This document discusses ethical issues in the workplace. It defines ethical behavior as applying ethical principles to work-related situations and decisions. Ethical behavior is needed to minimize unethical decisions, legal issues, protect reputation, and ensure efficiency. Factors like individual characteristics, management influence, and organizational culture impact ethical behavior. Common ethical issues include discrimination, harassment, relationships with suppliers/customers, and appropriate use of resources. Guidelines for managing ethics include initiatives from top management, open communication, reporting unethical conduct, codes of conduct, and disciplinary actions. A case study on Satyam Computers highlights the need for codes of conduct, fraud detection, and good governance to address ethical issues.

1. ETHICAL ISSUES
AT WORKPLACE

2. DEFINITION
Applying Ethical Principal In Work Related
Situations & Taking Decisions Concerning
The Workplace.

4. NEED OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR
 Minimizing unethical decisions
 Government intervention and legal battles
 Reputation
 Minimum wastage of working hours for personal
work
 More economy and efficiency in business operations
 Maintaining Confidentiality

5. FACTORS FOR ETHICAL
BEHAVIOUR
 Individual Factor
 Influence of manager and co-worker
 Organisational Factor

6. WHAT IS ETHICAL ISSUE
A Problem Or Situation That Requires A Person or Organization To
Choose Between Alternatives That Must Be Evaluated As Right
(Ethical)
Or Wrong (Unethical).

7. ETHICAL ISSUES AT WORKPLACE
 Employment Discrimination
 Workplace Harassment
 Supplier and Customer Relationship
 Senior and Subordinate Relationship
 Employee Behaviour
 Resources

8. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
 No regards to merit
 Biased
 Negative Impact

9. WORKPLACE HARASSMENT
 Excluding a person from usual work
 Unexplained job change
 Impossible job or deadline
 Constant criticism or insults
 Physical or verbal abuse

10. SUPPLIER AND CUSTOMER
RELATIONSHIP
 Bribery
 Discrimination between suppliers
 Delaying or not making payments to suppliers
 Dishonesty in making and keeping contract
 Unfair Pricing
 Cheating Customer
 Misleading Advertising
 Non disclosure of mandatory information on packaging
 Sale of fake, spurious,duplicate,or hazardous goods

11. SENIOR AND SUBORDINATE
RELATIONSHIP
 Communication gap between senior or subordinate employee
 Mutual Understanding
 Proper Feedback Report
 Abusive behavior towards subordinate employee

12. EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOUR
 Misuse of designation
 Break rules and regulation of organization
 Conflicts and arguments with other employees
 Not a proper use of working hours

13. RESOURCES
 Use of funds and resources of the organisation for
personal purposes
 Misreporting of actual number of days or hours
worked
 Divulging business secrets to the competitors or
using them for personal gain

14. GUIDELINES FOR MANAGING
ETHICS IN THE WORKPLACE
 Top management initiatives
 Establish open communication
 Reporting of unethical conduct
 Code of conduct
 Ethics management program
 Disciplinary actions
 Group discussion

15. CASE STUDY
Satyam Computers
This case study is all about the satyam scandal which happened in
2009.
In this case company represented its accounts both to its board ,stock
exchanges, regulators, investors and all other stakeholder.
Accounting fraud:
It is a fraud, which misled the market and other stakeholder by lying
about the company’s financial health. Even basic facts such as revenue
and operating profit were grossly inflated to show the company in good
health.

16. QUESTION RAISED ?
 Investors
 Board
 Government invention
 Accounting Standards
 Ethics and Code of conduct

17. SOLUTION RELATED WITH
ETHICAL ISSUE
 Proper code of conduct
 Fraud detection mechanism
 Good corporate governance
 Whistle blowing policies

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