The Last One!

So today was my last official day of class for my undergrad career! No more tests, no more presentations, and no more weekly trips up to Denton (yay!). I’m so excited I can’t even think straight, but this high will only last through the Christmas holidays, and then it’s back to work and hoping that all my hard work as a contractor will pay off in the form of a salary job.

So how do I plan to apply of my hard earn lessons into real life? I don’t.

Ha! Just kidding! Of course I do, and it’ll be easy doing it. Everything that I’ve learned up to this point in my school career has been to act with my head, and don’t do anything stupid. Take my capstone ethics class. We’ve been taught to think ethically, and to understand the processes that we have available to do so.

When I’m in the office, I’m constantly fighting ethical dilemmas. Take for example the Facebook page that this program I help manage has, called Passionately Pink for the Cure. I’m constantly tempted to go onto the page and post positive comments like “I love Passionately Pink for the Cure, and you should too. Check it out today!” Well, if I didn’t let people know that I was an employee with Komen and associated with Passionately Pink, ethically that would be wrong, because people would assume that I’m just another fan of the page.

Other ethical dilemma’s I know I’ll face are dealing with a boss who wants me to do something I’m not comfortable with, or dealing with coworkers who I know are not acting in the companies best interest.

However, the biggest problem I already know I’ll deal with is maintaining my identify and being true to who I am while being successful in my job and not just being another desk.

My ethics course has really taught me to concretely understand my values and my ethics, because they will be tested, and I need to know where I stand in order to make a the best decision for myself.

For now though, I’m just looking forward to fact that I’ll actually have the chance to meet these dilemmas.