Ethics

Got to love those self-reporting work ethics questions. Seriously, if
I have embezzled $1 million from work before, would I admit to it? My
favorites are the ones that ask whether you "believe" in certain
behaviors, not whether you have committed them, or wether you will,
but wether you believes <em>others</em> do. For example:

"Do you believe that people steal from work?"

Why, of course! I've seen it with my own eyes. Wouldn't that make me
stupidly naive if I don't believe in something that I have witnessed
with my own eyes? And just how does that relate to <em>my</em> ethic?

"Do you believe that people call in sick when they are not really sick?"

Oh, c'mon. I didn't see that one with my own eyes, but have heard with
my own ears management complainting that some workers will just use up
their one sick day a month quota by randomly calling in sick once a
month, usually a Monday or Friday. How can I not believe that someone
somewhere will have no qualms about doing that?

Why don't they just ask, "Will you do that?" It doesn't matter how you
phrase the stupid questions, we still know what you are trying to get
at.

In fact, those who would commit such a thing probably would be
<em>less</em> likely to give an honesty answer. Perhaps they should
just reverse the grading system and test for honesty and integrity,
huh? How about that?