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    Yvonne Pillar, a young accountant from a poor family, is instructed by her boss to manipulate accounting numbers to reduce the company's taxes. If she does not comply, she will be terminated. However, obeying would be illegal and dishonest. While unemployment is a risk, integrity and doing the right thing are more important than keeping her job. No one is obligated to follow unlawful orders, as that undermines societal rules and morality. The military slogan "obey first before you complain" is meant to encourage discipline, but it carries serious moral implications that vary in each situation. Strict obedience does not excuse unethical acts.

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    Yvonne Pillar, a young accountant from a poor family, is instructed by her boss to manipulate accounting numbers to reduce the company's taxes. If she does not comply, she will be terminated. However, obeying would be illegal and dishonest. While unemployment is a risk, integrity and doing the right thing are more important than keeping her job. No one is obligated to follow unlawful orders, as that undermines societal rules and morality. The military slogan "obey first before you complain" is meant to encourage discipline, but it carries serious moral implications that vary in each situation. Strict obedience does not excuse unethical acts.

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    Yvonne Pillar, a young accountant from a poor family, is instructed by her boss to manipulate accounting numbers to reduce the company's taxes. If she does not comply, she will be terminated. However, obeying would be illegal and dishonest. While unemployment is a risk, integrity and doing the right thing are more important than keeping her job. No one is obligated to follow unlawful orders, as that undermines societal rules and morality. The military slogan "obey first before you complain" is meant to encourage discipline, but it carries serious moral implications that vary in each situation. Strict obedience does not excuse unethical acts.

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    Yvonne Pillar, a young accountant from a poor family, is instructed by her boss to manipulate accounting numbers to reduce the company's taxes. If she does not comply, she will be terminated. However, obeying would be illegal and dishonest. While unemployment is a risk, integrity and doing the right thing are more important than keeping her job. No one is obligated to follow unlawful orders, as that undermines societal rules and morality. The military slogan "obey first before you complain" is meant to encourage discipline, but it carries serious moral implications that vary in each situation. Strict obedience does not excuse unethical acts.

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    Name: MACASADIA, KIER M.

    Section:BSBA-3B

    Case for Analysis

    Case 1. The Confused Accountant 

    Yvonne Pillar is a young accountant who came from a poor family. She was recently hired
    by a big company called Chameleon Co. 

    When it was time to audit the accounting books of the company, Yvonne was instructed by
    her boss to manipulate the numbers in order to reduce the taxes the company will have to pay the
    government.  The company official said that if she would not heed the command, she would be
    terminated.

    The employment condition that time was really tight and the chances of finding another job
    are very minimal.

    Questions:

    1.  If you were Yvonne Pillar, will you obey your boss? Why or why not?

    No, because if we choose to obey our employer, we will face even more serious
    consequences in the future. Even if we are fired, there is still a chance that we will be able to find
    another job with a slim chance that we will have a clear conscience and still have our principles
    and integrity, that we will be able to hold our heads high, that we will be proud of ourselves for
    doing the right thing, and that we will be able to pass on this character to our next generation.

    2. Are you morally obligated to follow an order that is illegal?

    We are not compelled to obey an unlawful command merely because it is not good, and if
    it is not good, it is unaccepted in society. By illegal, we mean that it is against the law, and it is
    the rules that keep our society in order. We are rational beings who can distinguish between what
    is right and what is wrong. Doing unlawful actions is obviously wrong, and you will be dishonest
    in your work.

    3. Explain the moral implications of the military slogan: “Obey first before you complain.”

    Honestly, I am quite puzzled by this slogan ever since I heard about it and got really
    confused when I learned about some cruelty and injustice in the military but I came to realize
    that this slogan solely was created for discipline; as complaining was, obviously, associated with
    laziness.

    With discipline, all else will follow such as respect and love for oneself and country. For
    some people in the military and those who trained, this slogan may have been the worst for them
    but maybe, in my opinion, that’s on the part of the seniors or trainers. As far as I know about
    Citizenship Advancement Training (CAT) – Community Service Program back when I was in
    Senior High school, they had to practice and master the formations, the walks as well as other
    things done during ROTC, with this also applying the slogan mentioned above. I understood the
    slogan during this part especially when I saw teachers back then when he wasn’t obliged to teach
    the formations and walks as well as what the ROTC does during their sessions but he did, so the
    students with CAT can learn and practice discipline.

    From what I’ve read, the phrase moral implication is more useful in referring to results or
    significance of an action with respect to morality. And I believe this slogan carries serious moral
    implications. More often than not, military men are ordered to obey every command before
    complaining and that’s a great sign of discipline and respect; however, the implications vary in
    each situation. This slogan is deeper than we ever imagined and it’s really up to us to provide a
    positive moral implication to this, not the opposite.

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