Crunch Time

"I used to work at Binary Frontiers, back when they were smaller," Martin says during a lull in the leadership meeting. "I was doing basic programming then, and I was used to being

just one of the faceless code monkeys, but I remember those guys made me feel valued. In crunch time, though.... Hurts just thinking about it$.$ The last month or two are brutal.

Sixteen$-,$ eighteen$-$hour days on the regular, with no bonus in sight. Your 'reward' was your job still waiting for you after launch. That's enough for some, I guess, but I got out. From

what I hear, nothing's really changed. I don't know if that's the kind of culture we want to join."

Ethical decision$-$making in the Responsibilities Lens $($deontology$)$ is accomplished by removing yourself from the situation and considering an impartial analysis of the

circumstances. The idea is to arrive at universal principles$-$principles that could apply irrespective of time and place for anyone in a similar predicament. As you seek to answer the

question "What are my responsibilities?" you begin by looking at rules, laws, or guidelines, which are not personal or individual but rather apply for anyone in a similar situation.

$4$ of $16$

Which statement refliects the viewpoint of an ethical actor in the Responsibilities Lens $($deontology$)?$

"BFE's employees had the option to leave, but enough of them stayed until the job was done. They were willing to do the work in exchange for feeling valued.

Sounds fair to me$."$

"Any good leader would've pushed the launch date back rather than drive the workforce that hard. Or$,$ even better, created a realistic timeline in the first place. I

don't know if we can trust $="$E$\text{'}$s judgment$**$

"Tough deadlines sometimes demand hard work, but companies have an obligation to honor labor laws and not take advantage of their exempt employees."