We are in the season of graduations. This week Rabbi Woznica shares some messages to graduates.
Don’t Leave Your Character at Home
Dear Graduate,
If you are entering the workforce, don’t forget your ideals.
It is gratifying to have professional success, but if you have done so while compromising your values, will your success be a source of pride? For example, are you willing to act unethically to win a case as an attorney? If you are in sales, will you mislead someone so they purchase what you are selling? If succeeding in your work means inappropriately “throwing someone under the bus,” will you be willing to do so?
Many good people leave their ideals at home when they enter the workforce. But, should you do so, will you be pleased with the person you have become? It’s a question to consider as you begin your professional journey.
Rabbi David Woznica
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