New England Patriots

Since we have been talking about ethics all semester and football was one of our topics, I thought that I would bring up the New England Patriots. I think that it is very wrong for the NFL to simply look the other way and forcibly slap a team on the wrist for breaking an official rule. Spying on other teams has never been legal and never will become legal! A fine to a football team is nothing...and the loss of one draft pick for the winningest team in the league isn't a big deal either.

Why did the NFL look the other way? What would have happened if it was another team, one that made less money in ticket sales?

I believe that if it was any other team, the punishment would have been a lot harsher. By simply placing a small fine on the offending team, you are telling other teams that the risk is not that large and that as long as you are raking in the dough the NFL doesn't really care what you do to win a game. Ever since this incident the NFL has become more and more shady. There is now talk of making all NFL games available only through the NFL network unless it is a local game. They don't care what fans they lose, they just figure if you are a big enough fan that you will pay the extra money to support your favorite team.

Since when did sports become such a shady business? What ever happened to it being fun to watch?

The NFL has a lot of things that they need to work out so that they don't become a joke to their fans.

Staples

Recently I have experienced something within my retail job at Staples which I consider unethical. I have worked for Staples for over five years. Just recently I found out that my apartment complex is raising rent, therefore I won't be able to afford living there so I have decided to move back to Allen with my parents. Therefore I need to transfer back to my old store.

For some reason it is a huge deal that I want/need to do this. I've told my manager, wrote my two weeks note, but he won't allow me to transfer and claims that it is not that easy. But it was easy the first time I did it when I transferred into his store. He claims that they will need to replace my position before I can go anywhere. He said that he will be picky in finding someone because he wants them to be just like me, wants me to train them and says it may take months. Therefore he is saying that I will need to spend about two or more hours a day driving to Lewisville on my crappy pay to be able to continue working at Staples.

I would quit, but that would screw him over big time, and well I would have no insurance then. What can I do other than call HR and hope that they agree with me and not management?

Ethical lives

Why can't people be more ethical within their own lives? When it comes to business I think that more people think ethically than in their own personal lives. Personal relationships seem to be placed on the back burner to their professional relationships. Why don't people see that the personal relationships developed outside of their professional careers can help them in the future?

If I have learned anything over the years it is to not burn any bridges, you never know when you will need to call upon that person for help...or when you'll run into them again.

It is very unfortunate that some people feel that they don't need to be considerate to other people when they meet them out at the bar, at a coffee shop, a retail store or whatever. The people that you meet and treat like crap may be the people that you go to for a job someday.