Quotes About Ethics

Man. He felt almost guilty about the condoms in his wallet. A guy wasn't supposed to lust after Beaver Cleaver's mom.

Don't be impressed by the fact a guy doesn't pressure you. He doesn't get any points for that. It's his duty as a gentleman.

Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action.

Building stuff was an ethical act, a way to become more fully human.

MAGIC secret. It was a prime example of the brutal choices that codebreakers must live with. Do you take risks to keep a secret that may save hundreds of thousands of future lives, or do you expose the secret to save a small number of lives right now? William once referred to this broad dilemma as "cryptologic schizophrenia," adding, "What to do? Thus far, no real psychiatric or psychoanalytic cure has been found for the illness.

people valued politeness more than truth

Set out to do good work. Set out to be fair in your dealings with customers, employees, and reality. Leave a lasting impression with the people you touch and worry less (or not at all!) about changing the world. Chances are, you won't, and if you do, it's not going to be because you said you would.

You can't credibly promote the virtues of reasonable hours, plentiful rest, and a healthy lifestyle to employees if you're doing the opposite as the boss.

It was amazing that it could be done, but we had forgotten to ask whether it should be done.

By the same token, as a remote worker, you shouldn't let employers get away with paying you less just because you live in a cheaper city. "Equal pay for equal work" might be a dusty slogan, but it works for a reason. If with regard to compensation you accept being treated as a second-class worker based on location, you're opening the door to being treated poorly on other matters as well.

Culture is the byproduct of consistent behavior.

The bottom line is that you shouldn't hire people you don't trust, or work for bosses who don't trust you.

A few bucks isn't going to make up for selling food we can't be proud of.

Well what would you expect?" she sputtered. "They can call themselves privateers, but we all know they're just pirates with papers.

We're not very good when we're spending other people's money.

When a leader fails to provide the proper culture, one will still exist; it can best be described as one of every man for himself, each acting in his own best interests and to heck with the interests of the company.

Poorly led teams "systematically underreported" their mistakes. In layman's terms, they covered up their mistakes.

There are two ways to run a big company: by rules or by values,

When you hire someone with a strong work ethic, who shares your values and fits your culture, you don't need a lot of rules or bureaucracy," he says. "All the rules you find inside most companies are there for the two percent of all people who don't do the right thing, and in the process of having rules for them they adversely affect the other ninety-eight percent of all people who don't need rules. It's a lot easier to not hire those two percent.

the wilderness "builds receptivity" to the idea that we owe moral obligations to other beings.

Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled , that's all.

Then there were the general moral duties: not to commit adultery or fornication, not to stay out late at night after 8 p.m. frequenting inns and brothels, and not to play cards except during the Twelve Days of Christmas.

la justicia no es sólo cuestión de fondo. Sobre todo, es cuestión de forma.

there are so many unpunished crimes in the world; indeed, they cover an area so vast, so ancient, so broad and wide that, up to a point, what do we care if a millimetre more is added to it?