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1. (WORK OF ETHICS)
REPORTED BY:
GROUP 2
TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES
ETHICS

2. WORK DEFINED
• work has been defined as an
activity in which one exerts strength
or faculties to do or perform
something
• work is defined as a labor, task or
duty

3. Work always means
performing some activities
that will satisfy needs and
create service for certain
individual , group or
society, and it is therefore
accepted and rewarded

4. • 1st specific rights recognized in
International Covenant On
Economic , Social And Cultural
Rights
• deals with access to work and it is
the main concern
Right to Work

5. What do you
think are
examples of
Human Rights?

6. • Common Human Rights (positive
rights)
• food
•Education
•Fair trial
•Free speech
•Just working conditions
• Common Human Rights (negative
implications)
• degree of suffering
Work as Human Rights
Standard

7. For many people,
work is something
that a man should to
do in order to
survive…

8. Article 6 of the
International
Covenant on
Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR) states
that….

9. The right to work
includes “the right of
a man to the
opportunity to gain
his living by work.”

10. What is the
meaning of
“ to earn one’s
living”?

11. Article 11 of ICESCR
states that ….provides
that there is a right to
an adequate standard
of living that is
unconditional; it does
not depend on work.

12. So work as a Human
Rights standard is not to be
seen as a means to have an
adequate standard of living
( as this is guaranteed by
another human right but to
earn such standard of
living.

13. • Human Right to Work
recognizes work as a something
to which each every individual is
entitled
• Right to participate in the
producing and servicing of
Human Society and the right to
Human Right to Work

14. • Common Government
Obligation under the right to
work
• respect
• protect
• fulfill each person’s access to
work
• Government must not destroy a
person’s opportunity to earn his
Government Obligation

15. • Government must prevent hid
opportunity from being destroyed
by third parties (obligation to
protect)
• Government must provide the
opportunity to earn one’s living
to each person who currently
does not have this opportunity

16. • Presidential Decree No. 442 or
the labor code of the Philippines
defines “Wage”.
• remuneration or earning ,
capable of of being expressed in
terms of money
• payable by employer or
employee under a written or
Wage

17. Wage is based on hours
worked.
Salaries is an amount
paid for a particular job.
Wage and Salaries

18. • availability of people capable of
fulfilling the obligations and
responsibilities of the job.
• level of demand elsewhere in the
community and/or industry for
prospective employees
• cost living in the area attractiveness of
the community in which the company
operates
Factors to consider when
settling on a salary for a
position include:

19. • Justice means giving what is right and
what is due
• unfair labor practice
• practice of giving salaries below the
minimum wage if not wage is observed:
• factory workers
• construction workers
• sales ladies
• Government should play its role in
protecting the rights of workers by
Wage and Morality

20. • trade union or union labor
• organization of workers who have
banded together to achieve common
goals such as better working condition
• include the:
• negotiation of wages
• work rules
• complaint procedures
• rules governing
• hiring and firing
Unionism

21. • promotion of workers
• benefits
• work place
• safety and policies

22. Morality cannot be an issue
unless a union is created in
which its objectives are
contrary to law, since most
acts that are considered
illegal are immortal also…

23. • are suspensions of work against
an employer, factory, industry or
firm performed by workers and
maintained until the demands are
met by the entity against from
which they are striking
• labor code of the Philippines
states that strik as many
Strike

24. The Philippine Constitution enumerates the rights of
workers, these are:
Rights of Workers
• right to self-organization- involves
the right of every employee to form,
to join or to not join labor unions.
• right to collective bargaining and
negotiations- to negotiate additional
salaries and benefits is involved in
the right
• right to strike- strike means
stoppage of work by employees as

25. • right to security and tenure-
security of tenure mans the right to
be protected in his employment and
must be terminated only if there are
justifiable, valid and lawful
grounds.
• right to humanae conditions of
work- this covers the right to be
given rest and meal periods
including the right to work in a safe
and healthy working environment

26. • right to participate in policy and
decision-making processes- this
covers the right to be involved in
activities affecting employee’s
interest and welfare.

27. These may be explained the contract of employment,
but the law also says that there are certain obligations
and duties owed by an employee to their employer,
even if the contract does not mention them. These
include:
Duties of Employees
1. To do what reasonable
employee would do in any
situation.
2. Duty to be honest
3. Disclose wrong doing, (does not
include “spent” convictions).
But, if this will incriminate

28. 4. Carry out and follow
5. Not to disclose the employer.
6. Work with reasonable care and
skill
7. Look after the employer’s
property if using it
8. Not to compete in business
against, the employer while still
working for them as an
employee
9. Not to take bribes

29. Duties of Employers to
Employees
• Duty to pay
• Duty to provide work
• Self working condition
• Employment
opportunities
• Work securities
• Physical welfare