Is it moral to call off work sick when you aren't?

Answer 1

No, but we probably have all done it once or twice in our lives.

Answer 2

Morality with a "bend" in it. Most employers make such ridiculous sick leave rule now a days that God forbid you just need a "mental health day" once or twice a year. I am a RN. I make decent $$$ and work HARD and stand the whole 12 hrs I am at work. I rarely go for a meal break. My "lunch" consists of a 6 pack of peanut butter crackers and a 32oz drink that I start out the shift with and end with it 2/3 gone and diluted. I rarely need a bathroom break....as I never put anything IN to go OUT in 12hrs. I have worked in another big city where we could take 5 mental health days but we needed to find our own coverage. It usually wasn't a thing that was difficult to get the coverage for because we knew if we did not cover out friends, they would not return the favor when we needed a MH Day. Surprisingly, we really didn't have any abusers of it. The ER is a HEAVY stress atmosphere EVERY SINGLE DAY. If it's not the # of patients we see, then it'll be one of those days that are the kind where one horror after another shows up all day>>>a baby drowns in a bucket of water when mom goes to meet the mailman. A teen girl, one day from graduation, falls asleep at the wheel and goes thru a wooden fence and is brought in, the fence still straight thru her brain and head....she dies.....a 4 yr old comes in a few hours later unresponsive and as we are doing CPR we go to take her temp and her rectum is the size of a fifty cent piece...sexual abuse....how long nobody ever knows and she dies. Mom shows up with 3 other toddlers and a brand new newborn.....ALL of which DSS takes away to foster homes until......when you have a few weeks of days like that back to back, just coming back to work is a miracle, but we do it. We should have a mandatory MH DAY a month and be made to spend it seeing a therapist to see show we deal with stress. I always am tuned into these people and day like this should just be a given day off to do something totally fun and a no brainer. It could be done better, but in the 37yrs I've been in the ER nobody has figured it out to be fair and of course we already have people who abuse time off without any vaild reason, every place has those folks. Anyhow, that is my .02 worth, Sad that I've been in so many different ERs and nobody has it figured out in any hospital or state that I've found yet.

Answer 3

I don't think that it is a question of morality. Sometimes you need to take a day off, and so u would have to take a sick day. For example, where I work, they will give u a day off for a wedding in the family or graduation......but not for funeral. So when my dad died, I had to take a few days off. I took "sick" days. Is that immoral? I don't think so. But if you call in sick so that u can stay on the computer all day with Yahoo Answers- - - - then I would say that is unprofessional, but not exactly immoral.

Answer 4

Irresponsible yes... immoral no. Sometimes we just need a break! I work with kids which can get a little stressful, so sometimes I just take a break for the sake of my sanity... sick or not. Now if you're one of those people who is constantly calling in sick, then it's a different story all together.

When I think of someone being immoral, I think of cheating, lieing, stealing, ... etc. I don't think that being off of work every now and then is wrong... As a matter of a fact, I recommend it!

Answer 5

“O you who believe! Have fear of God, and be among the truthful.” (Quran 9:119)

Ask the average person to define truthfulness and the answer will most likely be restricted to something about truthful speech. Islam, however, teaches that truthfulness is far more than having an honest tongue. In Islam, truthfulness is the conformity of the outer with the inner, the action with the intention, the speech with belief, and the practice with the preaching. As such, truthfulness is the very cornerstone of the upright Muslim’s character and the springboard for his virtuousness deeds.

The great sage and scholar of Islam, Ibn al-Qayyim, said: “Truthfulness is the greatest of stations, from it sprout all the various stations of those traversing the path to God; and from it sprouts the upright path which if not trodden, perdition is that person’s fate. Through it is the hypocrite distinguished from the believer and the inhabitant of Paradise from the denizen of Hell. It is the sword of God in His earth: it is not placed on anything except that it cuts it; it does not face falsehood expect that it hunts it and vanquishes it; whoever fights with it will not be defeated; and whoever speaks it, his word will be made supreme over his opponent. It is the very essence of deeds and the well spring of spiritual states, it allows the person to embark boldly into dangerous situations, and it is the door through which one enters the presence of the One possessing Majesty. It is the foundation of the building of Islam, the central pillar of the edifice of certainty and the next level in ranking after the level of prophethood.”[1]

Answer 6

Moral? Don't know. Use sick time as it was intended, When your'e sick of this and sick of that.I would go to work when sick to save up sick time. Red Sox at fenway in May? I'm sick that day. You can pray later,

Answer 7

Moral or not we all do it once in a while. I refer to them as mental health days or just I'm sick of working.

Answer 8

Yes, it's moral. Every great book throughout history has mentioned doing this as a way to become a better person. Is that what you were hoping for?!

Answer 9

Let's see..lying isn't moral. Calling off sick when you aren't is lying. So no.

Answer 10

Of course it's not moral to lie. But my husband called in once with "opthalmic rectitis"-- a sh*tty outlook on life. They gave him the day off!
:)

Answer 11

Hey man, everyone deserves a little break. Besides, sometimes we just need to exhibit the free will and let em know who is in charge!