Essays on Workplace Ethics

Research thesis

The research focuses on the practical causes behind the plight of victims ranging from the African Americans of getting racially discriminated for their workplace rights to the gender identity orientation towards women for leadership roles in various organizations. The main question focussed in the research is that although, there are specific ethical and legal statutes which involve the human right violation laws for African American and females at the workplace, still they are not effective enough in solving the issue of racial and gender oriented discrimination. This research thesis aims at analyzing the various ethical considerations that are implied ...

Executive Summary

There are set of standards and policies that guide how people behave in the places of work. These form workplace or business ethics. The ethical viewpoints include utilitarian view, deontology ethics, virtue ethics and intuitionism. From the case in accounting department, there are various considerations in the analysis of the case. This paper looks at the viewpoints mentioned and analyze them in relation to the case where Mr. Jones is reported to be developing a workplace relationship with Ms. Smith.

Introduction

Ethics in the workplace can be defined as the guidelines and policies that benchmark how the members of the organization ...

Philosophy

Introduction Judging from the common notions about ethical policies, it appears that there are two prominent clusters of stories of ethical issues in the workplace. The first group of issues pertains to the issues of fraud, corruption, cronyism, influence, nepotism, peddling, and so on. On the other hand, ethical issues are being drawn from the vexing questions pertaining to human rights, personal relationships, social justice, environmental considerations, and so on. Workplace ethics seems to be a category by itself. The ethical issues resulting from the lack of policy or non-adherence to policies in the workplace constitutes a question whether such ...

Abstract

Research finds that non-unionized employees discern stronger ethical cultures within their organizations and companies than their fellow unionized counterparts. Other reports also depict that young workers are more probable to recognize weak ethical cultures within their organizations than older ones. On the other hand, managers also tend to esteem stronger ethical cultures within their organizations than employees that are not in management positions. The onus is on the manager to manage and incorporate a strong ethical culture in their business. However, it is not solely their responsibility since the employees are in a position of helping out in the assessment of ethical ...

Introduction

Holy Spirit is a 1000 bedded eye hospital that is located in the heart of the city. Being the only speciality hospital in the city, its services are very much in demand. Earlier, the hospital was known for its prompt services and excellent facilities; however, its reputation over the past two year has been eroded due to some serious internal problems among its employees. The employee turnover rate has more than doubled since last two years and the profitability has been reduced by almost 50%. Being an HR manager of the hospital, I studied the behavioural patterns of the employees. ...

INTRODUCTION

The aim of this study is to identify the ethical issues in the workplace. In order to do so, the study has taken all the factors associated with ethics within an organization into consideration. This signifies that the study tends to inform its readers regarding the importance and benefits of the workplace ethics along with the consequences of inappropriate workplace ethical standards. Personnel being the greatest strength in corporate world are in constant need of safe and well-protected working environment. As the organizations’ reliance on personnel is increasing day by day, the study has taken the concentration of workplace/personnel ...