Question:
Do you think it’s reasonable and/or necessary to “set aside” your convictions or principles to get a job? Should a company’s public stances, positions, statements, and actions affect whether or not you seek employment with them? Is it unreasonable to avoid applying for jobs at companies whose industry, structure, treatment of employees, or other aspect goes against something that you genuinely believe to be right?
Example: You do not support any of the current conflicts in the world today and therefore do not wish to work for any military, paramilitary, or military adjacent organization.
Example: You do not support private healthcare clinics operating in a public healthcare system, so you choose not to apply for positions at private medical clinics.
Example: You don’t really care about immigration and think the very concept of borders is a little absurd, so you don’t seek out a job with ICE, Border Patrol, USCIS, etc. (But you do work in a non-immigration support role at an immigration law firm. It’s fine to help people process paperwork that could help them survive, literally or figuratively; it’s not fine to play a role in judging who gets in and who doesn’t.)
Example: Chic-fil-A is a horrendous and unethical track record with a very public record of crimes against all manner of different groups, so you would not consider a role in that company.
Should you set aside your principles for a job? Show your work.
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