If you have a contract of employment
and within that contract it is specifically
stated that you have to perform a certain
function and you persistently refuse to do so
then your employer has the legitimate right to
sack you. For you can not decide which aspects
of your job you wish to do, and which you do not
Therefore having a moral objection does not in any
way invalidate your legal obligation to doing your job
But if it is possible to reach a compromise between the
employer and employee that does not result in the latter
being sacked then am all in favour of that. But must under
stand that the letter of the law is more important here than
than your conscience. If you genuinely cannot do the job then
you need to seek alternative employment. How ever I also fully
believe every thing should be done before such a situation occurs
This is not giving in rather doing everything possible to avoid making
someone jobless. Renegotiate the contract if necessary but then firmly
stick to it once the ink is dry. No perpetual tinkering with it. Just do the job
and within that contract it is specifically
stated that you have to perform a certain
function and you persistently refuse to do so
then your employer has the legitimate right to
sack you. For you can not decide which aspects
of your job you wish to do, and which you do not
Therefore having a moral objection does not in any
way invalidate your legal obligation to doing your job
But if it is possible to reach a compromise between the
employer and employee that does not result in the latter
being sacked then am all in favour of that. But must under
stand that the letter of the law is more important here than
than your conscience. If you genuinely cannot do the job then
you need to seek alternative employment. How ever I also fully
believe every thing should be done before such a situation occurs
This is not giving in rather doing everything possible to avoid making
someone jobless. Renegotiate the contract if necessary but then firmly
stick to it once the ink is dry. No perpetual tinkering with it. Just do the job
A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE : IT DOES NOT WORK UNLESS IT IS OPEN