June 18, 2008 at 9:11 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: behira, Ethics, morals, point
Why does it matter what your ethical standard is? Isn’t it your own decision to do what you want? Do you actually make full rational decisions about what you do and how you behave?
Seth Godin brings up proof that you do not have as much control as you think:
“A study out today shows that obesity is contagious. If your best friend gets fat, your chances of gaining weight more than double. Malcolm Gladwell fans will recall his reporting that suicide among teenagers can be contagious as well. So is terrorism, of course. And spamming. And graffiti. The most important thing you can do is choose who you’re hanging out with. The second high-leverage thing is to put dynamics in place that reinforce the ideas you’d like to see spread. Celebrate the heroes. Make it easy for those ideas to spread…”
Does your behira point matter? Yep. Does it matter who you hang with? Yep
If the action is ok for someone you trust, it becomes ok for you. What should you do about it?
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June 16, 2008 at 9:20 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: behira, ethical, Ethics, point, society
Do you remember the behira point? This is the point in which you begin to think that a behavior is wrong such as when is it appropriate to steal. Most people will say never. However, if you need a pen or a piece of paper for home is it ok to bring it from work. I thought you said that stealing was not ok?
I have been thinking that the societal behira point keeps getting moved up. I think that people on average think that it is ok to take a pen and paper from work. I would guess that people think it is ok to go shopping online while at work too. This is all stealing. The question is when does your sensibilities tell you that you are about to cross a line?
What makes people act ethically? Do you learn it from your parents? From your friends? Family? School? Society? What can we do to the behira point back down in general? Does it need to?
What do we do when we live in a multicultural society with many different norms? What ethical standards do we follow? Should we follow the society as a whole? It seems very difficult for most people to go against the societal norms. Should we follow the ones given to us by our religious heritage?
What do you think? If taking paper and pencils and shopping online are alright for our society then is ok to take a stapler, book? Should we just take a poll and whatever most people do is ok?
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June 4, 2008 at 7:34 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: behira, decision making, point
What is the point at which something your doing becomes wrong?
Is it OK to take a piece of paper and a pencil from work? Is it OK to go into a restaurant and take as many napkins, sugars, salt, pepper, ketchup packages as you want? Is it OK to get a five finger discount at a store if you are hungary? Is it OK to take the more expensive product and pay for the lesser model?
When is it not acceptable to steal in your mind?
Everyone has a behira point. Even criminals locked up for doing something wrong. At least they didn’t kill someone when they were stealing things. Or at least no one got hurt when he walked away with millions from the firm.
Think about it the next time you make a decision. What is your behira point? What is your friend’s? Your colleagues?
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