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Do you have a sense of ethics in the workplace?

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Hyperblaze

Lifer
Let's say you do something wrong by accident.

Do you lie to cover your ass or do you fall on your own sword and admit you made a mistake?

 
Originally posted by: Hyperblaze
Let's say you do something wrong by accident.

Do you lie to cover your ass or do you fall on your own sword and admit you made a mistake?
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If I screw up I promtly admit it. I've seen too many people try and sweep something under the rug or lie and it never turns out well for them. That may be one reason why at 49 years old I have never been fired from any job.

 
I own up to it, immediately. Much better than a big "blamestorming" meeting. God I hate those.

I got called to the carpet once by a "situation" that got escalated. Basically I told the guy I was talking to that he was a moron and it's not my job to educate him and if he would like to stay on the phone I will educate him. Big meeting with my VP and I just said "My bad, I just lost my cool". VP had a ton of respect for me from there on out, he expected me to blame somebody or something outside of my control. Nope, I just lost my cool and it won't happen again.
 
Originally posted by: Hyperblaze
Let's say you do something wrong by accident.

Do you lie to cover your ass or do you fall on your own sword and admit you made a mistake?
Click to expand...

I admit it freely. There is nothing better than having a boss come at you raving mad about something and completely deflating him by admitting that it was 100% your fault.

Try to cover it up and you will just make more of a mess. This same rule goes with cops. If you messed up, just tell them.
 
I work in science, so not admitting a screwup is much worse than actually screwing up. You can take other peoples' work down with you.
 
If I fuck up, I make a point of telling the boss before someone else does.

If I get fired for it...so be it.

I've said for many years that my morals may be questionable, but my ethics rarely are.
 
If I can't fix it on my own I'd admit to the mistake. It's better to get the shit over with if there's going to be a problem.
 
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