I’ve gained experience with this over the years. Here are five thoughts to consider.
First
If you are a Christian, you start every one of
these matters with a great deal of prayer. Bring the issue to God as clearly and specifically as you can and do so on several occasions. You should have the sense that God is involved in this sititron because you invited him in.
Second
Make sure it really is unethical. It could be that your perspective is a bit off. Maybe you interpreted something incorrectly or your views are skewered in ways that distort reality. So, first, make sure the thing your employer is asking you do to is really unethical.
Find a couple of experienced Christian men and women, who are older, more experienced, and wiser, and run it by them. Try to be as objective as possible when you tell them your story, so that it isn’t tainted by your viewpoint.
If they agree that the action you’re being expected to take is unethical, then move onto the next step. If not, if it’s you and not the company that is the issue, then you don’t have a conflict. Instead, you need to educate your conscience a bit.
Third
Create an alternative action. In other words, instead of doing the unethical thing the company wants you to do, offer an alternative plan. Is there some other way to achieve the company’s objectives, other than act unethically?
Offer that plan to your supervisor. So, the situation is not seen, from your employer’s point of view, as a refusal to do what you are asked to do, but rather a discussion of alternate ways of accomplishing the same goal. This will take t... READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
