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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Principles

Hello

I really shouldn't be posting this because I have a ton of work to do but I am in an ethical dilemma. (Sounds like good interview fodder!) Except of course, it doesn't really have real consequences because its just for my negotiation class but still. It's a matter of my principles.

So the latest and last case that we are going to be negotiating involves fisheries and shark fishing. Like omygoodness. Do you sense fear in my heart already? Indeed you do. Because what could I have been assigned besides the grand ol' dame of "Large Commercial Fishers Association"? This is like a situation where I've been assigned to champion for Pigeon Rights. Which is so not going to happen in real life I can assure you of that.

As a large commercial fishers association, obviously I care about shark levels but my members don't because they want to make profit. You have no idea how much my ethical conscience is struggling with this. Or maybe you do, because you're reading this post. -_-" Regardless, I am at a loss. We're supposed to give numbers of adjusted fishing quotas that we believe are fair, and another that are realistic. Omg. If it were up to me, obviously I'd go with the lowest possible number for every group so that the poor sharks are not overfished. But no, I have to "protect the interests of my large commercial fishing groups."

Do you see the problem here?

This is a dire situation. My conscience is screaming to save the sharks, but I need to maximize my interests and everyone else's in this negotiation! And its not even about expanding the pie because if you look at the shark population, there is no pie to expand. O save me.

The whole situation is like a test of how much I want to save the sharks such that it even interferes in a fictional, completely inconsequential class negotiation activity. Sigh.

How disgraceful that I have to bemoan these situations. School shouldn't be made into an ethical dilemma playground. It should be one where we embrace every situation and learn from them without prejudice coloring our decisions! (Because I feel like I'm totally going to go against the interests that are stated on a piece of paper and save the sharks in principle.)

Or maybe this whole post was just to let off some steam from all the horrendous work I've been attempting to avoid but can no longer hide from because the deadlines are looming ever closer. The tragedy.

cheers (after all, there's nothing more cheery than homework!)
*[-witchstone-]*

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