A paper prepared by
Foram A. Patel,
Assistant Professor,
Sardar Valllabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology,
Vasad, Gujarat.
Abstract:
An institution that is consciously and deliberately ethically aware will play a valuable role in pursuing wider community and societal aims. Our staff and students should be enabled to handle the range of ethical dilemmas they will face in an increasingly multicultural society with global dimensions. It is necessary to make people aware of how valuable the ethics are, irrespective of the particular professional fields. Higher education should be regarded as an inherently valuable activity that sets out to benefit society. The relationships between the organization and its funders and commercial
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In addition, the Nolan Committee 's First Report on Standards in Public Life sets out seven principles that “apply to all aspects of public life”. These are selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
Maintaining high ethical standards is made explicit, or at least implicit, in the aims and objectives of most institutions. But HEIs still need to ensure that these aims are put into practice in the day to day running of the institution. Ethical issues arise in a wide range of situations, including those relating to how an institution treats it employees, students and other groups. The relationships between the organization and its funders and commercial partners provide scope for conflicts of interest and other ethical dilemmas. Marketing practices and admissions procedures may raise questions about honesty and fairness, while upholding academic freedom can have both legal and ethical consequences. Ethical issues range from plagiarism to public interest disclosure and from race equality to confidentiality of information.
While legislation may dictate how to approach some situations, this will not always be the case. Neither should legislation drive an institution’s approach to ethical issues. It is up to individual institutions to determine what is and is not acceptable behavior for their organizations. This guide is
Every licensed professional has had to complete (and pass) an ethics course, at some point in their educational career; whereby they become exposed to, and learn about, the established ethical codes, theories, and dilemmas within both their specific communities and society as a whole. With an increasing interest in social justice, or the “fifth force ” (Corey, G., Corey, M. S., Corey, C., & Callanan, P., 2014), there has also been a recent rise in concerns for the purposes of these required ethics courses and how they actually translate into professional practice: are ethical values kinetic or potential, in effect,
Discuss: Laws are set rules that may help guide our conduct but they do not always agree. Some ethical issues are not legally required, but ethically warranted. We have recently seen a prime example of someone standing by their ethics, but breaking the law in the recent case of the Kentucky woman refusing to provide a certificate of marriage to a gay couple. There is a connection between ethical behavior within an organization and its chances of long-term survivability. Any unethical issues will come to light at some point and they will destroy the company. Although some unethical behaviors may not be unlawful, they can destroy a brand. Kathy Lee Gifford did not do anything illegal by allowing children in other country to sew her clothing
The Ethical Matrix is an adaptable apparatus for breaking down moral issues. It serves as a purpose of aiding individuals in making ethical decisions regarding an array of educational issues. It is a guide to discerning thought and equitable consideration, not a substitute for them. The aim of the ethical matrix as indicated by Tangen (2014) is to fundamentally serve as an instrument for “mapping the terrain of ethical issues in various types of educational research with human subjects or in evaluation research, contract research, researcher–practitioner cooperation, or in other types of research representing some common ethical challenges and
Ethics is important to everyone for the society as a whole. Whether it is in a person’s professional career or personal life, ethics and morals play an important role. The key to an organization’s success is the way they handle business ethically. Although it is not always simple to do the right thing, it is something that must be done. Conducting an Ethics Awareness Inventory is a way someone can learn how they as individuals see ethics; what is important to them the most, and what is important to them the least. I completed this inventory, and will discuss how it relates to my
As the issue is with many of these ethical approaches, we are left with a vital question to answer: who is allowed to make these standards and enforce
Throughout this class, I also realized there are more ethical issues than I realized. Some of these issues include human resource issues, such as privacy, discrimination, sexual harassment, performance evaluations, hiring, firing, etc. (Nelson, 2007, p. 68). Conflicts of interest are also on the list of ethical issues seen more regularly throughout the business world. Some of the issues that involve conflicts of interest are hard to recognize as ethical problems. Before taking this class, many issues that happened around my workplace were because of conflicts of interest, but I did not view them as ethical issues. Now, when these types of problems arise, I recognize the ethical issue of the problem before trying to correct it. I have gained so much knowledge throughout this course in such a brief time. Understanding ethics will ultimately help me better myself in my career and could possibly bring better opportunities my way in the future.
Ethical issues are a matter that every type of business and economy has to work on at some point. Companies, enterprises, agencies, universities, and schools, they all have to deal with moral and ethical matters, and since eventually most of us will enroll one of them, these issues should be a matter of concern to all of us. In a work environment, persecution, discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying indicate an unethical conduct, and these types of behaviors are certainly difficult to manage in the workplace.
The problem to be investigated is the application of business ethics. In the business world, ethics are extremely important. Ethics are prime elements that help a business to grow and to become more productive. It is by applying proper business ethics that a business can operate in a moral or ethical business environment and managed to conduct all activities in a manner that maximizes profits while not compromising all other non-economic concerns(Schwab, 1996). Businesses have over the years failed to nurture business ethics in order to fulfill shareholders' interests and to have a culture that is oriented towards profit maximization and high performance(Jennings, 2012; Sims & Felton, 2006). This has led business to have gray areas in their activities. Gray areas are those situations or problems that do not fit exactly into any ethical analysis. These are the activities which may be represented to be immoral as a result of lying and false representations on the part of the business.
Ethics are values and principles that individuals use to govern his decisions and activities. Ethics are about moral judgment of an individual about right and wrong. In an organization, code of ethics refers to set of guiding principles and organizations use these principles in their policies, programs, and decisions for business. Within organizations, decisions are taken by groups or individuals and these decisions are influenced by the culture of the company. Decision making and relevance of ethics may also differ for nonprofit and for profit organizations. In contemporary business environment, organizations must have a clear ethical policy and implement it in proper manner. There are many social, legal and economic outcomes that company has to face in case of any ethical dilemma, so there must be a smart strategy to deal with ethical dilemmas. In this paper, we will address the ethics for nonprofit and profits organizations, ethical dilemmas being faced or faced by each of these companies and the outcomes of these ethical dilemmas. Critique of actions of each of these companies will be provided from the point of view of applicable philosophical theories of organizational ethics.
In the workplace as well as one’s personal life is essential for ethics to be maintained; often taking the right action is not always the most popular choice. It is important for maintaining an upstanding ethical code of conduct to be a productive individual as well as function as an employee in the workplace.
Most colleges in the world have a code of ethics for students, codes of ethics identify and proscribe behavior that may expose the college to licit liability and additionally define and promote other ethical principles consequential to the university by outlining concrete bounds of acceptable conduct, and providing guidance on how to address ethical issues that are liable to arise. We did not find a specific code of ethics for CCSIT college. We must have more IT code of ethics in the university code of ethics because that could be more auxiliary and it has positive impacts in improving IT field. Regarding this issue, we suggest to provide specific code of ethics for each college.
Today’s business world presents numerous ethical issues. In today’s world above board/moral ethics in organizations do not often materialize intuitively. Organization must strive to provide employees with a clear understanding of the overall company vision. This will aid employees in practicing the code of ethics, policies and procedures in the workplace. Companies must be unwavering in continuously delivering the uppermost ethics of provision in which customers, applicants and employees are entitled to under fair business practices. One major core value is to uphold responsible and fair business practices.
It is one thing to establish a code of ethical conduct for an organization in the public sector, but it is quite another to really impress upon all employees the importance of living up to that code of conduct. What makes a code of conduct and how can management be assured that all employees understand the code and follow it's values and guidelines? How do not-for-profit professions stack up against for-profit professionals when it comes to ethics? This paper delves into codes of conduct in the public and sector and provides a review of several scholarly articles that present specific instances where codes of conduct are part of the workplace culture.
This case study was a powerful example to illustrate the presence of ethics within the
Every organization also has a profession responsibility to conduct business honestly and ethically. Our readings reported, “Experts estimated that U.S. companies lose about $600 billion a year from unethical and criminal behavior” Kinicki and Kreitner (2009). The organization could avoid having ethical issues by meeting the