This week I read the book
A Field Guide to the Heros Journey and wrote a book report on it. I thought
that a lot of the information I read in that book was stuff we had already
covered earlier in the semester in this class. It was good to go over it because
I had already forgotten some thing. One of the principles I was reminded of is
our ethical guardrails. I went back to my previous blog post to see what I had
written as mine because I became faced with one of the issues. I was approached
to advertise a product that I don’t really like or believe in. However it could
be good exposure for my business. After I went back and read about how I will
never alter my opinions or lie to customers just to gain money. Once I read
that line I knew the decision had already been made for me earlier in this
semester. I knew it was something that I could not do because it would not be
ethical for me to do so, I would be doing it just for the heck of it.
• Based on what you read in the first two pages (pages 3 and 4),
why are virtue and integrity so vital to an economy?
If virtue and integrity
are missing in an economy then the balance of things gets out of
balance. Without them the economy doesn't function like it should.
• What are two solutions proposed by Handy that you agree with?
Why?
two solutions:
By creating new products, spreading technology and
raising productivity, enhancing quality and improving ser- vice, business has
always been the active agent of progress
We should, as charitable organizations do, measure
success in terms of outcomes for others as well as for ourselves
I agree with these solutions because it helps a good majority
of the population. It helps products to be available to more people
at an affordable price.
