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lisaish: Absotively. Posilutely. No hesitation. I would and I have. If you work for money alone, you usually end up paying for it one way or another. The only exception to this is if someone asked me to take off my clothes for a lot of money. That I would probably do. (Hey, let's not get puritanical here).

rjnerd: While I didn't leave the company, I had an ethical problem with a particular practice and demanded (and got) an immediate transfer to another department, one where I wasn't reporting to the person with questionable ethics.

tjwtjw : I wouldn't think twice about it -- not even to take my clothes off for cash (not like anyone would really want to see me, YIKES!!). Money comes second to personal values and ethics, and anytime that I am put in the position to decide, I will not hesitate to quit my job for ethical reasons.

lukasb: I believe that everyone has a price, regardless of morality. Would I sell nuclear arms to third world countries? Not for a million dollars... For a billion....probably not. For a trillion....impossible, but now we are getting somewhere.

KMorrison : Yes indeed, I'd quit. I did quit a job once because I was being made to do things that I believed to be unethical, if not illegal. I figured I would have made a whole lot less if I was in jail.

jmiles: This would depend on the level or area of ethics involved. If it were legal however, it would have to fall into a catagory in which I wouldn't be hypocritical to my base beliefs. I do believe that people have whimsical beliefs they pass as morality just to be P.C.

kenbroom: Most definitely! I have seen what the "What goes around, comes around" karma law can do. My own set of personal ethics wouldn't let me feel right about myself if I participated in an "unethical" activity. I also strongly feel that "illegal" and "unethical" are entirely different issues. Just because an activity is legal doesn't make it ethical.

accura: Yes. The logical next question is, "whose ethic values and where does one draw a line?"

ldh100g : Would and have. To sacrifice ethics for money is shameful.

cyberqueer: You bet - that's why I'm working for an education institution instead of the field I trained for. Colleges may have their ethical dilemmas, but it's nothing compared to what goes on at corporations.

Jesusfreak: Yes, I would. Money is not worth having to give respect and dignity when it comes to either compromising my religion, background, or race.

Elric: Absolutely. How can you sleep even when the bills are paid if your honour is sh*t? I have turned down or left jobs in the past for that reason; fortunately, in my present job, I do not feel I have to make a choice between having honour and having a good salary.

sherwood: Most definitely! The only thing a person really owns is his/her personal integrity. You owe it to yourself to maintain it regardless of the circumstances.

cowick: Absolutely would turn down lucrative job for more money requiring what I would consider to be unethical or illegal acts..There is more to life than the mindless pursuit of money...M.R.Cowick

DevilMan: I think I would be willing to take my clothes off because I don't mind degrading myself. I think I may also be the one to make other people quit for ethical reasons.

buttercups3: Depends on how hungry I was and how hungry my children were.

YKEYKEY: No doubt about it. I have currently put a two week notice due to ethical reasons!

Dona_S: Yes and was also aware of another person who reported an assult on the job and was terminated because he reported it! There is no such thing as company loyalty anymore toward employees!

Taxform: I have done both. I have my self-respect and have to deal with my conscience. I also have a reputation, both business and personal, to consider.

KrisSchultz: Yes... meaningful work is worth more than money anytime! Although, we do need to pay the student loans, right? There is a happy medium, though...

JBeard: I would without doubt turn down a job that I (for some reason or another) felt I could not reconcile with my own ethical convictions. However, that doesn't mean that my personal ethics system is necessarily similar or even close to other people's (in other words, I might do things that others would ethically object to but which I would, personally, have no problem with).

JeffN: What a silly question! Of course we would hope everyone would say 'Yes'. The problem here is that for every one person who says "yes", there are ten more people ready and willing to sell out.

jimdavis: The rules to dishonesty are simple. If it cannot possibly hurt anyone in any way, do it! If there is the slightest chance someone will get hurt, avoid it at all cost. It's like telling someone you don't like that you are glad to see them. It would cause more harm if you told the truth!

saab: Yes!!!! Personal ethics, morals, and principles should be much more important than money, power or fame. If a person relaxes his/her personal code of ethics, for material gains, then trust could not be placed on that person for any other reason...as trivial as it may seem.

Marshella: Yes, I would quit or turn down an offer for ethical resons, especially if the ethic in question meant hurting someone else. But there are limits. I would never, ever, sell nuclear arms. Not only would that be very unethical (I wouldn't sell them even for food), it is pure stupidity. LuksaB, Just how long do you think you'd be able to enjoy that trillion bucks? That third world contry, I'm sure, as they bought them wouldn't be afraid to use them. But I do have to say I agree with Buttercups3; if I or my family were starving, or if the world were to come to such decline, then of course, ethics would come second. But only then, and I still woudn't be living happily.

ragnes: w/o a doubt. there are slimy, self-serving, greedy creatures in the corporate world who lack integrity at every turn. i would and i have quit jobs for ethical reasons ... mostly because direct supervisors and above were lying shumcks.

LJACKSON: Absolutely. As an African-American female, I have been exposed to more than my fair share of bullshit in the job market... If you don't stand up for yourself ethically, then what does that say about you? Your upbringing? And what you are all about as a human being?

moorep: My boss has asked me several times to do things that I could not do in good conscience. I have gone to him and said as much. In our latest reorganization I am being downgraded 3 grades and no longer report to him. I repoprt to one of my former peers. BUT I feel good about myself and I don't HAVE to report to him anymore.