Famous (and Infamous) Rationalizations

 

• It's our policy.
• We were just following orders.
• I didn't know.
• It may be wrong but it's legal.
• We knew, but no complaint had been filed.
• When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
• We were fighting fire with fire.
• Everybody does it.
• No one told me.
• We did it, but they were worse.
• The end justified the means.
• We had no choice.
• We didn't lie. We just didn't tell the whole story.
• We used a different definition.
• I had other loyalties.
• They would have done it to me.
• We had to meet a deadline.
• It was either that or lose my job.
• No one told us to stop.
• It's for a good cause.