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Ethical Dilemma: Comparison to Behavior of Abramoff in Washington Circles
The objective of this study is to consider the work of Jack Abramoff, which was illegal although the company for whom he worked was completely satisfied with his work. Abramoff was a lobbying and had the ability to get laws passed. In addition, this study will detail an ethical dilemma the writer has faced at work or home and consider the decisions that were made that resulted in one part being hurt or offended regardless of the choice made. The situation will be described and the choice that the writer was faced with and why the course of action taken was chosen. The situation described in this study involves an ethical dilemma in the family, which was experienced by the writer of this work.
Introduction
Following the death of the writer's mother, the youngest sister of the writer, upon having her birthday forgotten by her father, as well as the birthdays of her two daughters being forgotten, went to the bank and withdrew the amount of $38,000.00 from her father's checking account. The amount withdrawn represented her age, that being thirty years of age, and the ages of her two daughters who were five and...
The writer's father called the writer and informed her of what had occurred and that while he should not have forgotten the birthdays he had experienced trouble since the death of the mother of these two women in remembering events such as birthdays. The writer reminded the father that it was he that had insisted that the youngest daughter who was ten years younger than the writer be spoiled and indeed this was the case.
I. The Dilemma
The dilemma that presented the writer of this work is that her father and his new wife had plans to close on the home they had constructed within ten days of the money being withdrawn from the father's checking account. While the writer of this work understood that the youngest sister had been authorized to withdraw funds since her name was on the account and that their father should not have forgotten the birthday of her youngest sister and while the writer did see some humor in the situation due to the stepmother's greedy disposition, the writer of this work understood that principles and ethics were at stake in the situation. After giving due consideration to the situation, the writer of this work agreed with her father that…
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