{"id":107367,"date":"2025-08-22T08:11:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=107367"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:11:58","slug":"the-old-coot-is-a-hypocrite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/08\/22\/the-old-coot-is-a-hypocrite\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Coot is a hypocrite\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By Merlin Lessler<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Medical doctors take the Hippocratic Oath before they begin the practice of medicine. The concept of a code of ethics is generally attributed to Hippocrates, a physician and philosopher in ancient Greece. It includes the principles of non-maleficence, fidelity, beneficence, and justice. For me, it boils down to the common phrase we all are familiar with: \u201cDo no harm.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lawyers take an oath as well; their pledge is legally binding. It varies by state and is quite comprehensive but needs updating to include a pledge to refrain from ambulance chasing and trolling to sell that service on TV, radio, and other media. Life would be so much improved; our insurance rates and the cost of goods would certainly go down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The business community isn\u2019t, but should be, held to an ethical standard that also boils down to \u201cdo no harm.\u201d Maybe then the pharmaceutical companies wouldn\u2019t spend huge budgets advertising miracle cures for every real and made-up ailment. And businesses in general would stop offering defective manufactured products that don\u2019t live up to the hype. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CEO\u2019s should pledge to keep their management teams focused on customers, not short term stock gains, and allow front line employees to bend the rules in situations that defy common sense.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Oh boy, how about politicians? Pledge to max out after two terms in office. It would be so nice. Where is Hippocrates when you need him? They should also pledge to refrain from enacting new regulations for every minor incident that comes to their attention. And when they enact regulations, they should allow for common-sense deviation from the regs and bend the rules so they \u201cdo no harm.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Old coots should pledge to refrain from starting sentences with, \u201cBack in the good old days.\u201d WE do take an oath, but nothing like the Hippocratic Oath. Ours, is the \u201chypocrite\u201d oath.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Comments? Send to \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:mlessler7@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mlessler7@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Merlin Lessler Medical doctors take the Hippocratic Oath before they begin the practice of medicine. 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