#4 - Moral Muteness

A time I was morally mute was when I was interning in marketing and promotions. There were about 20 interns in our department and we were responsible for a lot of different aspects of games including all of the in-game promotional games and giveaways. For one of the promotional games we had, if the contestant on, they and everyone in their row gets a voucher for a free food item, but if they didn't win, the row behind them got the vouchers. More often than not, there were more vouchers than people in the row, and all of the vouchers had dates on them, as they can only be used during that specific game. On a few occasions during especially long days, sometimes interns would take the remaining vouchers and use the to get free food from the concession stands. As interns, we were given a lot of privileges and free things from the organization, but free food from concession stands was not one of those privileges. No one ever said anything to our supervisors because we never saw it was that big of a deal, most of the winners didn't use the vouchers, and the vouchers are taken into consideration when the organization budgeted for the vouchers being used by fans. Obviously it was against company policy and it shouldn't have been done, but I also don't feel bad about not telling our bosses because in the grand scheme of things, a few food items over the course of the season, as well as the other events that brought in revenue for the organization, really don't make that big of a difference. However, if I was in charge of the entire organization and I found out that interns were taking things even though they get a lot of other perks with their jobs, I'd be disappointed, but because it is accounted for in different ways I wouldn't be worried about the organization in general. Loyalty is one of my most important values and that includes being loyal to people but also to the team/organization. In this case, I was loyal to my coworkers because those relationships were more important to me than a few food items.