Norman Schultz wonders when working is wrong.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/170/Moral_Decision-Making_for_a_Job_Search
Moral Decision-Making for a Job Search
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Re: Moral Decision-Making for a Job Search
I've quit or refused job offers before because the companies were engaging in immoral behavior. I've also kept a decent paying job for a company that engaged in immoral behavior because I liked the rank and file workers there and got along with them and was too lazy to go job hunting and just wanted to stick with what I had.
It was wrong to work for an immoral company. I'll have that forever in my mental record. But it was a decent paying job. I was only the receptionist and not making all that much overall compared to most others but it was a decent paying job for receptionists and the way that company operated was wrong, not because they broke laws but because the laws were skewed in favor of unsustainable business practices. I should have left as soon as I learned how the company operated. Unfortunately, it was how many housing companies were operating at the time. It was during the housing boom and I was the receptionist for a title company that was profiting off of the lax rules running the industry that were in place at the time.
It was wrong to work for an immoral company. I'll have that forever in my mental record. But it was a decent paying job. I was only the receptionist and not making all that much overall compared to most others but it was a decent paying job for receptionists and the way that company operated was wrong, not because they broke laws but because the laws were skewed in favor of unsustainable business practices. I should have left as soon as I learned how the company operated. Unfortunately, it was how many housing companies were operating at the time. It was during the housing boom and I was the receptionist for a title company that was profiting off of the lax rules running the industry that were in place at the time.