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Published Mar 6, 2020

322: Mislead an Employer for a Foot in the Door? | Feedback Friday

Jordan Harbinger and Jason DeFillippo delve into the ethics of misleading potential employers for job interviews, managing post-divorce family dynamics, facing academic cheating consequences, and gripping counterfeit raid stories from NYC's underground markets.
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  • Consequences

    Cheating in academic environments can have far-reaching consequences. and discuss how rationalizing cheating can lead to a slippery slope, potentially resulting in severe repercussions 1. Jordan shares a personal regret from college, emphasizing the long-term impact of such actions. He also highlights how cheating in curved grading systems can unfairly disadvantage honest students 2.

    It's better to arrange the system to serve you than to try and cheat the system itself.

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    Ultimately, cheating not only undermines personal integrity but can also jeopardize academic and professional futures.

       

    Manipulation

    Students often find ways to manipulate educational systems to their advantage. Jordan recounts how he crafted his own degree to avoid irrelevant courses, a strategy that required significant effort but paid off in the long run 3. He contrasts this with blatant cheating, advocating for ethical 'hacks' that benefit all parties involved. Jason warns against becoming an 'institutionalized cheater,' stressing the importance of integrity in academic pursuits 4.

    How you do anything is how you do everything.

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    Ethical manipulation of the system can lead to win-win situations, unlike cheating, which often results in negative consequences.

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