Thou Shalt Not Lie…Unless it’s a Little One at Work
A few days ago on CNET News’s Blogma, there was a post entitled “When is it OK to lie at work?” The gist of it was, is it ever justifiable to lie about issues at work; ranging from true motivations to the quality of an employee’s performance? Several people weighed in on the subject, but I though we would put it to our readers and contributors here at Forward and get their opinion.
For me, the first response is “No, of course you shouldn’t lie,” oh but instantly I’m reminded of times that I told little white lies about someone’s performance in a group project trying to protect their grade. I’m not talking about huge lies, just putting a positive light on a slightly poor performance. Now by the time I was in my last semester, I showed no mercy to anyone, because I realized I wasn’t doing anyone (especially myself) any good by lying.