It’s the Saturday Scruples.
You’re an M.D. A patient asks you for a sick note. She took time off work to visit a daughter who just had a baby. Do you provide the note?
Yes. Family support trumps a lot of minor ethical rules. Not necessarily major ones, mind you, but a lot of minor ones.
In a supermarket, you send dozens of packages tumbling into the aisle. No one sees you. Do you tip toe away?
No, of course not. I made the mess, I need to clean it up. That’s the lesson I’m trying to teach Katherine. It being an accident makes no difference.
A colleague is out of her office. You notice her paycheck stub on her desk. Do you glance at it?
If it’s out and in the open, yes. I wouldn’t tell anyone else about it, though.
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