The document outlines the objectives of a workplace ethics program, emphasizing the importance of ethics in enhancing teamwork, productivity, and public image. It discusses ethical dilemmas and the necessity for organizations to institutionalize ethics to improve long-term profitability. Additionally, it covers the growth of ethics programs in corporations and the benefits of creating effective codes of conduct.

1. Workplace Ethics

2. Program Objectives (1 of 3) Understand what workplace ethics compasses. Why you should be ethical and what you get out of being ethical. Identify how ethics affect teamwork, productivity and the public image. www.readysetpresent.com Page

3. Program Objectives (2 of 3) Understand ethic codes, values and ethic programs. Learn how to set up and implement ethic programs, and how to deal with it’s special challenges. www.readysetpresent.com Page

4. Program Objectives (3 of 3) Explore different ethical styles and learn how to address and resolve ethical dilemmas. Learn how to make moral decisions. Follow guidelines to create an effective code of conduct. www.readysetpresent.com Page

5. Ethics: Two Examples #1 Imagine that one day someone in your organization walks in with a copy of your chief competitor's bid on a big contract. They swear they got it legally, although you are not certain. Whether they did or did not, it remains proprietary information. Page www.readysetpresent.com

6. Ethics: Two Examples #1 Are you going to use it in developing your bid? Page www.readysetpresent.com

7. Ethics: Two Examples #2 What if someone in sales is up against some very tough quarterly objectives. But they can be achieved by concealing from a customer that the product being sold will be made obsolete by a new line in six months. Page www.readysetpresent.com

8. Ethics: Two Examples #2 Is the behavior of the salesperson justifiable? Page www.readysetpresent.com

9. Debrief: An Organization’s Actions These cases have two things in common: how they are handled can dramatically help or hurt your organization and they are both examples of ethical issues. Page www.readysetpresent.com

10. Debrief: An Organization’s Actions Ethical problems are inevitable at all levels of a business: this means that it is simply good sense for companies to take the task of institutionalizing ethics in their organizations seriously. Page www.readysetpresent.com

11. Debrief: An Organization’s Actions The number of ethic programs in corporations is growing as their usefulness becomes increasingly more evident. CEO's of ethically committed corporations believe: no matter how large the financial gain may be from doing something unethical, there is a cost somewhere else in the business. www.readysetpresent.com Page

12. Debrief: An Organization’s Actions CEO's who have committed their corporations to ethics have done so in the name of maximizing long-term profits and fostering the health of their organizations. Page www.readysetpresent.com

13. Download “ Workplace Ethics ” PowerPoint Presentation at ReadySetPresent.com 172 slides include: understanding workplace ethics, what it affects, benefits of workplace ethics, slides on ethic codes, codes of conduct, values, ethic programs, required resources, two ethical styles, 3 steps to resolve ethical dilemmas and how to address ethical dilemmas, guidelines and slides on implementing ethic programs, detecting 6 key roles and responsibilities, guidelines for moral decision making, 10 common ethic code provisions, 15 slides on creating an effective code of conduct, and more. www.readysetpresent.com Page