Principles of Management
Abstract
Unethical and ethical behaviors in the workplace can destroy or build a business. In my research I found that unethical workplaces are more commonly found in today’s business world. With this being said even though it’s commonly found there are ways to get rid of or just minimize unethical behaviors in the workplace to help a business stride towards excellence and good workplace ethics by following a corporate wide code of conduct. That everyone in this workplace knows, follows, and enforces. Making it difficult for anyone from the CEO to an employee to make mistakes and keep a focus on how the job should be executed on a daily. Even though a code of conduct can put a business owner at ease for rules and guidelines for their employees to follow, the owner should also keep in mind that his employees should feel a sense of comfort in the work place and reward at times of their good work ethics. Minimizing unethical behaviors takes time but will build a company and show the potential of its workers.
Unethical behavior and ethical behavior are two factors that are found to be very different around the world. Ethical behaviors usually consist of an individual with proper conduct and overall morality. Unethical behaviors can usually be seen as an individual that does not abide by the rules of morality. A place in which ethical and unethical behavior is frequently talked about is within the professional world. The professional world and the behavior within it have its own ethical behavior code that translates seamlessly through many professions in the workplace.
Unethical behaviors can destroy a workplace, from executives of companies taking money from the company for their own personal gain or an associate falsifying official documents “In recent years there have been numerous accounts of insider trading, defense contract fraud, marketing of dangerous products, health risk cover ups, discrimination against minorities, and embezzlement of funds in our
Unethical and ethical behaviors in the workplace can destroy or build a business. In my research I found that unethical workplaces are more commonly found in today’s business world. With this being said even though it’s commonly found there are ways to get rid of or just minimize unethical behaviors in the workplace to help a business stride towards excellence and good workplace ethics by following a corporate wide code of conduct. That everyone in this workplace knows, follows, and enforces. Making it difficult for anyone from the CEO to an employee to make mistakes and keep a focus on how the job should be executed on a daily. Even though a code of conduct can put a business owner at ease for rules and guidelines for their employees to follow, the owner should also keep in mind that his employees should feel a sense of comfort in the work place and reward at times of their good work ethics. Minimizing unethical behaviors takes time but will build a company and show the potential of its workers.
Unethical behavior and ethical behavior are two factors that are found to be very different around the world. Ethical behaviors usually consist of an individual with proper conduct and overall morality. Unethical behaviors can usually be seen as an individual that does not abide by the rules of morality. A place in which ethical and unethical behavior is frequently talked about is within the professional world. The professional world and the behavior within it have its own ethical behavior code that translates seamlessly through many professions in the workplace.
Unethical behaviors can destroy a workplace, from executives of companies taking money from the company for their own personal gain or an associate falsifying official documents “In recent years there have been numerous accounts of insider trading, defense contract fraud, marketing of dangerous products, health risk cover ups, discrimination against minorities, and embezzlement of funds in our
References: (Kavanagh, M. J. (1996). An experimental examination of the effects of individual and situational factors on unethical behavioral intentions in the workplace. Business And Economics, 15(5), 551.) (Berry, M