Ethical Issues in the Work Place

1. Ethical Issues in the Work Place Mrs. Flowers

2. What is Ethics? • Moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior • A set of principles of right conduct • Convictions and rules of society

3. Ethical Issues of Employees

4. Making long phone calls at the company’s cost. Some organizations provide a refund for the phone bills of the employees, especially if the employee is dealing with a job which that involves using the telephone. Taking advantage of the fact and making personal phone calls is unethical.

5. Taking home the company’s assets. Some employees pocket tools and stationery such as staplers, pins, papers etc. to use them at home. This would have probably gone undetected by the cameras, but definitely doesn’t say much about their behavior.

6. Offensive communications. Employees are not allowed to use offensive language in the office. But anything that goes on beyond company walls cannot be taken into consideration.

7. Ethical Issue Of Employers

8. Favoritism. This means that the employer may favor a particular person with regard to promotions and bonuses and evidently neglect other eligible employees. This conduct is considered highly unethical on the part of the employer.

9. Terminating an employee without any notice. In some cases, for reasons like budget management, companies opt for mass firing to reduce the number of employees. Such terminations should be done after prior indications and notice of at least a month or two, so that the person can find another job. Notice periods must be served to avoid confusion.

10. Sexual harassment is not legal/ethical/moral whether in the workplace or out of it. Harassing an employee sexually, or refraining from taking action against those who are involved in such offences, is strictly forbidden.