Please review this memorandum to ensure everyone is practicing good ethical communication skills. Before sending out any communication weather being oral or written, please ensure the information is accurate, non-deceptive and complete. The information in this memorandum is to be referenced until an official Code of Ethics policy is developed.
Many will argue that ethical communication also includes what you don't say. Leaving out crucial information from memos, proposals, oral presentations, are also considered to be unethical forms of communication.
Before any form of communication is given to others please ensure the following is taken into consideration.
Legality
While it is important to follow the laws governing our country, please be
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• Proposals - A plan or suggestion, especially a formal or written one, put forward for consideration or discussion by others.
• Oral Presentations - Oral assessments come in a variety of styles, from multimedia projects to group work to speeches.
Be aware that information can often have serious ethical implications. To reduce the risk and ensure everyone is practicing good ethical communication, ensure you follow these steps before distributing anything.
Communicators can be sure their information is ethical if they can answer yes to the following question:
• Is the information I provided accurate, honest, fair, and would I back my answer if anything is called into question?
Honesty
It is important to be honest and maintain integrity when communicating with others. Once your integrity is questioned it is hard to gain trust back.
Here are some examples of what to ask yourself when preparing:
• Is the information clear and understandable?
• Do I have valid and unbiased information?
• Is the information
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The following are some questions to ask yourself to ensure everyone is treated fair:
• Does the information contain any language that can intentionally or unintentionally cause harm to any other employee?
• Does the information respect the privacy of anyone involved?
• Am I violating any confidentiality rules or laws?
• Is credit given to those who deserve it, such as information sources and contributors?
• Did I use language that is not demining to anyone?
Discrimination and Inequality
Our company maintains a strict no tolerance policy towards discrimination and inequality. Everyone must and will be treaded equal no matter of Race, Sex, Nationality, Religion, or Sexual Orientation. At no time will anyone violate this policy or serious repercussions will follow. Everyone is required to conduct annual discrimination training so there is no excuse for anyone not to be treated equally. Everyone here is one big happy family, so treat everyone as you would your own families. Ensure everyone follows these steps to maintain proper ethical behavior.
Always remember if you ever question yourself on if you are practicing good ethical communication skills follow what’s known as the four-way test by
The concept of discrimination is complex in the case of “The Big One” in this case, corporations in the United States of America such as Nike, Spalding, Microsoft and AT&T are not willing to change their ways of manufacturing their goods in third world countries and American detention centres, and this causes perfectly able bodied employees in the United States to become unemployed as more and more companies apply this measure to make additional profit for themsel...
The major areas of my values and ethics can be summarized in six words: excellence, personal integrity, responsibility, ambition, accountability, and determination. Excellence guides me when setting targets in all my undertakings; I normally strive to achieve my best. Personal integrity and accountability enable me to make sound judgments to avoid engaging in actions that will hurt me and/or other people around me. Responsibility is important to me as it enables me to identify the part I need to play in my family, at the workplace, and in the community. Lastly, ambition and determination are applicable in providing me with the momentum needed to ensure that all my initiatives and tasks are done to completion.
...me factors of the organization cannot be adapted to the environment. For example, Shell supports a strong stance against the issue of anti-harassment. According to Shell’s Code of Ethical Conduct, “Shell will not tolerate harassment in the workplace – that is any action, conduct or behavior which any individual finds unwelcome, humiliating, intimidating or hostile” (Shell International Limited, 2006, p. 52). An organization’s code of conduct must clearly communicate its anti-harassment policy and outline repercussions for offenders. Harassment in the workplace concerns factors such as race, gender, religion, sexual harassment, and discrimination. The anti-harassment section of the code of conduct should altogether effectively convey the business’s commitment to ensuring a fair and safe workplace that respects diversity and encourages the free exchange of ideas.
Ethical behavior internally should be discussed and explained on what is expected of employees when dealing with other employees. Part E2: Communication is important in an ethics training program.
I have chosen the business profession topic of higher education administration. I am extremely familiar with this profession; as it is the job that I currently hold. There is a plethora of different activities and task that are dealt with on a daily basis within this profession. Some of these items consist of assisting both full and part time staff and faculty, maintaining order within budgets and finance, including all purchase orders and check requests, facilitating student awards, including scholarships, staffing and training within the department, as well as dealing with public policy and laws within the college. It is immensely obvious that this job would keep anyone busy. This alone is one of the reasons I love this profession so much. Each day brings something new, and important group of items to accomplish. Anyone who holds this job, would go into work everyday knowing that the tasks that they are about to perform, will create a difference to not only to the departments and its students, but will also make a difference within the entire college. This person alone has the responsibility of making ethical decisions every single day as well as watching out for others who may need help being pointed in the proper ethical direction based on their knowledge of the school’s ethics plans that have been put in place. If someone were unaware of the ethical standards in this profession, there is a lot of room for things to head in a corrupt direction rather quickly.
The laws generally support employer dress code and appearance policies, while employers try to be flexible by having employees to present themselves in a way that is consistent with the employer's image (Gross). As long as they do not discriminate on race, color, religion, age, nationality or gender, employers a...
In an ideal world, every person is treated equally when it comes to getting a job, advancing in his or her career and being treated fairly in the workplace. Unfortunately, discrimination still exists in hiring, firing and promotions; and the diversity of the workforce regrettably can cause hostility in the workplace when individuals do not appreciate and respect the differences among themselves and their co-workers.
It’s also important to acknowledge what you don’t know. As I’ve just mentioned, it’s beneficial to gain expertise in one particular area of your field. This means there will be plenty of information that is not readily at your disposal. So, if you want to remain credible, never pretend or guess and answer that is outside your expertise.
The Help chronicles a recent college graduate named Skeeter, who secretly writes a book exposing the treatment of black maids by white affluent women. The story takes place in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, during the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. The death of Medgar Evers triggers racial tension and gives the maids of Jackson the courage to retell their personal stories of injustice endured over the years. The movie depicts the frustration of the maids with their female employers and what their lives were like cleaning, cooking, and raising their bosses’ children. The Help shines a light on the racial and social injustice of maids during the era of Jim Crow Laws, illustrating how white women of a privileged society discriminated not only against black women, but also against their own race. The movie examines a very basic principle: the ethical treatment of other human beings.
It is unethical to discriminate against surface-level discrimination like: race, religion, age, gender, disabilities, etc. If organizations do not hold up to their responsibility to provide equal opportunity to their employees, the organization can face legal charges, low turnover, employee dissatisfaction, and low motivation. If the public finds out that the company is unethical with their employees, the company’s sales can also go down due to their bad reputation. Upper-level management should make policies against discrimination, hire a diverse workforce, and promote an environment where employees can openly discuss discrimination. Lower-level management should follow and educate employees on these policies, punish employees who discriminate. Johnson & Johnson state in their code of ethics that, “Compensation must be fair and adequate…There must be equal opportunity for employment, development and advancement for those qualified” (Code of Business Conduct, 2015). Johnson & Johnson pays everyone based on skill or performance and gives all their diverse employees the opportunity to advance if they are qualified. Their employees are almost half women, half men, their management is 42% women, and their new hires consists almost 25% each of North Americans, Latin Americans, Europeans/Middle East/Africans, and Asian-Pacific. Johnson & Johnson also have a
Discrimination is known to exist in all workplaces, sometimes it is too subtle to notice, and other times it is exceedingly obvious. It is known that everyone subconsciously discriminates, dependant on their own beliefs and environments that surround them. However, discrimination can be either positive or negative in their results, and sometimes discrimination is a necessary part of life.
Work plays an important role in our daily life, it is considered much more huge part of our personal life. During our daily work we make many relationships throughout our career history. Sometimes these relationships become lasting, and sometimes employment discrimination might happen. This relationships that we thought it last could be cut off by the devastation of claims of discriminatory treatment. Discrimination in the workforce has been an issue since the first people of workers in United States in the present day and as well in the past. Some employees were subjected to a harsh working conditions, verbal abuse, denial of advancement,, and many other injustices. There was also the fact that certain employees were being treated differently than other employees.
Harassment and discrimination can affect a business in many ways. Having a history of harassment and discrimination claims can damage a business’ reputation and affect its bottom line. It can cost the business current and future clients as well as investors and employees. Depending on the gravity of the claim(s), the process of settling the claim(s) can take anywhere from months to years. Meanwhile, the cost of the settlement and other fees continue to add up. A business might have to compensate the affected parties besides paying court fees and lawyers. The EEOC has seen a rise in monetary rewards from 7.5 million to 24.3 million (Glazer, 1996) However, all of these can be avoided by properly educating employers and employees about their rights and what harassment and discrimination entails.
In this research paper, I will talk about ethics in business communication and in detail, about how important it is like ethical business communication takes some forms, and the second point will be Ethical issues in Business Communication followed by What shapes our view of ethics, in this point I'll mention some of the perceptions that people have helped in the formation of Ethics, the next point will be Communicating ethics in a way that informs and affects behavior, it will be points for incorporating organizational ethics, then the Ways to overcome ethical dilemma, in the last will be the conclusion It will be a final summary of ethics in business, Before all these points I will start with the introduction, and it will be the
Communication ethics questions ones personal narratives about what is good, bad, right and wrong. It makes us question communication and observe not only what drives us to do what we do but what drives the other person in a communication situation as well. Ethics determines how we enter situations, react to events and ultimately carry out our daily routines. The purpose of taking COM 380 Communication Ethics is to be able to successfully carry out ethical communication in both our public and private life. This course has one question that must be determined; “What is communication ethics literacy, and how does it affect the role of ethics in our communication and interactions?” This question makes us learn as individuals by actively listen to other people and engage the idea of diversity of ideas