Morals vs Business

Just a link to an article or comments made on BYU's management linkedin site.  http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=70114&discussionID=8001566&goback=.anh_70114

Religion provides a moral compass and pretty much has always guided my decision making.  It is in fact why I am in the situation I now find myself in.  That is I believe the Golden Rule - "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

So after having eliminated my business relationship with Dr. X, I simply boxed up everything for him and; sent int over to his office, including several dozen signed blank checks that I was to use to pay bills while he was in Europe.  I even had all of his accounting up to date and dropped off an electronic copy for his bookkeeper.

On looking back it was the wrong business choice but I believe it was the right choice if you want to keep your principles.  The Machiavelli choice would have been to withhold everything, not resign (because I had full access to all of his banking) and just write checks to pay off the debt owed to me while he was gone.  I couldn't do that.  If for no other reason than to protect his employees who would have been greatly injured financially.

In my next blog the results of my decision.