BL Ochman just announced her new blog, Ethics Crisis. The blog "allows readers to anonymously confess the most unethical thing they ever did in business and to rate other readers transgressions on a scale of one to five, ranging from "never acceptable" to "always acceptable."
Juicy stories have already been confessed...what defines a confession -- A written or oral statement acknowledging guilt, made by one who has been accused or charged with an offense. Religiously, some make confessions anonymously to a priest. However, I think an anonymous confession is just a way out for your conscience...just something to consider.
I strongly believe in the Fourth and Fifth Step where an individual admits to self the resentments/wrongs committed and confessing to another and to a Higher Power ( in CA the HP is the customer/end user). This is what I call accountability and facing the consequences of our actions.
What is anonymous? Having an unknown or withheld authorship or agency -- the premise of the site is anonymous confessions. This does not sound like the transparency the blogosphere shouts out.
Just something to consider.
Allowing people to rate and comment on the anonymous confessions will hopefully initiate some lively conversations and provide very clear illustration of what is right and wrong in business ethics.
Would that business and political ethics did follow the 12 steps. But if you read the papers, vote, or deal with companies, you already know they don't.
B.L. Ochman
Posted by: B.L. Ochman | May 03, 2006 at 10:34 AM
Precisely! The 12 steps are not followed because there is no activism.
I do like the idea of seeing the difference between right and wrong actions, especially if in an area I am questioning. However, I do not like the idea of people posting their juicy details anonymously -- lacks crediability and percieved notion of accountability and remorse. There is a possibility of trying to one-up the other. Sounds pathetic, but I would not dismiss.
Posted by: Lauren Vargas | May 03, 2006 at 11:42 AM