I have also seen men of character who worked for lesser men. Who gave loyalty a faithful service. Never shirking from their responsibility, striving to do their best even when they knew they could get by with less. These men taught me the true meaning of loyalty to ones self. The idea that you do not need to be loyal to the company, because the company is not loyal to you, hurts you and those who work with you. It expresses a value to your children and friends and anyone who might admire or look up to you as a man, that is selfishness. It propagates the “whats in it for me” mentality that is the cause of corporate disloyalty in the first place. Employers have an obligation to their employees, corporations have an obligation to their shareholders, and the public in general, and the government, including the bureaucracy have an obligation to the people which they serve.

These ideals have been fading from our world. This has not happened over night, it has been a gently erosion of a few grains at a time over the course of decades. It’s starts in the life of one man, the example that man sets not with words but by example, effects the future actions of many. This grows exponentially and spreads like a disease.

I say that loyalty to ones employer is best shown by simply being an honest man. Work to the best of your ability when you are at work. Do the best job you can do always. Never shortcut anything. Give the time, and skills you are paid for to your job. Take pride in your work not matter what it is. This to is loyalty to yourself and your family. If you must leave your current employer for a better wage, or greater opportunity, that is not disloyalty if you know that you gave the best while employed by them. Loyalty shown to an employer in deed and action will instill loyalty in future generations. Those who come after us will be the new CEO’s and leaders of the world. What they learn early will be the litmus that they measure their future decisions against.

Loyalty in the work place boils down to:

Keeping faith that you will perform 100% the work you are paid to do.

Keeping the secrets of the company to which you are priviliged.

Doing all things at work in the best interest of the company. This sometimes includes whistle blowing. Illegal or dangerous practices are never in the best interest of a company.

Do not talk ill of your employer to those outside of the company. It hurts the company and you.

It doesn’t take away from the message, just wanted to clarify. please press on :)

Loyalty is a lifestyle. It manifests itself in all the things that you do. It becomes a measure of your integrity.

I think your question about disloyalty also provides an answer. A man has to justify being disloyal. Justification is subjective. You can justify just about anything, but if your justification flies in the face of honesty, integrity, courage, faithfulness, fortitude, strength, honor, respect, or any number of other adjectives that describe loyalty, then i think justification just becomes excuses. Loyalty is a core, or an ideal, I don’t know if it’s possible to justify your disloyalty to anyone but yourself, as loyalty is a personal decision, executed under unique circumstances.