Cynthia Cooper: The Dangers Of Ethical Decision Making

Cynthia Cooper had always been a strong southern woman. She had a good work ethic from waitressing to internal auditing for large companies. Whatever she did she wanted to do her best. Cynthia 's upbringing had a great deal to do with how she handled the situation. Although religion isn’t the only reason to have morals it came hand in hand in Cynthia’s upbringing. As a Christian Cynthia knew right from wrong and always tried to adhere to that. One day Cynthia came across something that was too big to look over. Extraordinary Circumstances tells the unexpected life altering experience Cynthia encountered when she became a whistleblower. We would all like to think we would be capable of making ethical decisions, especially if the unethical …show more content…
Whistleblowers aren’t just solving a mystery, they are upsetting the whole company. It would be difficult to be the odd one out, knowing you were going to be very unpopular if you didn’t ignore the wrong doing. I admire Cynthia from changing her career to be able to better inform young students of the dangers of unethical decision making. I do not think ethics is stressed enough in high schools today. Often times young students have a vision that the business world will be all about doing whatever it takes to succeed. They view ethics as old fashion and don’t realize how serious it really is. I think it is important to apply the golden rule when making ethical decisions. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Go over ethical dilemmas and how you would handle them so you won’t be caught off guard. Know your imperfections and weaknesses and don’t let others capitalize on them. In Sunday school as a child I always was told WWJD, what would Jesus do. If Jesus, your family, your boss, the police or whoever is important to you, knew the decision you were making would they be ok with it? If no then you should consider you