Meaning unethical

1. Meaning and Causes of
Unethical Behaviour
Siddharth S.Payal
Roll no.- 43

2. MEANING-
 Unethical behavior in business refers to actions that fail to rise to
acceptable standards of business practices. As you can see, unethical
business practices can creep into every type of business imaginable.
... We should also raise the bar and hold businesses to a higher
standard of conduct.
 Misusing company time. Whether it is covering for someone who shows
up late or altering a time sheet, misusing company time tops the list.
 Abusive behaviour,employee theft,lying to employees, violating company
policies,etc.

3. CAUSES-
 No code of Ethics-Employees are more likely to do wrong
if they don’t know what’s right. Without a code of ethics,
they may be unscrupulous. A code of ethics is a proactive
approach to addressing unethical behavior.
 Fear of reprisals-When explaining why they don’t report
ethical misconduct that they witness, people often say it is
because they worry about the ramifications. They don’t
want to damage their career or incur the wrath of the
offender.

4.  Impact of peer influence-If everyone is doing it, it must be
right. Or is it? What’s to stop someone from padding their
expense report when their co-workers do it but don’t get
caught? Too often people lapse into the bad behavior of
others.
 Going down a slippery slope- Misconduct starts small,
such as the exaggeration of a mileage report. But the
longer it goes unchecked, the worse the offenses become.
The few extra dollars that came from the mileage report
may eventually be dwarfed by larger falsified expenses or
perhaps even outright embezzlement.