Download to read offline
Workplace Ethics.pptx
- 1.
- 2. INTRODUCTION Set of values,moral principles, and standards that need to be followed by both employers and employees in the workplace An organization may decide to put these ethics into writing or not—they are however meant to be followed
- 3. General Workplace Ethics •Obey the company’s rules and regulations – Some common rules are tardiness, inappropriate dressing, and language • Communicate Effectively – Say you are working in a Lab/Hospital and some Chinese patient comes in. You are not well versed in language…What would you do? • Develop Professional Relationship – Building professional relation among different levels improve productivity
- 4. General Workplace Ethics •Take Responsibility – Employees may want to save their job and are therefore scared of taking responsibility – Your prescribed treatment can both save or take someone’s life but that’s part of the job • Professionalism – Use of informal words – Speaking on somebody else’s behalf – Quoting something off the record – Blaming someone without evidence
- 5. General Workplace Ethics •Accountability – Better to keep record of things – Financial spending without maintaining an account may lead to wrong impressions – Should apply equally to everyone • Uphold Trust – Things like missing deadlines regularly or delivering work that needs to be revised over and over again
- 6. General Workplace Ethics •Accountability – Better to keep record of things – Financial spending without maintaining an account may lead to wrong impressions – Should apply equally to everyone • Uphold Trust – Things like missing deadlines regularly or delivering work that needs to be revised over and over again • Show Initiative without being told – Don’t wait your for your supervisor
- 7. General Workplace Ethics •Respect Your Colleagues – An intern, a junior, janitor, etc. all should be treated with respect. • Work Smarter – Two data scientists who collect data and analyze them. • A smarter employee will use Formplus data collection tool to collect data and receive real-time data analytics • A hard-working employee will print paper-based forms and do the hard work of sharing it to respondents.
- 8. Un-Ethical Workplace Behavior •Lies – It kills trust, affects relationships and may even put people in trouble. – A lot of employees start lying from their CV, by adding experiences they didn't acquire, and the skills they don't have. • Taking Credit for Others Work – A team member may have brought an idea that helped the sales team improve their sales by 200%. – Employees need to reduce the use of "I", but embrace the use of " We". 8
- 9. Un-Ethical Workplace Behavior •Verbal Harassment/Abuse – Employees need to stay away from using foul language on coworkers in and out of the workplace – Person attending the front desk is the face of whole organization – Some customers may come aggressive but keeping your calm makes you different – Use of courtesy words is essential 9
- 10. Un-Ethical Workplace Behavior •Violence – Use of force to get your way – May come under criminal offense • Non-Office Related Work – Watching movies – Checking out Social Media – Use of Mobile Phone – Hanging out with colleagues without reason 10
- 11. Un-Ethical Workplace Behavior •Extended Breaks – A 24/7 pathology lab needs to be manned all the time – Additional HR is hired to cover breaks and shifts – An extended break for yourself would cut down break time for others • Theft – Some people may divert company funds to their personal account – Presenting fake inflated invoices – Asking commissions from vendor 11
- 12. Un-Ethical Workplace Behavior •Sexual Harassment – An offense that is not limited to the workplace alone – A criminal offense that is tried in the court of Law • Corrupt Practices – Inappropriate use of funds – Abuse of Power – Fake Interviews for completing formality – Violating Merit 12
- 13. Employers Unethical Behaviors •Bribery – It is common for managers, employers and major decision-makers to use their position in the workplace to influence the hiring decision in exchange for money. • Unpaid Overtime – Some employers take advantage of desperate job seekers and the competitive job market to use employees' leisure time as they wish. – Normal working time in South Korea is 12 hours 13
- 14. Employers Unethical Behaviors •Verbal Harassment – It is common among employers to verbally harass employees when they make little mistakes. – This will reduce employee morale and productivity • Undue Pressure – When employees are placed under undue pressure, they end up trading quality for on-time delivery. – One day deadline for a week’s task will degrade work quality 14
- 15. Employers Unethical Behaviors •Nepotism – A common workplace corruption – People from a certain background maybe favored over deserving employees • Unfriendly Work Environment – Decreases productivity – People may keep on leaving • Unrealistic Expectations – Creatives usually have it worse when it comes to having unrealistic expectations from employees 15
- 16. Stopping Unethical Behaviors •Define Rules and Regulations • Feedback/Complaint Mechanism • List consequences and publish them • Disciplinary Action 16
- 17.
Editor's Notes
- #2 Bill Inmon gaves the concept of data warehousing