Chanel Peykar Case Analysis 9.2 September 23, 2023 Changing Jobs and Loyalties In Case 9.2, we explore a scenario in which Cynthia, a business executive, is debating her loyalty to her old company as she transitions to a new one. Her decision to leave immediately would raise problems for her employer, as she’s leading a large project. Alternately, leading would cost her a better position at a company she feels she’d be happier working for. I will be arguing employees do not owe loyalty to their employers, and so there is nothing unethical about moving companies immediately. Loyalty is a feeling of support and allegiance, commonly in reference to two people or between a person and a group of people. It must be acknowledged that a business is different from just a group of people in that it works to achieve a specific goal (profit) and that working, for most people, is a mandatory part of life. People show up to make an income, not because they necessarily share values and care about their coworkers welfare. Naturally, a company is a vessel that treats people as a means. It would be naive for an employee to treat their company with loyalty when it doesn’t have the capacity to reciprocate loyalty itself. An ethical, or loyal, person may have a proclivity for treating their company with the same loyalty they have in personal relationships, but equating the two can be dangerous. Anyone
