What is ethics? Is ethics an ability that grows in us from a child or does our parents teaches us ethics? According to dictionary.com, states that the word ethics means, "the code of good conducts for an individual or group." Ethics also means, simply stated, that ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find themselves-as friends, parents, children, citizens, businesspeople, teachers, professionals, and so on. There are many characteristics of ethics. There are good and bad ethics. But when sociologist Raymond Baumhart ask business people "What does ethics means to you?" According to him, the replies he received were: "ethics has to do with whether their feelings tell them what's right or wrong, Ethics has to do with their religious beliefs, being ethical is doing what the law requires, Ethics consists of the standards of behavior our society accepts, and I don't know what the word means." (Wallace, 1985) All of those could be true, but the word "ethics" is hard to define and many views are quite shaky. If at a young age you find your daughter is stealing from the corner store, do you tell her that it is not ethical. Do you teach her that stealing is wrong? But is that ethical? So the question still remains, "What is ethics?"
Silence or Omission: Not coming forward or withholding important information can be highly unethical if it leads to harm or damages
Currently I am working for a Christian preschool as a co-teacher for a class of eleven 3 year old children. Working for a Christian preschool you would imagine that having and displaying good morals and ethics would be a must, however just like with any workplace there are those who sometimes break or they may say bend these ethical rules and display behavior that should not be revealed in any type of situation, especially in the workplace. The text book describes ethics in the workplace as “Ethics of business is just that, ethics- a sense of right and wrong when dealing with coworkers, employers, employees, customers, shareholders, and the general population”, basically saying that ethics allows you to
The act of whistle-blowing is an ethical issue that all employees have the right to. Whether they decide to make the corrupt information known publicly or anonymously, the information they provide can protect everyone involved. The ethical and moral sides of whistle-blowing can go both ways. In order to protect the customers, patients, or consumers of the harmful products the companies are offering, employees that have morals and feel the need to make the truth be known have an ethical responsibility to do so. Issues of being a whistle-blower are more controversial than the responsibilities of the employees doing so. When a whistle-blower takes action, they expose information from their company that it not meant to be public. They basically turn their backs away from their company and colleagues by revealing the truth. When surveying these issues, an employee who is torn by exposing information or keeping silent must decide whether it is more ethical to stay loyal to their organization or to the organization's
This occurs when someone tells a coworker about an illegal or immoral practice, in hopes that this person will do something to change the company. This usually occurs when they are trying not to cause any bad publicity for the company. If a company discourages the internal reporting, they are likely to become worse off and the individual that initially started the internal report will have to go out of the company and notify a governmental agency or even the press. From an ethical standpoint, internal reporting is a big part of keeping companies clear from whistle blowing. Even when whistleblowers keep the problem inside the company, they are still often seen as traitors or not company
Working in any environment, some people are subject to see things that may be illegal or unethical. In any situation like this, how do you determine the best decision, whether to keep quiet or speak out? According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, a whistle-blower is one who reveals something, converts or informs against another person’s transgression in the workplace. In 1989, the United States passed the Whistleblower Protection Act. This act protects federal employees in the workplace if they report any misconduct or wrongdoing. Whistle-blowing is becoming more universal, however is it really worth the whistle-blowers risk and integrity? I will attempt to analyze key facts regarding
Ethical issues in the workplace can be influenced by economic gains, differing worldviews, and ineffective communications. Nursing ethics usually begins with issues experienced during practice (Butts & Rich, p. 118). An ethical dilemma that occurred, during work, at a hospital in Northwestern United States will be examined. The impact of Christian and postmodern worldviews will be considered. Ethical decision making implications will be identified.
Ans. 7 From my point of view I would have reported the scheme to senior management. The scheme would have proved very harmful for the whole company and the harm of the company is bad for each and every employee of the company. Many people may have lost their jobs due to this scheme.
The appropriateness of whistleblowing depends to a large extent on the circumstances. A good theory of whistleblowing should provide guideline in how to minimize harm to any stakeholders of an organization. The focus should on how to attain the most ethical resolution rather instead of depend on the position of the person to whom one reports the malpractice to determine the validity of whistleblowing.
Rhodes, R. and Strain, J.J. (2004) Whistleblowing in academic Medicine. Journal of Medical Ethics. 30 (1)
a. Law chart- By completing the law chart, I am now familiar with the different laws that are in effect for special education and what they entitle for special education students.
Ethics in the Workplace "Ethics are personal and, at the same time, a very public display of your attitudes and beliefs. It is because of ethical beliefs that we humans may act differently in different situations" (University of Phoenix, 2007). Poor ethical choices in the workplace can truly hurt people. Poor ethics can damage their career, happiness, and quality of life. Not only can these actions hurt the individual who has made the bad choices, but also most often it hurts the innocent.
According to Robbins and Judge (2015), when dealing with unethical behavior especially on the global scale is difficult to manage because dissimilar cultures have different perspectives on certain ethical issues. According to Boundless (2015), the French unlike the Americans have different views on whistle blowing. Compared to the French, American companies consider it to be a natural part of business. They actually set up anonymous hotlines to field such calls. The French, tend to think whistle blowing as damaging cohesion among coworkers. In the past I would have acting unethically not realizing the damage and long-term effect I was creating for myself. However, now the thought of acting unethically is disturbing to me because I do not see the benefit in it anymore. The choice to make ethical decisions are solely on the individual, no one can make you act in such a manner if it was not already a part of you. For me, in my younger years, I would have definitely been a part of that borrowed experiment. Now I realize the benefit of not taking the paper and educating myself on the new methods and procedures being introduced. These are concepts I could use in future situations, but if we never came up with the original problems and solutions; how would I know the pros and cons of the situation and where to begin to resolve the problem.
In looking at the ten primary traps from the Hoyk and Hersey book , seven of the ten traps were cause for the ethical failure. The first trap is obedience to authority. In this case if Chantale chooses not to call her friend who works for the newspaper, for fear of repercussions at work, she is then listening to her supervisors’ directions and keeping quite about the situation. Chantale may hold indirect responsibility for what could happen if some of the medical waste was to threaten public safety say by polluting a local water source. Another trap that goes along with indirect responsibility would be faceless victims, in were the company does not see one specific person or group of persons being affected rather as the trap states a faceless person were no feelings of guilt or remorse are attached.
Managers of today’s businesses face many different issues that are drastically different from the working environment even just 20 years ago. The 21st century is full of many dilemmas that managers will face and continue to ensure as time goes on. With the rapid availability of personal electronics and social media, managers have many issues of ethics related to these two fields. This is genuinely unique 21st century issue and since they are still new, managers are still coming up with creative ways to combat the problems that they face related to personal electronics and social media in terms of information spillage.