Introduction
The management of ethics in the organization have huge benefits both moral and even practical for everyone. this is particularly true nowadays when it is critical to understand and manage highly diversified organization culture. The managers primarily responsible for managing ethics in the organization. The ethical culture of an organization says lot about what a organization values. Ethics codes are one way to express the prevailing values and outlines guideposts to get that goal.
Current unethical issues in an organization
- Resorting to dishonesty, trickery or deception.
- Distortion of facts to mislead or confuse.
- Manipulating people emotionally by exploiting their vulnerabilities.
- Creation of false documents to show increased profits.
- Avoiding penalty or compensation for unlawful act.
- Lack of transparency and resistance to investigation.
- Harming the environment by exceeding the government prescribed norms for pollution
- Sexual discrimination
What management can do to create a more ethical organizational culture
- Be a role model and be visible
- Communicate ethical expectations.
- Offer ethics training
- Visibly reward ethical acts and punish unethical ones
- Provide protective mechanisms
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An ethical organization culture is one that offers priority to employee rights, fair procedures, equity in pay and promotion, promotion of tolerance, compassion, loyalty and honesty in the treatment of customers and employees, and the ethical pursuit of profit. When employees respect the rules of conduct and feel fairly treated by management, the employees begin to trust managers and internalize the organization’s values as their own. Once that happens, ethics becomes embedded in the organization culture. If shareholders and potential investors trust management and believe they are committed to ethics, they are more likely to invest. It is true that when the ethics are good organization tend to be good as well.
Conclusion
It is generally observed that team leaders influence
their team members to a huge extent. Superiors strictly need to adhere to the
rules and regulations of the organization for their employees to follow the
same. Leaders have no rights to scold their subordinates if the leader is also
at fault. Furthermore no one would bother to listen to the leader if he is not act according to the rules and regulations at the organization.
In the field of ethics management more should be done. There seem to be lack of effective instructions and tools for solving ethical problems and addressing ethical dilemmas as the number and scope
of wrongdoings is in rise. There is no general ethical theory that would help to
eliminate wrongdoings.
The entire life-cycle of a code from the
beginning to the final institutionalization could be researched and a model could be generated. Such framework could eventually be applied in ethics management
in different organizations.
References
Snellma, C., 2014. Ethics Management. [online] Available at: <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287151217_Ethics_Management_How_to_Achieve_Ethical_Organizations_and_Management/link/5696cd9308aea2d743748999/download> [Accessed 2 May 2021].
Verma, A., 2016. IMPORTANCE OF MANAGING ETHICAL ISSUES IN ORGANIZATION :AT WORK PLACE. [online] Academia.edu. Available at: <https://www.academia.edu/23513465/IMPORTANCE_OF_MANAGING_ETHICAL_ISSUES_IN_ORGANIZATION_AT_WORK_PLACE> [Accessed 2 May 2021].
Every organization has an ethical code that guides its decision making and activities to have effective productivity and maintain its reputation. Ethical behavior ensures that staff completes work with honesty and integrity and meets the aim of an organization by adhering to rules and policies.
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Ethics in business relate to how an organization or corporation handles situations that require moral decisions. ... Management ethics involves leaders protecting their employees, customers and society as a whole from any negative consequences that could arise from the actions of their businesses. Good article about ethics in an organisation.
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