What is Ethical Behaviour?
Without ethical behaviour, there would be extreme chaos within any environment - regardless of whether it's a work environment or not. Ethics determines what is considered good, and what's considered bad, and sets standards from those findings. Ethical behaviour is what's accepted in society as the "good" or "right" thing to do. An example is, it's unethical to steal from another individual but is ethical to donate legal cash to charities. Personal values come in the way of ethics on a day-to-day basis for any individual. Ethics are what's considered "good" or "right", whereas one's personal values can say that something considered "right" is actually considered "wrong" in their personal opinion. In the workplace, personal values may come in the way of doing assigned tasks that are considered "right" by society, the manager or the majority. For an example, a manager may want a male employee to take out the trash, which is considered ethical, but in the employees perspective, may be unethical due to personal beliefs that women should be able to take out trash too. The video above, gives you more insight on how to deal with unethical scenarios within a workplace, and also gives you an understanding of what's considered ethical as well. Remember, give importance to your personal values, not only what's considered ethical!
Managers are expected to give importance to each individuals personal beliefs and values, although they may not agree. Conflicts within the workplace can be easily solved if each individual is understanding and accepting. In order to get work done more efficently within a workplace, the individuals working, must want to do what they are doing!
Managers are expected to give importance to each individuals personal beliefs and values, although they may not agree. Conflicts within the workplace can be easily solved if each individual is understanding and accepting. In order to get work done more efficently within a workplace, the individuals working, must want to do what they are doing!
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