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A Look at Workplace Ethics

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What are Work Ethics?

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What are ethics? They are a set of (often unspoken – and generally understood) moral principles relating to a specified group, field or form of conduct. A group of moral principles, standards of behavior or set of values regarding proper conduct in the workplace. Ethics on the job often deal with a code of conduct or a set of principles for BOTH the employer and the employee. Ask for and offer some examples of workplace ethics from both the employer and the employee.

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Work Ethics

Work Ethics for an Employer

• To provide a safe work

environment for staff and

employees

• To treat employees with

dignity and respect

• To provide a fair wage for

the services rendered

• To handle all business

transactions with integrity

and honesty

Work Ethics for an Employee

• To show up on time

• To tend to company

business the whole time

while at work

• To treat the company’s

resources, equipment

and products with care

• To give respect to the

company by working with

honesty and integrity

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A list of work ethics for an employer or a company might be: • To provide a safe work environment for all staff and employees • To treat employees with dignity and respect • To provide a fair wage for the services rendered • To handle all business transactions with integrity and honesty A list of work ethics for an employee might be: • To show up on time • To tend to company business the whole time while at work; giving it 100% • To treat the company’s resources, equipment and products with care • To give respect to the company by working with honesty and integrity Ask the students to list some ethical issues that might come up at work.

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What Do Professional Ethics Include?

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• Professional manner

• Personal life

• Respect for resources

• Guidelines for professional

ethics

Professional Ethics

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A good work ethic is an attitude that combines hard work, good performance and dependable results. How can your ethics help you develop strong relationships in a work environment?

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Professional Manner

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Professional manner includes being:

• on time

• polite

• respectful

• dependable

Professionals do not use profanity on the job and avoid gossip. Can you think of any other descriptions for professional behavior?

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Soft Skills – Professionalism

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Professionalism

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United States Department of Labor Soft Skills – Professionalism information. http://youtu.be/7dPWVjQSad4

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• Separate work life from private life

• Avoid discussing personal problems

• Keep personal telephone calls to a

minimum

Personal Life

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Do not let what happens at home or in your personal life affect your work life. Is it a good idea to date someone that you work with? Why or why not?

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• Stealing is

– illegal

– unethical

• Do not take items such as:

– cash

– property

– office supplies

– food

– toiletries

Wasting resources costs the company money

• Recycle items such as:

– paper products

– grease

– oil

Do Not Steal or Waste

Resources

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Embezzlement occurs when a trusted employee takes either money or goods entrusted to them. They can be arrested, fined and/or sent to prison. A 2010 report by TD Bank Financial Group estimated that employee theft played a role in the bankruptcy of one out of 10 failed small- to medium-sized businesses. A study of 23 large retail companies by loss-prevention consulting firm Jack L. Hayes International shows that 71,095 dishonest employees were apprehended in 2012, up 5.5 percent from 2011. In total, more than $50 million was recovered in those cases, up 7 percent from a year earlier. How would you feel if you were a business owner and this was occurring at your place of business? Wasting resources can cost money and lead to environmental problems.

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Guidelines for Professional Ethics

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Work Ethics

Ethics in the Workplace!

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Ethics in the Workplace! A presentation on how companies can easily implement business ethics in workplace and still achieve their goals. http://youtu.be/0mUxMpMTT28

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Human Relations Soft

Skills/Transferable Skills

Treating people fairly

Establishing rapport

Being a cooperative team member

Dealing effectively with conflict

Helping clarify misunderstandings

Creating an environment of social interaction

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These are considered soft skills or transferable skills. These are skills which individuals must develop, refine, practice and reinforce. Why are they called transferable skills? They are called transferable skills because you can transfer them from one situation or career to another. Here is a list of additional transferable skills: • Negotiating • Tactfulness • Patience with difficult people • Setting priorities • Completing projects on time • Problem solving • Management • Leadership • Accepting responsibility • Decision making • Cooperating Can you think of skills you have that you can transfer to many different situations or careers?

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Work Ethic Qualities

Honestly

Flexibility

Responsibility

Reliability

Teamwork

Commitment and

Excellence

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Responsibility - employees show up for work on time and work diligently to become familiar with job duties and perform them correctly Flexibility - employees can adjust to changes without complaining Honesty - employees admit their mistakes and find out how to prevent making them again A reliable employee: •Arrives at work on time •Keeps personal matters separate from business matters •Works a full shift •Carries out a variety of assigned tasks without constant prompting •Takes on extra work when necessary without complaint •Gets enough rest to work effectively •Maintains good personal, physical and mental health Teamwork – employees work with a large team Commitment - the quality that supports all your abilities and skills to build a strong work ethic Excellence – employees make the most of opportunities to improve their abilities and learn new skills How can joining a career and technical student organization help you build a good work ethic?

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Code of Ethics

Workplace ethics serve as guiding

principles that effective leaders use to set

the professional tone and behavior.

Behavior of

employees

Wages,

benefits and

working

conditions

Employee

treatment

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Workplace ethics serve as guiding principles that effective leaders use in setting professional tone and behavior. Many establishments have created written codes of ethics, which are designed to remove the guesswork about what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior. These codes of ethics may include employee treatment, wages, benefits, working conditions, behavior of employees and any other issues that may impact operations.

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Questions to Keep in Mind

• Am I confident in

my decision

• Will it be valid for

years?

• Is it legal?

• Will it hurt

anyone?

• Does it positively

represent the

company?

1 • Does it make

anyone

uncomfortable?

• Does it convey

respect for

others?

• Have I involved

others by

asking their

viewpoint?

• Is it fair?

• Does it uphold the

values of the

organization?

• Can I tell my

decisions to my

employer, my

family and others?

• How would others

regard the details if

public?

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To determine whether a decision or action is based on sound workplace ethics, managers and employees should ask these questions. Are all these valid questions to keep in mind as an employee? Why or why not?

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Questions?

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Images:

Microsoft Clip Art: Used with permission from Microsoft.

Textbooks:

Parnell Frances Baynor. (2001). Skills for personal and family living. (pp. 195-206). Tinley

Park: The Goodheart-Willcox Publishing Company.

Sasse Connie. (2004). Families today. (4th ed., pp. 285-304). New York: McGraw Hill

Glencoe.

Websites:

Department of Labor

Essentials Skills to Getting a Job.

http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/essential_job_skills.pdf

References and Resources

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Ethics Resource Center (ERC)

ERC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, dedicated to independent

research that advances high ethical standards and practices in public and private

institutions.

http://www.ethics.org/

YouTube™:

Ethics in the Workplace!

A presentation on how companies can easily implement business ethics in workplace and

still achieve their goals.

http://youtu.be/0mUxMpMTT28

United States Department of Labor

Soft Skills – Professionalism information.

http://youtu.be/7dPWVjQSad4

References and Resources