Ethical Behavior at Work
3. Are the actions of people in the workplace a consequence of individual or organisational characteristics? What would promote ethical behaviour at work?
Introduction
Ethical behaviour is a pretty wide topic and it might not always be easy to know the different boundaries. However, in your career there are certain boundaries that have been set and different policies that have been formed to regulate what you do. In other words, as a professional, you need to know the things you should not do.
Different organizations have an ethical code of behaviour. Over and above this, different professions have ethics codes that are not to be violated. The main definition of ethics is that it is a philosophy which seeks to uphold various fundamental issues that mainly address morality and so on. There are many things that you can gain from having good behavioural ethics in the workplace
Body
To an extent, I believed that both individual or organizations have to play a part in the actions of the workplace and the consequences of actions should be also bear by both parties. In an organization, both individual or organizations do play a part in the actions of the workplace and I believed that both part should be responsible for the consequences. Managers are role models. As a manager of a company, he or she has a responsibility for ethical behavior in organizations because they affect culture, policies and practices as managers should begin with clear standards( Trevino & Nelson 2006).
(Crane, A & Matten, D 2007) As an individual, we clearly know that each employees bring certain traits and characteristics with them into an organization, and they are likely to influence the way in how the employees think and how they response to ethical issues. There are several factors that can cause a difference in the ethical decision- making. 1. Age and gender; it is a common question about whether men or women are more ethical. However, half of the studies reported by
Introduction
Ethical behaviour is a pretty wide topic and it might not always be easy to know the different boundaries. However, in your career there are certain boundaries that have been set and different policies that have been formed to regulate what you do. In other words, as a professional, you need to know the things you should not do.
Different organizations have an ethical code of behaviour. Over and above this, different professions have ethics codes that are not to be violated. The main definition of ethics is that it is a philosophy which seeks to uphold various fundamental issues that mainly address morality and so on. There are many things that you can gain from having good behavioural ethics in the workplace
Body
To an extent, I believed that both individual or organizations have to play a part in the actions of the workplace and the consequences of actions should be also bear by both parties. In an organization, both individual or organizations do play a part in the actions of the workplace and I believed that both part should be responsible for the consequences. Managers are role models. As a manager of a company, he or she has a responsibility for ethical behavior in organizations because they affect culture, policies and practices as managers should begin with clear standards( Trevino & Nelson 2006).
(Crane, A & Matten, D 2007) As an individual, we clearly know that each employees bring certain traits and characteristics with them into an organization, and they are likely to influence the way in how the employees think and how they response to ethical issues. There are several factors that can cause a difference in the ethical decision- making. 1. Age and gender; it is a common question about whether men or women are more ethical. However, half of the studies reported by