The issue which I read from the Ethicist column on the New York Times web site is about a company which requires all the employees to complete a self-directed training course. The person who asks the question mentions that the training is not related with his job. The question is must he ethically obligated to complete the training?
Randy Cohen-the columnist of Ethicist recommends him to deceive his supervisor by telling him that it is not related with his position. Moreover ethicist offers tell to supervisor or CEO that the training is wasting time in his case and it is better to spend that time on a something productive. Columnist mentions that if the CEO or supervisor will think that you are right then, for improving the productivity they will accept your idea and the training would only be mandatory only for employees to whose job the training is related. However Randy Cohen also notes that here would be some important point for company to offer the training course to employees which would be part of company’s future plans. The columnist brings up that if company CEO things that the training must be mandatory, then all the employees must take the training. He also notice that is not the mistake of company that they did not told anything about training courses when they hired you.
