Ethics

Hello everyone and welcome to the Blog. Today's discussion is on ethics but before we get into it some administrative notices. Registration for the Spring semester is now open so if you have not registered, be quick before classes get filled up. I still have to enroll for the Spring but i am at the point where i don't know what free elective classes to take. I would love to take one in computers but they are a little short in the computer sciences area for the spring. It looks as i may have to take an elective in management. There are two that i am eyeing but i am not sure if i am going to do one or both. My situation is a little weird because i may or may not be graduating next semester depending on what goes on with my course re-evaluation. If there is anyone in registrar or admissions that can tell me how long usually that process takes that would be cool. The downside is that i may not be able to walk until next year anyway and that is a bummer for me and my family as i am unsure if i would walk. We shall see what the next few weeks have in store and i will keep everyone abreast of what the situation is and what the policy is.

As stated earlier the topic for this blog is ethics. The reason why i bring it up is because we discussed ethics this week in my organizational behavior. Now many of you may wonder what does ethics have to do with organizational behavior? Well it has to do with the fact that ethics plays a huge part in how an organization behaves and flows. If the organization has a culture ans history of shady ethics then that attitude and behavior seeps all the way down the corporate ladder ans can affect how employees behave. Our professor posed to us some questions based on ethics and some of them can be easily determined to be unethical. Others border on the edge of ethical and unethical. Now how can a situation be borderline ethical and unethical. Well let me pose this question to all my readers, "Can a gift be considered a bribe or just a gift?" That is one of those situations in which more information is needed in order to deduce how ethical the gift is. In my opinion if the gift is being given because you did outstanding work and went above and beyond and are getting recognized for it then it is a gift. If the gift is given with the intent of getting a favor in return then that is a bribe. The real issue occurs when dealing with people from different countries. Sometimes a bribe is mandatory before any business negotiations can begin. In this instance the bribe is ethical because it is a necessary component for business transactions. There are many other situations that without enough information can border that line between ethical and unethical. Can any of you come up with situations in which that may be the case? Was any of you put in a situation where your personal code of ethics conflicted with what the organization wanted you to do? Let me know.

I have a more in depth review of Star Trek Online. The bugs are all but gone. There are still some minor issues but i believe they will be rectified shortly. The gameplay is much improved compared to the beta and i think Cryptic is doing a good job handling all the issues. If you are a Star Trek fan i would definitely recommend this game to anyone. I also began playing Eve online again in attempt to get back to computer gaming. This will allow my wife to use the TV and i can still relax and play some games. I am currently on the train home now and looking forward to getting home in order to play Star Trek and hopefully i can upgrade my ship by the time the night is out but i don't think so. Anyway thanks for visiting and i hope to have an update on things regarding Berkeley and things going on personally. Good night everyone.