The promotion requires you to defend something you do not believe in. The money is real. The compromise is too.
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Ethics & Integrity at Work →
From shading a number for your manager to witnessing misconduct and deciding whether to report — practice the decisions that define your professional character. These are the conversations most people avoid. They are also the ones that matter most.
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The promotion comes with a corner office and a 40% raise. It also requires you to champion a product you think causes harm. The offer letter is sitting open on your screen.
You're already building the justification in your head — everyone does this, it's just business, you can change things from the inside. The rationalizations are getting more elaborate because the truth is getting harder to ignore.
You sit down with the hiring manager and try to negotiate the terms of your own integrity. Can you take the role without doing the part that keeps you up at night?
Accept or decline. Stay or go. There's no third option and no more time. The decision you make today is the one you'll explain to yourself for years.
More stories in this course
View all →The Grey Area
Your manager asks you to shade a number. It's not illegal. It's not quite honest. And everyone else seems fine with it. Are you?
4 scenarios →The Witness
You saw something that wasn't meant for your eyes. Now you have to decide whether speaking up is courage or career suicide.
4 scenarios →The Credit Grab
Your work got presented as someone else's. It happens all the time. But letting it slide has a cost you haven't calculated yet.
4 scenarios →The Values Test
The promotion requires you to defend something you do not believe in. The money is real. The compromise is too.
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