I was on an Army bus to Ft. Stewart, GA last week with my National Guard unit, having a conversation with a few other officers and NCOs. We were discussing a few cases we'd heard recently of people we knew that had made some extremely bad ethical decisions, and all the personal and professional carnage they'd caused. We noticed there was a common theme in almost every one of these cases. Each of them had started out with every intention of doing the right things and making the right decisions, but had gradually, little bit by little bit, gotten further and further away from the straight and narrow. It occurred to me that it was a lot like being only one degree off of your intended heading in navigation. It's barely noticeable at first, but the farther you go, the farther you get from where you're supposed to be.
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