The definition of 'How much money' and 'what is ethical' is never isolated or crisp. The two are always defined by what one has attained or seen as acceptable levels. Mores and norms change with time and in different circumstances. Thus the debate is not one of morals or definitive . It is circumstantial and need based at times. No one wants to be seen as erring and unethical , but is so in a societal , moral or legal context. So also , no one wants to be (or actually is) poor given the set of resources of mind body and soul , but always acquires and needs more by the societal definition of getting richer and powerful. It is thus never perpetually true that one is ethical by the same standards or rich by the same measure , and if the two parameters are elastic , there is no possibility of connecting one to the other as cause and effect.
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Vivek Kumar Gupta, Director Sales and Marketing, Aeroto Boldrocchi India Pvt. Ltd
| 06 21 2010 08:53:42 +0000
Ethics are a very personal domain thingy...whats unethical to one may be ethicl to someone else...its situation based...there is no absoluteness about it...hence the appropriate answer would be that as far as your conscience is clear its fine...dont do anything against your conscience.
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Sujit Sood, :-)
| 06 15 2010 00:37:45 +0000
The world we live in is very cruel. We have to learn the hard ways. Sometimes we have to be unethical & rude to earn money. Believe me the choice could be a life saving option for you & many.
And the world knows if you wanna get rich & earn easy money there are a lot of shortcuts.
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Rashmi Chawla, Cust. Service Manager, Leading Bank
| 06 11 2010 07:50:56 +0000
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First of all : it should be made known that a Middle Class member may not be "rich" in a single generation how far s/he goes unethical. Example : - a salary earner, plain and vanila, Govt. / Private employee even in "sheddy" post/s - an IT/BPO/ITES/ KPO employee - a teacher/ an Engineer ( if not in business ) or a Doctor ( unless the Chairman of Medical Council etc ) Creation of wealth is not a matter of joke, Middle Class may go on dreaming, go on discussing such ideas with neighbours, coleagues and post questions on (Professional) sites. So why we should go in unethical way ? If we know that our "aim" may not be fulfilled why bringing all bad-fame for us in our life time ? One Ad. by Income Tax deptt says : We are watching all your activities, better pay eligible tax. Punch Line : Others are watching ... !
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ASOKE KUSARI, Domestic Private Banking-Executive/Manager, A large leading PSU Bank - India
| 06 23 2010 13:43:40 +0000
to become rich is not a crime nor its unethical... but money & power doesnt come alone... it brings arrogance..selfishness... & that person behaves unethically..he thinks that the law is in his pocket & he is the lawmaker..but all thse things deends on one ability to handle money or money will handle you...
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Dattatraya Kuralkar, Project Engineer, Sunil Hi Tech Engineers Ltd. Nagpur
| 06 23 2010 13:01:05 +0000
[BUT HOW U LIVE THAT MATTERS.LIVE EVEN AFTER YR DEATH. THIS ARE RICH PEOPLE CALLED., MONEY IS MANY THING, THAT DOESNT MATTER, BUT LIVE FOR OTHERS AND MAKE YOUR LIFE WORTH. HOW MANY YEARS U LIVE, BUT NOT EVERY THING.ANY TOM DICK AND HARY CAN BECOME RICH BY UNETHICAL WAY. WE CANNOT SAY HIM RICH. RICH PEOPLE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SERVE OTHERS AND MAKE THEIR LIFE WORTHY.ANYBODY CAN LIVE FOR THEMSELVES]
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ranjan sarmah, regional manager, india infoline ltd
| 06 23 2010 09:22:35 +0000
WE maintain ethics while becoming rich. Too much concerned about becoming rich is not good, because we will live in tension and cannot lead a happy life and also contended life. Once we start earning too much money we give up our families and loose our patience also.
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A Ananda Rao, Freelancer, Freelancer
| 06 18 2010 12:25:51 +0000
No, we shouldn’t be unethical to get rich and I strongly believe that if you can get rich by being unethical then you can definitely get rich by maintaining ethics but this may take little longer time and down the stream you will feel proud of your success and at this stage you will not only be rich by money but rich in values, self respect, etc
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Mohammed Tajuddin, Commerical Project Manager, Leading IT Company
| 06 17 2010 07:59:25 +0000
we must maintain our ethics those are the things that decide our permanent success but not all the other factors like money and all what ever may be the status achieved by you without character it is all waste
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Moparthi Sai Ramya Sree, Software Developer, Virtusa (India)
| 06 17 2010 06:12:48 +0000
no.we must be ethical in our business. moving unethical sometimes easily get u rich but if we want others to be ethical towards you and the society then why you are moving in unethical way.
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Nishad.T.L , revenue controller, emirates taxi
| 06 17 2010 04:46:33 +0000
Clearly, NO!!! RICH is not only related with money, if you are unethical..definitely you are not RICH. A person can be RICH only, if he/she has... 1. Great Values 2. Great Attitude 3. Great Money 4. Great Passion 5. Great Donater Just having money means you have qualified only one criteria. To Be RICH, one should qualify for all above criteria. Watch Spiderman .."Great powers come with great responsibility".
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Santosh Kumar, Product Technical Lead
| 06 13 2010 18:39:46 +0000
Rashmi it seems you forgot what BAPU said "Means are as important as the Goals". Can you enjoy such riches, most of the time you will be engaged in protecting such ill gotten riches from the various agencies of the government, from tricksters, fraudsters then finally from robbers, hooligans and so on so forth. Drop the idea it is for your good
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kanukurthy sudershanrao, Operations Manager, Andhra Bank
| 06 11 2010 14:33:42 +0000
Thanks for the nice question Rashmi. First we have to define ethical because it keeps changing with time. i.e. certain things that were considered unethical has now has become non-consequential issues now. Take bribery for instance - It has become very much prevalent and no one bothers now-a-days. In some cases unethical issues have even become ethical. But coming to the question, it is not necessary to be unethical to become rich. One need not lie or cheat in order to attain wealth. In fact now-a-days, wealth is distributed widely compared to say 50 years ago. Most people today have become rich because of being better educated and better informed (about good investment opportunities, etc.). Also, today you would find a lot of "Crorepatis" who are employees while earlier only businessmen could dream of becoming crorepatis. One has to be alert to opportunities and grab them. One has to be well informed. One has to develop business development skills. etc. etc. Above all one has to be in the Right Place at the Right Time and have the Right Stars shining upon them. If these are present then one does not have to cheat or lie or do any other unethical thing to become rich. Of course by being unethical one can become rich quickly, but is likely to loose a lot of other things in the process.
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G A Narayan, Real Estate Consultant
| 06 11 2010 10:33:41 +0000
No, definitely not, to me the definition of ethical behavior can still be contested, as it is a comparative degree. So blaming riches to unethical practices is out of question. If we are serious to be rich and then sustain it is, we need to be ethical and professional in our conduct. However professionalism is also comparative degree so to me its nothing unethical about being rich. But some popular examples have spoiled name of all the rich in this case.
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Dhiraj Wohra, Dy. Manager, Centum Learning Ltd
| 06 11 2010 08:22:32 +0000
We donot have to become unethical to get rich- but the trend is a little differerent.
we see people resort to any means to get rich. infact even in the professional work-set, one tends to give a bad rating during apprisals for the said reason that
a good rating comes with a good pay-rise.
How cheap people are.....
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Apeksha , IT/Technical Editor,
| 06 11 2010 07:59:41 +0000
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