Welcome to March, in which we once again join many fine insurance organizations in celebrating National Ethics Month!
Regular readers know my approach to ethics is not based upon the traditional "right versus wrong" but rather a path I believe far superior when applying ethics to the practical issues insurance folks face every day: right versus right.
Why? Because from a real world application point of view, what do we gain from beating "don't do wrong, do right" examples into the ground? Assuming the licensing laws in your state have not regressed to an age requirement somewhere in the lower teens, shouldn't adults already have learned that lesson? Yet when looking at many state guidelines for their required ethics courses, there is a great emphasis on "tell them to be honest or else." I submit that those insurance practitioners who haven't learned that lesson by this stage in life should simply be reported to the proper authorities to immediately have their licenses revoked.
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