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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 6354379" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>I think another good suggestion is "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good". Attaining perfection in word and action isn't going to be possible. Acting perfectly ethical is an unattainable goal. You can still work to make things better when the knowledge is in place and the opportunity is available. Don't beat yourself up if you can't always take those opportunities or if conflicting ethical requirements means you must compromise on one of them. </p><p></p><p>To provide an example, my mother in law got on my wife's case about buying something at Walmart because of Walmart's labor practices. And normally, for our own shopping we avoid Walmart. But my wife was at Walmart because of her job - she works for an agency that provides service for adults with developmental disabilities. That day, she was taking her client shopping and, because of where this client lives and her very limited income, Walmart is the best shopping solution available to her. There's the conflicting ethics - Walmart is exploitive but she also had to be responsible with her client's finances and ability to get around. She had to compromise one set of ethics for another given the situation and, despite my loathing of Walmart, she made the right choice. </p><p></p><p>People make similar choices all the time, with good information, with incomplete information, with significant consequences, insignificant consequences, direct consequences, and indirect and, often, for very personal reasons so I don't usually get on anybody else's case about their own choices. I'm not them and don't get to make their choices for them and I expect similar courtesy in return.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billd91, post: 6354379, member: 3400"] I think another good suggestion is "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good". Attaining perfection in word and action isn't going to be possible. Acting perfectly ethical is an unattainable goal. You can still work to make things better when the knowledge is in place and the opportunity is available. Don't beat yourself up if you can't always take those opportunities or if conflicting ethical requirements means you must compromise on one of them. To provide an example, my mother in law got on my wife's case about buying something at Walmart because of Walmart's labor practices. And normally, for our own shopping we avoid Walmart. But my wife was at Walmart because of her job - she works for an agency that provides service for adults with developmental disabilities. That day, she was taking her client shopping and, because of where this client lives and her very limited income, Walmart is the best shopping solution available to her. There's the conflicting ethics - Walmart is exploitive but she also had to be responsible with her client's finances and ability to get around. She had to compromise one set of ethics for another given the situation and, despite my loathing of Walmart, she made the right choice. People make similar choices all the time, with good information, with incomplete information, with significant consequences, insignificant consequences, direct consequences, and indirect and, often, for very personal reasons so I don't usually get on anybody else's case about their own choices. I'm not them and don't get to make their choices for them and I expect similar courtesy in return. [/QUOTE]
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