Like many others, my moral muteness situation was at work as well. In high school, I worked at a local restaurant. I hadn't been there too long but had heard some people talking about a lady that was a cook in the back. They said that she may have been stealing some boxes of frozen food here and there. I never actually witnessed it so I did not think that I should say anything because it may just be a rumor and I did not want to get a person in trouble if they really weren't doing anything wrong because like I said, I had not actually witnessed it. Come to find out, about a month later, the lady was fired because they found boxes of food in her car before she was about to leave one day. I just felt a weird feeling because I knew about the situation a month before and never said anything.
Looking back, I should have went to a superior and let them know. The lady wouldn't get in trouble if she wasn't doing anything wrong. So it would have been better to just bring it to their attention and let them look into it. If she wasn't stealing then she would be just fine. But I had the moral obligation to bring it to their attention and I didn't do it. I have learned from that situation and honestly cannot think of too many since that time a few years ago.
I feel like I've been in somewhat similar situations to this but it's always hard to report things that are hearsay. Especially when it involves the job security of a co-worker as you said.
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