Facing an Ethical Dilemma - Sherron Watkins — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:07now our core values were respect
3. 0:10integrity communication and excellence
4. 0:12and we had banners hanging from you know
5. 0:16the the lobbies you had magnets desk
6. 0:19toys you know little things in every
7. 0:20conference room to talk about our core
8. 0:23values and the what the quote the Martin
9. 0:26Luther King jr. quote was underneath
10. 0:29every communication coming our lives
11. 0:32begin to end the day but remain silent
12. 0:34about things that really matter
13. 0:37how many people stayed silent at Enron
14. 0:39but this quote is actually really really
15. 0:42tragic and it's tragic because what does
16. 0:45it really mean something's very
17. 0:47important and you've rationalized
18. 0:49staying quiet
19. 0:50you've rationalized that you're safer or
20. 0:52better off being quiet well a piece of
21. 0:56your soul starts to erode and when
22. 0:58you're at the end of your life and it
23. 0:59feels like your life's been somewhat
24. 1:00purposeless and meaningless you realize
25. 1:03it goes back to that decision where you
26. 1:05decided to stay silent and I don't know
27. 1:08too many people that kind of rationalize
28. 1:10that the Department of Justice just got
29. 1:12aggressive or started looking you know
30. 1:14it's popular to prosecute white-collar
31. 1:17crime but it's very important to say
32. 1:20something we had a lunch conversation
33. 1:21about you know what I do something
34. 1:23differently
35. 1:24one of the faculty said that he's talked
36. 1:26to whistleblowers and they almost all
37. 1:28say they paid too high of a price and
38. 1:30they don't know if they would do it
39. 1:32again but I think the problem is they're
40. 1:36comparing their post whistleblowing life
41. 1:39with their pre ethical dilemma life so
42. 1:44they're thinking about how things were
43. 1:46before the ethical dilemma landed on
44. 1:49their desk
45. 1:50but once the ethical dilemma lands on
46. 1:52your desk you have to make a choice and
47. 1:56they chose to say something and life has
48. 1:59been rough and they're comparing it to
49. 2:02how life was before the ethical dilemma
50. 2:05but really they need to compare it to
51. 2:07what would your life be like if you
52. 2:09would rationalize staying silent and how
53. 2:12would you really feel about yourself
54. 2:15living with that rationalization and
55. 2:17really deep down at your core you
56. 2:19wouldn't be
57. 2:20happy with yourself you know you spoke
58. 2:22up you you were courageous you know deep
59. 2:26down you might have paid a big price but
60. 2:28you're proud of yourself for doing that
61. 2:30you know you you it's not fair it's not
62. 2:34just that you have the ethical dilemma
63. 2:36across across your play but it did