How ethical are we....?
Recently there was a news item in the media, which prompted me to think, 'how ethical are we? The news was : A family in Australia received in their bank account $ 10 million, instead of a refund of $ 100. It was a huge mistake by the remitting agency. The beneficiary, instead of reporting it to the relevant authorities, started splashing the money (legally and ethically, not theirs) around. They bought a mansion, gave away costly gifts to friends and relatives and started living a 'princely' life. The mistake was found out by the remitter after 7 months and now the court also confirms that they have to repay the 'wrongly' received amount plus the interest. Is it not 'greed' of the highest order??? We can (with a wild guess) say that at least 95% people are not ethical. Given a chance, even normally ethical people will resort to unethical means. We are not true to ourselves. We should be honest in every walk of life. Even in the absence of any witness to our...
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