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When you can't help yourself from firing ethicists; you might have an ethics problem.
by olefoo 6y ago
When you can't help yourself from firing ethicists; you might have an ethics problem.
- cinbun8 6y agoSo anyone that fires ethicists is not ethical?
- microtherion 6y agoThis pattern sometimes happens in other businesses: Banks with a culture of yelling at the compliance department. "Independent" Auditors getting pressured to sign off on the books of a company, etc. The pushback is not always entirely unjustified — I've been annoyed myself at how much easier a legal department finds it to say "no" than "yes" — but it's often a warning sign.
- olefoo 6y agoLet's just say that it is a strong tell that one's ethics may not be defensible if your ethics watchdog is threatening to resign. Consider for instance the exit of Walter Shaub from the Trump Administration. https://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/535781749/ethics-office-director-walter-shaub-resigns-saying-rules-need-to-be-tougher https://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/535781749/ethics-office-direc...
- microtherion 6y agoYou can say about coal mine owners what you want, but at least they didn't have a habit of firing their canaries.