How Can You Balance Loyalty to Your Tribe and Your Integtrity?
How Can You Balance Loyalty to Your Tribe and Your Integtrity? When Tribalism Collides with Ethics in Everyday Life Loyalty and Integrity The Question That Breaks People A surgeon gets a call at 2 AM. Her teenage son has been in a car accident—he was driving drunk and killed a family of four. He’s hurt but alive, and in her emergency room. The other driver, a single mother, is dying on the table next to him. There’s only one unit of rare blood that could save a life—his or hers. This isn’t a thought experiment. It’s Tuesday. You probably won’t face a decision that extreme. But every day, you answer smaller versions of this same question: Your company’s downsizing—do you help your friend keep their job, even if it costs someone else theirs? Your kid didn’t make the team—do you make a call and pull some strings? Your political party backs a harmful policy—do you speak out or stay silent? These aren’t edge cases. They’re everyday tests. The question isn’t whether you’ll choose ...