The document discusses several key points about ethics and work: 1) It outlines 10 principles that ethical executives should follow, including honesty, integrity, fairness, respect for others, and accountability. 2) It emphasizes that ethics and character are critical to business success because they form the basis of trust. Competitiveness must be balanced with ethical values. 3) A person's work ethic reveals their reliability, trustworthiness, and how responsible they are in their duties. Having good ethics is essential for career success and fulfillment.

3.  ALLAH Almighty created this universe and spread over in it
many of His creatures. Among all the creations human beings
have been awarded the highest rank and most respectful place.
They are responsible and accountable in front of ALLAH, as
they have been given an independent will to choose between
good and bad both already well defined in the Holy Qura’n
and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him).
 The Holy Qura’n at various places has urged the mankind to
perform good deeds and strictly refrain from evils in order to
obtain pleasure of ALLAH and succeed in this life as well as
in the life hereafter. Many verses contain this divine message.

4. 1) Hazrat A’isha ( Raziyallaah o Anhaa ) reported ALLAH’s
messenger as saying, “ The acts most pleasing to ALLAH
are those which are done most continuously, even they
amount to little.” (Saheeh Bukhari and Muslim)
2) She also narrated from the Prophet of ALLAH that he said:
“ Choose such actions as you are capable of performing, for
ALLAH does not grow weary till you do.” (as above)

5.  Our life is an odd mixture of different moments of action and
inaction, work and rest.
 Work provides us with an inner creative joy. It saves us from
the dullness and boredom of life.
 It puts our energies to a proper use. Unused energies create
disorders in us.
 They make us physically unhealthy and mentally unhappy.

6.  Time hangs heavy on our shoulders when there is no work.
 It provides us with money for our life hood.
 It makes our life meaningful and peaceful.
 Idleness is more tiresome and painful than work. Even the
most unpaid, unimportant and unpleasant work is better than
no work.

7.  For a really useful and happy work, two things are necessary:
They are skill and constructiveness. Constructive work is
rather unpleasant in the beginning, but very pleasant at the
end.
 For deriving maximum pleasure from life, we must consider
life as a whole, a unity and a system.
 Good Work pays and evil work destroys at the end.

8.  Every man who learns some useful skill enjoys it till he
improves himself completely.
 The element of constructiveness is an important source of
happiness.
 When a worker builds up something new, he feels encouraged
and elevated and thus gets pleasure from his creative work.
 Where there is no need, there would be no work. Where there
is no work, there would be no joy in life.

9.  Work is an important part of our lives. Take a look at the world
around you, and for the most part you will see that everyone is
busy.
 Hard work is a key to success is a well-known adage. Parents,
teachers as well as others guide a child to work hard so that he
can achieve good scores.

10.  Though a little bit of luck plays a positive role but the hard
work is the key to success. In fact if only luck is to be
considered, no one would work but just wait till his luck
favours him.
 Today we see that technology has improved to such an extent
that a person can have a lunch in Paris and a dinner in New
York on the same day.
 There lies great contribution from people like the Wright
brothers and Henry Ford to invent these means of
transportation, which were the result of their hard-work and
great efforts

11.  If these people had waited for the D-day probably we could
still have been using fire and wood to cook instead of using
electrical ovens, and the globalization would not have taken
effect.
 A person can excel in his career due to hard work. If he sits at
home, no one would offer him a job unless he initiates the job
searching process. Also if you are working in a company you
will be promoted only because of working hard: luck does not
lie in the picture.

12.  A student stands out firstly only if he studies hard. Many
students after the graduation say that probably they were not
lucky enough to get good marks, or the evaluators must have
marked their papers strictly. But again these are merely
reasons that can’t be given preference.
 Today a young individual has the potential to do something
and crave in reaching a particular acme. Whether your luck
prevails or not condition being hard work and efforts, which
will pick you up whenever you are.

13.  Human civilisation has been built on work, the labouring of
many billions of people throughout history has created the
cities, farms, industries, armies and infrastructure which have
marked our time on the planet.
 Even before human civilisation emerged, the role of labour
and the development of different kinds of tools has been
central to our evolution from the more primitive primates.

14.  Work is necessary, but it is also alienating in a way as our
natural human endeavours to strive, to create, to design and to
build have been captured by the ruling elites; corrupted and
turned in on themselves.
 Of course, for most of us, the regimented system of control
and discipline which is the modern workplace – ‘Why are you
two minutes late to sign into your workstation?!’ - remains as
it ever was: a terrible reinforcement of factory discipline in a
country where most of us don’t work in factories any more.

15.  Although today most people look for jobs offering good
earnings, but working at the jobs that we enjoy is more
important. People enjoying their jobs will approach to the
performance of their duties with interest, desire and higher
responsibility.
 Enjoyable jobs are preconditions of good earnings as well,
since people who are pleased with their jobs are inclined to
show high level of performance, which, consequently will
reverberate on their remuneration.

16.  People enjoying their jobs regard fulfillment of their duties as
something exciting, interesting, and promising new
opportunities.
 They are encouraged to display high level of proficiency when
performing the jobs they like and treat their jobs with respect
working heartily on each project independent of its
importance.
 Such jobs inspire worker to work continuously on themselves
and enhance the level of their performance to get perfect
result.

17.  They tend to treat their jobs with due diligence and
responsibility and are able to find positive and novelty in
activities that might seem boring and dull to others.
 Such reverent attitude to jobs would undoubtedly affect the
output of performed work, bringing emotional satisfaction to
worker and contribute to the development of whole business.
 The latter aspect may foster increase in remuneration and
provide the worker with fringe benefits.

18.  Furthermore, pleasant jobs also affect people's mood and
character, as well as relation with others.
 People working at jobs they enjoy, remain active and energetic
during the whole day and do not easily get tired or annoyed
with their duties in comparison with those that consider
commuting and working as something preventing them from
their favorite activities.

19.  They do not consider their duties as obligatory and onerous
ones and highly appreciate emotional satisfaction that they
gain performing them. This has a positive effect on their
relations with people around, rendering them sociable and
bringing them respect of their colleagues and employers.
 Hence, working at jobs that people enjoy makes them more
proficient and satisfies their emotional and material needs, by
bringing them inner peace and financial security respectively.
Therefore, it is more important to work at a job that the one
enjoys.

20.  In today’s society we have a very high-tech, fast paced way of
life.
 Many people rely on technology for everything. They depend
on technology for all sorts of things, writing, communication,
information, and recreational use.
 One thing that technology can not be relied on for, would be a
persons’ work ethic. Someone’s work ethic is a very important
part of a person; this is how someone acts at work.

21.  A work ethic is simply the way of acting in a place of
profession, a way to strengthen character.
 A work ethic is very important; there can be a good or bad
work ethic. One who has a good work ethic is the one who is
most reliable and more willing to get further with the
job/career.
 Many things can help to characterize one’s good work ethic;
attendance, teamwork, appearance, and also the attitude.

22.  The only way an employee can continue pursuing the career or
job, is with a good work ethic. If you had a bad work ethic,
you would be the person that just lollygags and jokes around,
not making any progress or giving yourself a good image.
 The workforce is a very important aspect of someone’s life
and the work ethic is the only real way that you can tell if
someone is going to be successful in what he does for a living,
part-time job or even random odd jobs.

23.  The real key to success is a good work ethic. If you want to
succeed in life, you need to have a good work ethic. Having a
poor work ethic can hold you back from getting a job and
preventing from having the life you have always dreamed of.
 Also, a person’s work ethic can tell you a lot about the person.
If one has a good work ethic, you can almost always assume
that this person is going to be reliable, trustworthy, and
efficient in what he does as in work, or anything.
 If someone has a bad work ethic,you can basically tell that he
is going to be lazy, uncaring, and untrustworthy. So as you can
tell, someone’s work ethic is a very important part of his
character.

24.  Without good ethics, you can most certainly guarantee that
you will not be too successful in any career or job.
 Work ethics are truly what builds someone's character and
with these good work ethics, you can be absolutely sure to
make your life the greatest that you would hope it to be.
 One of the basic ideas now a days is that we have come to see
everything in terms of its economic value.

25.  Much emphasis these days is put on excelling in the
workforce, making a lot of money, and looking professional.
 If we cannot re-discover the values that made our lives fun
and worth living, then we are simply robots.
 It is not that capitalism is bad in any way, but that people need
to stop for a moment and take a look at what they are
becoming by ignoring work ethics and moral values.

26.  In business, how people judge your character is critical to
sustainable success because it is the basis of trust and
credibility. Both of these essential assets can be destroyed by
actions which are, or are perceived to be unethical.
 Thus, successful executives must be concerned with both their
character and their reputation.
 Competitiveness, ambition and innovation will always be
important to success but they must be regulated by
core ethical principles like the ones described below.

27.  HONESTY : Be honest in all communications and actions.
 Ethical executives are, above all, worthy of trust and honesty
is the cornerstone of trust. They are not only truthful, they are
candid and forthright. Ethical executives do not deliberately
mislead or deceive others by misrepresentations,
overstatements, partial truths, selective omissions, or any other
means and when trust requires it they supply relevant
information and correct misapprehensions of fact.

28.  INTEGRITY : Maintain personal integrity.
 Ethical executives earn the trust of others through personal
integrity. Integrity refers to a wholeness of character
demonstrated by consistency between thoughts, words and
actions. Maintaining integrity often requires moral courage,
the inner strength to do the right thing even when it may cost
more than they want to pay. They live by ethical principles
despite great pressure to do otherwise. Ethical executives are
principled, honorable, upright and scrupulous. They fight for
their beliefs and do not sacrifice principle for expediency.

29.  PROMISE-KEEPING :Keep promises and fulfill
commitments.
 Ethical executives can be trusted because they make
every reasonable effort to fulfill the letter and spirit of
their promises and commitments. They do not interpret
agreements in an unreasonably technical or legalistic manner
in order to rationalize non-compliance or create justifications
for escaping their commitments.

30.  LOYALTY : Be loyal within the framework of other
ethical principles.
 Ethical executives justify trust by being loyal to their
organization and the people they work with. Ethical executives
place a high value on protecting and advancing the lawful and
legitimate interests of their companies and their colleagues.
They do not, however, put their loyalty above other ethical
principles or use loyalty to others as an excuse for
unprincipled conduct.

31.  Ethical executives demonstrate loyalty by safeguarding their
ability to make independent professional judgments. They
avoid conflicts of interest and they do not use or disclose
information learned in confidence for personal advantage. If
they decide to accept other employment, ethical executives
provide reasonable notice, respect the proprietary information
of their former employer, and refuse to engage in any activities
that take undue advantage of their previous positions.

32.  FAIRNESS : Strive to be fair and just in all dealings.
 Ethical executives are fundamentally committed to
fairness. They do not exercise power arbitrarily nor do they
use overreaching or indecent means to gain or maintain any
advantage nor take undue advantage of another’s mistakes or
difficulties. Ethical executives manifest a commitment to
justice, the equal treatment of individuals, tolerance for and
acceptance of diversity. They are open-minded; willing to
admit they are wrong and, where appropriate, they change
their positions and ideas.

33.  CARING : Demonstrate compassion and a genuine
concern for the well-being of others.
 Ethical executives are caring, compassionate, benevolent and
kind. They understand the concept of stakeholders (those who
have a stake in a decision because they are affected by it) and
they always consider the business, financial and emotional
consequences of their actions on all stakeholders. Ethical
executives seek to accomplish their business objectives in a
manner that causes the least harm and the greatest positive
good.

34.  RESPECT FOR OTHERS : Treat everyone with respect.
 Ethical executives demonstrate respect for the human dignity,
autonomy, privacy, rights, and interests of all those who have a
stake in their decisions; they are courteous and treat all people
with equal respect and dignity regardless of sex, race or
national origin. Ethical executives adhere to the Golden Rule,
striving to treat others the way they would like to be treated.

35.  LAW ABIDING : Obey the law.
 Ethical executives abide by laws, rules and regulations relating
to their business activities.
 COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE : Pursue excellence
all the time in all things.
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 Ethical executives pursue excellence in performing their
duties, are well-informed and prepared, and constantly
endeavor to increase their proficiency in all areas of
responsibility.

36.  LEADERSHIP : Exemplify honor and ethics.
 Ethical executives are conscious of the responsibilities and
opportunities of their position of leadership and seek to be
positive ethical role models by their own conduct and by
helping to create an environment in which principled
reasoning and ethical decision making are highly prized.

37.  REPUTATION AND MORALE :
 Build and protect and build the company’s good reputation
and the morale of it’s employees. Ethical executives do
understand the importance of their own and their company’s
reputation as well as the importance of the pride and good
morale of employees. Thus, they avoid words or actions that
might undermine respect and they take affirmative steps to
correct or prevent inappropriate conduct of others.

38.  ACCOUNTABILITY: Be accountable.
 Ethical executives acknowledge and accept personal
accountability for the ethical quality of their decisions and
omissions to themselves, their colleagues, their companies,
and their communities.