Ethics in the Faa

Ethics Paper Week 2

Jason Miller

DeVry University

ETHC445

What of the morality of the newspaper columnist’s decision to break her contract with the newspaper for a higher salary? Ethically speaking, she is wrong because she is bound by contract and there most likely isn’t any line item or statement in there allowing her to do so unless part of the contract is breached by the employer or an emergency calls for a break. By simply jumping ship and breaking her contract to go work for a competitor, she could be sued for breach of contract. Another concern comes to mind about this situation is there probably is a no compete clause in the contract stating that if she leaves, she cannot work for a competitor for some length of time. I have worked for a heavy equipment firm before as a mechanic and have been made to sign a non-compete contract.

The columnist’s decision, although seemingly unethical in the business world, seem to be something any regular person could understand her motives. She wants to make more money and not pass up a better opportunity and lose out on that chance. She may have her family in mind to take care of. I would most likely at least consider doing the same thing as her.

The court will most likely rule in favor of the newspaper because they had a legally binding contract, of which she breached illegally, without proper reasoning. She will either be held to her contract or pay a huge fine for braking it early, which could cause her hardship and make her look bad ethically to the new firm she plans on leaving this one for.

As a medical professional, you are bound by the Medical Code of Ethics to do the right thing, no matter the consequences for the patient or yourself or the firm. The FAA has strict rules for the health of pilots. All of these strict rules and guidelines scare me enough to want to tread very lightly around them if I were a medical professional for fear of losing my license. In this instance, the doctor discovered a...