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Definition of Workplace Ethics

By Roslyn Frenz, eHow Contributor

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Employees use ethics to makemoral decisions

Companies use workplace ethics to govern employee behavior, regulate managements moral

decisions and keep companies out of legal trouble. Some businesses clarify ethics in an official

company code of ethics. Employees of companies with no official code can rely on personalethics derived from universal codes. Not just for corrupt employees, workplace ethics guide all

businesspeople who search for moral and professional direction.

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How to Respond to an Ethical Dilemma

1.Functionso Ideally, workplace ethics keep employees and companies from doing the wrong

thing and are used as a reference to determine if an employee has acted

unethically. The right course of action is difficult to determine in many situations.Sometimes its not enough to simply ask, Is this ethical? A set of distinct moral

values is required to determine morally correct actions. At the most basic level,

workplace ethics keep employees from violating laws.

Expert Insight

o According to Mark S. Schwartz, author a 2005 article on corporate codes of ethicsin the Journal of Business Ethics, a workplace ethics code is a formal document

that dictates moral standards that can guide both employee and corporate

behavior. Workplace ethics codes not only address applicable laws, but they go

beyond the law to discuss the foundations of the law and the spirit in which thelaw was written. These documents discuss what to do and why it should be done.

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Types

o Schwartz listed six main moral values relevant to the business community. Theyare respect, caring, trustworthiness, responsibility, citizenship and fairness. Manybusinesses use these values as a foundation for workplace ethics programs.

Ethical employees adopt these values even with no company-sanctioned code.

Misconceptions

o Some people believe that workplace ethics are tied to religion or theology. Thegoal of business ethics isnt to change peoples spiritual ideals; instead itestablishes a set of values that direct workplace and corporate activity. Other

misconceptions include the thought that only bad employees benefit from

workplace ethics programs. In reality, the corporate landscape embodies a mazeof moral gray areas, so employees at every level benefit from ethical direction.

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o The prevalence of workplace codes continues to rise. By 2005, 78 percent ofAmerican organizations required employees to conform to a company-created

official code of ethics. Many business academics consider workplace valueprograms basic and experimental, despite the widespread use of official

workplace ethics codes. Workplace ethics needs continued exploration just like

any branch of knowledge. Recent, well-publicized ethical slips have encouragedbusiness ethics as a new type of management discipline. Business ethics managersmay become as prevalent as accountants and public-relations managers.

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