counter and look for more plastic bags or something, and by the time we came back up the customer would be gone and we could go home. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 211 Joined: 9 Dec 2007  | at my old job i would stand in the middle of the track and think up new swears every time i so a car pull in |
Press Junketeer Posts: 400 Joined: 1 Nov 2008 |
I misread the post I quoted earlier... The way I read it, I was imagining you ducking beneath the counter to stuff your face with candy. =D |
News Room Contributor  Posts: 7614 Joined: 13 Feb 2008   |
Recharging phones/PDA's off the supply, discounting undamaged products, pushing books you like rather than 'approved' ones, having sex during working hours... Nah, never heard of that. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3185 Joined: 25 Feb 2008 | In short: no. To elaborate: NO The closest to unethical I've got is repairing 'broken' parts returned by customers and fitting them to my bike(s). As opposed to sending them back to Shimano, who destroy them. The local sales rep prefers this as it saves him a form to fill in, I like it because I'm kept in spare parts. |
Paperboy Posts: 38 Joined: 22 May 2008 | i've memorised most of my colleagues passwords so i can get into systems i dont have access to...although to be fair thats mostly just because it makes my job easier...and the douchebags at work haven't given me the right access privaleges to do my job>< |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1694 Joined: 23 Jan 2008 |
MURDERER! VEGETANASIA IS WRONG! |
BANNED  Posts: 932 Joined: 17 Aug 2008   | How is taking a long break unethical? User was banned for: Oh god, bees.. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2629 Joined: 21 Aug 2008   |
PWNT. |
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.. do unethical stuff at work/office?
I'm writing a paper on this and need feedback. All kinds of info would be helpful, I will keep it anynymous..
Like chatting, taking longer breaks than necessary, eating co-worker's food from the common room/kitchen fridge, stealing office stationary, hitting on co-workers, planning the murder of your boss, anything and everything that u should not do but do it anyway....