Question

Are the following actions ethical or unethical in your opinion? Why? Consider the actions individually

1. Calling in sick when your not
2. Taking office supplies home for personal use
3. Cheating on a test
4. Turning someone in for cheating on a test or paper
5. Overcharging on your company expense report
6. Trying to flirt your wary out of a speeding ticket
7. Splicing cable from your neighbor
8. Surfing the net on company time
9. Cheating on income tax
10. Lying about yourself to influence someone of the opposite sex
11. Looking at pornographic sites on the web through the company network
12. Lying about your education on a job application
13. Lying about experience in a job interview
14. Making a copy of a rental dvd before returning it to the store

Answer 1

Calling in sick when your not - Unethical.

It is not ethical to call sick, because you have a task to work, so I believe you should, particularly if you work with others in a group, because it might impact other individuals, not just you, but you are dishonest, too.

Taking office supplies home for personal use - Unethical.

I do not think it is ethical to take home office supplies and steal them because they are not yours and you did not pay for them, so you take it without asking someone else.

Cheating on a test - Unethical.

It is unethical to cheat on a test and in the college it will get you driven out or in lots of trouble.

Turning someone in for cheating on a test or paper - Ethical.

Turning anyone to cheat is ethical because it is the correct thing to do and it's not fair to cheat someone else. The individuals should be held responsible for their actions.

Overcharging on your company expense report - Unethical.

Company is something not only you many people rely on.example- shareholders they see the reports and then decide weather to invest or not.overcharging gives them wrong information.

Trying to flirt your wary out of a speeding ticket - Unethical.

Speeding is wrong.and in additional to that flirting in order to escape is unethical.

Splicing cable from your neighbor - Unethical.

Cable splicing of your own signal is not illegal and there are devices and methods to ensure that your split cables do not diminish your television signal or Internet service. Stealing cable from a neighbor, however, is illegal, and sharing your service is a violation of your cable TV or Internet service agreement.

Surfing the net on company time - Unethical.

Company is paying you.And you are answerable to them for every penny they are paying.but if the employee is Surfing for office purpose then is not ethical

Cheating on income tax - Unethical.

Undoubtedly it is unethical because when you are earning beyond certain limit you are liable to pay appropriate tax to the government.

Lying about yourself to influence someone of the opposite sex - Unethical.

They are trusting on you by your words.So it is unethical.

Looking at pornographic sites on the web through the company network - Unethical.

Company is paying you.And you are answerable to them for every penny they are paying.

Lying about your education on a job application - Unethical.

You will be selected based on the information given in the job application.Giving wrong information is unethical.

Lying about experience in a job interview - Unethical.

You will be selected based on the information given in the interview.Giving wrong information is unethical.

Making a copy of a rental DVD before returning it to the store - unethical

Because the DVD does not belong to you.And you don't have ownership rights over it.So its is unethical.

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