Social Responsibility

[SigkapAlumWSU]

Ok, So I'm reading my Accounting text and it starts to get into this whole ethics and morals thing and I start thinking. Is it ever ok for a person to be responsible for another person? I mean, is it ok for me to punish somone else just because of what I think? (i.e. I think they did something wrong, they might not agree) I feel like I'm not finding the right words to express the question I'm asking. Ok, let me try again: I might believe that sharing software (sorry, first thing that came to mind) without registering it is wrong. Someone else thinks that it's all right to share that same software. Just because I believe it's wrong, do I have the right to take action about it? What makes me right and them wrong?

DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to get into a "my ethics and beliefs are right and yours aren't" debate. I'm just asking when we got permission to decide someone else's action is the right or wrong one. Just thought it might be interesting.