subject: Ethics within the Workplace Starts at the Top [print this page] Ethics within the Workplace Starts at the Top
What's ethics within the workplace all concerning? To me business ethics is regarding balancing the requirements of the employer, employee, and the customer. It all starts with a personal code of ethics.
If you've got a personal code of ethics that's focused on the Bible you will try to try and do what is right in all situations. As an employee, this could be illustrated this way. A client could give you cash to pay their bill. They may say here's $30.00 keep the change. As you look down you notice that rather than a twenty and a ten they gave you two twenties. You could keep it and they may not notice.
Your personal code of ethics will not let you keep the money. Certain it absolutely was their mistake, and you'll want the money, but it merely wouldn't be right.
Business homeowners should grapple with ethics in the workplace as well. They could change it slow card and cheat you out of your just wages, however they recognize it's wrong, as well.
Have you ever worked for a boss who cheats the client? It might require you to change jobs just to keep a transparent conscience. A builder may have the steel for a concrete slab on site and then only install half the desired amount. He might get by for years, until something breaks.
A restaurant could advertise a product as being one means, and simply cut back on ingredients, to create it cheaper. They will suppose, they are obtaining one over on the client, however their thievery can be evident as product quality suffers.
Customers are not stupid. The Japanese proved this by making their cars a very little better every year. During the identical period Yank cars were not improving as much. The Cani Principal of the Japanese let to their cars taking an enormous chunk of the worldwide automotive market.
Ethics in the workplace starts at the top with management. if they're committed to excellence and can communicate this the organization can be ethical. If management chooses to mistreat and cheat employees, they can expect that to be reflected back to them and to their customers.
The personal code of ethics of one company founder can influence thousands of companies, managers and employees. A sensible example of this can be Truett Cathy, founding father of ChicfilA. His company refuses to open on Sunday while they might do a lot of business.
I'm positive their employees appreciate the time off to go to church and enjoy their families. Truett permits people to become a store partner with a easy $5,000.00 deposit. ChicfilA spends all the cash to open the restaurant. The operator pays a franchise fee and profits are split with corporate. Probably the best chance I know of in a very ancient business.
All business owners may take a ethics lesson from Truett Cathy.
The corporate's company purpose statement says that the business exists "to glorify God by being a trustworthy steward of all that's entrusted to us and to possess a positive influence on all who return to bear with ChickfilA."
