This document discusses workplace ethics and some key ethical values important in the workplace. It defines ethics as standards that determine right and wrong and guide our actions. Good workplace ethics bring benefits like attracting customers and investors through a respectable reputation. Important ethical values discussed include integrity, honesty, discipline, fairness and respect towards others, and taking responsibility and being accountable. Employees demonstrating these values can be relied on to do their work well and ensure projects are completed on time.

1. Workplace Ethics
By- Pritha Sengupta

2. What is Ethics?
 Ethics can be defined as the well-founded standards and fundamental principles of
an individual. Ethics are used to determine what is right and wrong, and usually
dictate our course of action in our daily lives.

3. Good Workplace Ethics…
 Good work ethics play an important role in bringing benefits to
a business in many ways. Generally, strong ethics attract
customers/clients who appreciate honest services that will then
boost the sales and profits of your company. Having a
respectable reputation also helps to attract new customers and
builds higher loyalty among customers. For public-listed
companies, having a strong ethical behaviour and corporate
social responsibility would bring confidence in investors,
thereby maintaining the high value of the company’s position in
the marketplace.

4. Ethical Values…
 Integrity
 One of the most important workplace ethics is integrity. By
definition, integrity is the “quality of being honest and having strong
moral principles, a personal code of conduct that goes above the
level of good conduct and encompasses the spirit of good conduct.”
Employees with integrity are usually the ones you can count on, the
ones with the highest moral values and the ones who are bent on
doing the right thing at all times.

5. Honesty
Being an honest individual means you do not
deceive others by giving out misleading
information. This includes the truthful way of
conduct that is usually without the intention of
lying, cheating or any form of falsification.
Customers typically only deal with a business or
a service provider whom they trust. In a
workplace, an honest employee is the one you
can rely on to continue doing their best in their
jobs for the company’s benefits.

6. Discipline
At times, an employee may be talented in
his line of work but lacks the commitment
and dedication to complete the tasks given.
It requires a certain level of discipline to not
only complete the tasks within a certain
time frame but to also execute them well,
instead of doing just the bare minimum at
the very last minute. Disciplined employees
are extremely important as they ensure that
all assignments and projects are delivered
and executed in a timely manner.

7. Fair and respect
Achieving an ethically strong workplace
involves the cooperation of every employee,
from top decision-makers/leaders to entry-
level employees. No matter which level you are
at, you need to ensure that all your actions are
fair and just, particularly if you are entrusted
with a position to lead. This will ensure a
positive work culture in your organisation.
Always remember that every one of your staff
deserves to be treated with respect and dignity,
dignity, regardless of who they are or which
position they are at.

8. Responsible and accountable
If an employee has a strong sense of
responsibility, he or she would undoubtedly
turn up for work on time and complete the
tasks given with the best effort that he or she
can offer. Nevertheless, there will be a time
when an employee may make a mistake,
hence it is important to also be able to
acknowledge these mistakes, be accountable
for it and accept any consequences. In certain
scenarios, an ethical manager will take
accountability for their staff or colleagues for
reasons that are not for self-interest but for
the well-being of all parties involved.