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Workplace Ethics: Importance & Training

The document discusses various workplace ethics issues raised by employees. It addresses concerns about a bullying producer, sharing confidential client data with competitors, and whether performance feedback should be corrective or punitive. It emphasizes that ethics training is important and organizations should clearly define and communicate ethics codes, hold people accountable, and lead by example. Ethics depends on the individual despite training, and values must be communicated as authority is given to make ethical decisions.

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Workplace Ethics: Importance & Training

The document discusses various workplace ethics issues raised by employees. It addresses concerns about a bullying producer, sharing confidential client data with competitors, and whether performance feedback should be corrective or punitive. It emphasizes that ethics training is important and organizations should clearly define and communicate ethics codes, hold people accountable, and lead by example. Ethics depends on the individual despite training, and values must be communicated as authority is given to make ethical decisions.

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Ethics in workplace

Presented by: CommLab India` aXC


Work ethics is an invisible employee behavior,
noticeable by its absence.

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“What to do?
My producer is a bully and hiring

like-minded people.
Ethics is becoming a question in
my organization.”

Mike,
Graphic Designer
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“I find few employees of my
organization, disclosing
confidential client data to our
competitors.”

Stella,
HR, Executive
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“Should the performance
feedback session follow a
corrective or punitive
approach?”

Stephany,
HR, Executive
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All these are issues addressing common workplace ethics.
Ethical Problems are inevitable in all levels of business.

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Ethics in the workplace
What Does the Employer Owe What do you owe your employer?
you?

Fair & Equal Work value your work


Environment refuse to look for the easy
Fair Pay way out
Safe working conditions take pride in the results of
your work
On time paycheck
Follow ALL Guidelines
Harassment Free
-Dependable, Avoid Gossip,
DO not steal
Ethics is something you either have or you don’t have.

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Ethics is something that is learned and chosen
throughout one's life.

Ethics is having the ability


to make the right decision
even under strenuous
circumstances.

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In the work place the senior management have a
responsibility to set an example that reflect the
company expectations.

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Ethics is two- way!

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Employees, having strong
ethics in personal and
professional life, need no
explanation, unlike those
employees for whom work
ethics is a growing
problem.

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By the time employees hit the workforce, can they be
taught things like ethics - or is it too late?

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Training on workplace ethics is imperative.

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Ethics help a lot in effective productivity as well as a great
balance of responsibilities in your life on personal &
professional front.

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Common Workplace Ethics

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Responsibility

Punctuality

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Integrity & Loyalty

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Teamwork

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Professionalism

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How do you train your employees to be ethical to one and
all, whether in the professional realm or personal?

• A written code of conduct


• Define ethics to be maintained in an organization.
• Each employee should have one, including new hires.

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Training programs
• Organizations should focus on training in ethics at the
workplace.
• A few members from the top level management can lead the
ethics training programs.

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Performance feedback sessions should be
corrective in nature.

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Good Behavior should be
acknowledged.

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Role model
• Seniors behaving in a morally upright manner will set an
example for employees to follow.

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Here are a few thoughts to get the ball rolling.

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Clearly, consistently, and frequently communicate the
desired behaviors and why they are important to the
organization.
Model these behaviors as a leader

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Hold people accountable for demonstrating these
behaviors on an escalating path

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Ethics depends on situation.
In spite of training sessions on ethics, enforcement
is ultimately left to the individual.

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And finally, it is essential to communicate ethical values
to employees as you are giving them the authority to
take appropriate ethical decision
in any given situations.

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