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Originally Posted by Taylor
Do we play smart, or do we play clean - at an event called The Superbowl Of Smarts?
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Well, given your signature, what do you think?
Is playing clean more important to transforming the culture than playing "smart"? There are lots of "smart" business people out there who crush, swindle, and leverage their way to the top of the market. There are teams that cheat their way to championships (Bill Bellichek, anyone?)
I don't think it's even arguable that we want to model ethical behavior. I want to do it as a mentor. I want us to do it as a team. I want FIRST to do it as an organization -- and by and large they manage to succeed.
If there's a "gray area", that's an opportunity to choose to do the right thing -- and an opportunity to teach students and mentors alike that if there is any question on whether or not an action is the right thing, to choose not to do it.
There is no smart/ethical dichotomy here, because if the action isn't ethical--or is even arguably unethical--then it isn't smart in the long run. Not if what we're actually trying to do is transform the culture.