Have you ever had a time where your ethics were tested on the job? What was the situation and how did you handle it?

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Ethicon believes that both ethics and fairness are important in all that they do and they expect their employees to follow the same belief. For this question, your interviewer will be looking to hear that your moral compass matches that of the organization and they're doing this by having you give an example of a time your ethics were tested. No matter what example you give, be sure to point out that you always do what you feel is right and ethical while doing it in a manner that is beneficial for all that are involved.

"I feel very fortunate to not have been put in many situation where my high ethical standards were tested during my career, but I can think of one time a few years ago when it was. Working in a large warehousing operation at the time, we had a week where our used oil container was getting to capacity. Knowing that our recycling pick up for that wouldn't be for a few weeks, it was inferred to me that I should dispose of as much as I could in the regular garbage headed to the landfill. Rather than oblige, I stood my ground and said I would not do that and would look into other measures. I contacted our oil recycling company and they let me know that the earliest they could be to us was three days later. I worked with them on how to safely and efficiently hold used oil until pick up and I did just what they recommended in the meantime. Following the pick up, I worked with them on having a much larger oil drum delivered knowing our production would be up in the coming year."

"During college, I spent evenings and weekends working as a waiter and bartender at a popular restaurant in town. On one evening shift, a couple of coworkers asked me to help them carry out a case of alcohol to one of their cars. With sirens going off in my head, I asked them why they needed the case of alcohol and if the owner had requested this. Based off the surprised look on their faces, they must've assumed that I would have played into their plan to steal to benefit from it. When I saw that, I told them to seriously rethink their thought process to steal from their employer. Looking back, my approach in that situation allowed us to maintain a good working relationship moving forward and it helped change their mind in not trying it again under my watch."

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3. Have you ever had a time where your ethics were tested on the job? What was the situation and how did you handle it?

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Ethicon believes that both ethics and fairness are important in all that they do and they expect their employees to follow the same belief. For this question, your interviewer will be looking to hear that your moral compass matches that of the organization and they're doing this by having you give an example of a time your ethics were tested. No matter what example you give, be sure to point out that you always do what you feel is right and ethical while doing it in a manner that is beneficial for all that are involved.

Written by Ryan Brunner on March 20th, 2019

1st Answer Example

"I feel very fortunate to not have been put in many situation where my high ethical standards were tested during my career, but I can think of one time a few years ago when it was. Working in a large warehousing operation at the time, we had a week where our used oil container was getting to capacity. Knowing that our recycling pick up for that wouldn't be for a few weeks, it was inferred to me that I should dispose of as much as I could in the regular garbage headed to the landfill. Rather than oblige, I stood my ground and said I would not do that and would look into other measures. I contacted our oil recycling company and they let me know that the earliest they could be to us was three days later. I worked with them on how to safely and efficiently hold used oil until pick up and I did just what they recommended in the meantime. Following the pick up, I worked with them on having a much larger oil drum delivered knowing our production would be up in the coming year."

Written by Ryan Brunner on March 20th, 2019

2nd Answer Example

"During college, I spent evenings and weekends working as a waiter and bartender at a popular restaurant in town. On one evening shift, a couple of coworkers asked me to help them carry out a case of alcohol to one of their cars. With sirens going off in my head, I asked them why they needed the case of alcohol and if the owner had requested this. Based off the surprised look on their faces, they must've assumed that I would have played into their plan to steal to benefit from it. When I saw that, I told them to seriously rethink their thought process to steal from their employer. Looking back, my approach in that situation allowed us to maintain a good working relationship moving forward and it helped change their mind in not trying it again under my watch."

Written by Ryan Brunner

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