Define Workplace Ethics
In the last few years, management of corporations have been caught stealing, lying and manipulating data of all sorts, costing investors and taxpayers billions of dollars. This created a call for the implementation of comprehensive workplace ethics, but it is not always clear what workplace ethics are or should be.
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Function
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Workplace ethics are a defined set of values that underpin a company's code of conduct for their employees.
Benefits
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Since it is impossible to address every specific situation in a set of workplace policies and procedures, ethics can fill in the places between the lines. Ethics give a general framework for the guidance of workplace conduct.
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Misconceptions
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Many companies use words like honesty, integrity and fairness to define workplace ethics, but while they are admirable, they may not reflect the workplace reality. Words like efficiency, conscientiousness and thoroughness may be more accurate for many workplaces.
Effects
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Defining the right workplace ethics for a particular organization is important, because if you don't you risk creating an unrealistic situation. If your ethics are not in line with the prevailing culture, you create confusion for both your employees and your customers.
Considerations
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If you are promoting workplace ethics that are not in line with your current culture, you either have to change the workplace culture to fit the ethics or change the stated ethics to fit the culture.
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