Egoism
I think that everyone has an ego that directs them to
self-satisfaction or interest. Some
people like to see others succeed; parents like to see their kids grow to be
better than them. Egoism has different aspects that are complicated. Some parts
of the ego are so subconscious that we couldn’t put a finger on the exact
reason we do something. Some of our subconscious could have been because of an
instance in our childhood.
I think that people are always after self-interest
instead of only after self-interest (LaFollette, 2007). People must have a
reason to do something, choosing dinner is always a debate in my house. What
should we have for dinner? We choose what we have for dinner based on the
self-interest of what sounds good or what will taste good. I don’t think we are
only after self-interest because with dinner we keep in mind what the rest of
the family will eat.
Workplace ego
Egoism will always get in the way of ethical decisions
in the work place. The workplace is a do what is right for the company instead
of what is right for each employee. If egoism wasn’t an ethical workplace issue
then employees would be 100% efficient, work for the pleasure of a hard day’s
work and we wouldn’t have to issue monetary gains. Leaders in the workplace need to take great
care not to push the ethical egoism to the detriment of the company.
An example of ethical egoism in the work place is a
problem I run into constantly. In my facility, we have cells that have an
overabundance of work and other cells that are steady. We must borrow employees
from one cell to put in the overabundance cell to complete the workload. When we borrow employees, we must be
selective not to move too many employees to make the other cell lack manpower
to keep up with the work. The ops managers don’t like to let us borrow
employees to help any other cell because that means they will get backed up.
Their self-interest to look good trumps their want to serve the company’s
needs.
There are rewards for looking better than other
leaders, even if it’s only the praise from the boss. Gains and rewards aren’t
always money, some leaders like to be noticed rather than money. I think there
should be team rewards as a whole and everyone should suffer as a team. If
someone fails, then they need help from another leader. If only one person gets
a reward, there is too much “only self-interest” LaFollette, H. (2007).
LaFollette, H.
(2007). The practice of ethics. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing
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