I Find Myself in a Bona Fide Ethical Dilemma

I find myself in a bona fide ethical dilemma.  I’ve obsessed about it over the weekend.  I’ve come up with what appears to be a suitable plan to address it, yet…something still just doesn’t feel right.

I can’t tell if I am over-reacting.  Perhaps I am blowing things out of proportion and just need to relax a bit.  I can’t be the only one who feels the same way I do about this situation.  Everyone else appears to be falling in line, towing the company line.  I am just having a hard time swallowing this.  At times it feels like more than I can stomach.

“Doubt means don’t.”  I’ve heard that before.  That’s usually a pretty good rule of thumb.  I just gave that advice to someone the other day.  If your gut, your intuition, is telling you that something isn’t right, then chances are…it isn’t right.  And this just isn’t right.

I understand that the needs of the many often must out weight the needs of the few.  At times, things have to be done in order to preserve the greater good.  It’s just that it probably doesn’t feel good for the few who get shafted.  

I know what I do for a living.  I know why I am here.  I know why I stuck with this.  I know that I am here to make a difference and to help build careers.  I know that what I do is bigger than me and is a part of a greater fabric.  Someone called me on the phone just this past Thursday to thank me.  For what?  For encouraging them.  For recognizing their effort.  For letting them know that I appreciate the way they go about their work. 

That’s why I am here.  That is why I go to work.

I find myself in a bona fide ethical dilemma.