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What are Work Ethics?
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What are ethics? They are a set of (often unspoken – and generally understood) moral
principles relating to a specified group, field or form of conduct. A group of moral principles,
standards of behavior or set of values regarding proper conduct in the workplace.
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Ethics on the job often deal with a code of conduct or a set of principles for BOTH the employer
and the employee. Ask for and offer some examples of workplace ethics from both the
employer and the employee.
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Work Ethics
Work Ethics for an Employer
• To provide a safe work
environment for staff and
employees
• To treat employees with
dignity and respect
• To provide a fair wage for
the services rendered
• To handle all business
transactions with integrity
and honesty
Work Ethics for an Employee
• To show up on time
• To tend to company
business the whole time
while at work
• To treat the company’s
resources, equipment
and products with care
• To give respect to the
company by working with
honesty and integrity
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A list of work ethics for an employer or a company might be:
• To provide a safe work environment for all staff and employees
• To treat employees with dignity and respect
• To provide a fair wage for the services rendered
• To handle all business transactions with integrity and honesty
A list of work ethics for an employee might be:
• To show up on time
• To tend to company business the whole time while at work; giving it 100%
• To treat the company’s resources, equipment and products with care
• To give respect to the company by working with honesty and integrity
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Ask the students to list some ethical issues that might come up at work.
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What Do Professional Ethics Include?
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Professional Ethics
• Professional manner
• Personal life
• Respect for resources
• Guidelines for professional
ethics
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A good work ethic is an attitude that combines hard work, good performance and dependable
results.
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How can your ethics help you develop strong relationships in a work environment?
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Professional Manner
Professional manner includes being:
• on time
• polite
• respectful
• dependable
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Professionals do not use profanity on the job and avoid gossip.
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Can you think of any other descriptions for professional behavior?
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Professionalism
Soft Skills – Professionalism
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United States Department of Labor
Soft Skills – Professionalism information.
http://youtu.be/7dPWVjQSad4
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Personal Life
• Separate work life from private life
• Avoid discussing personal problems
• Keep personal telephone calls to a
minimum
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Do not let what happens at home or in your personal life affect your work life.
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Is it a good idea to date someone that you work with? Why or why not?
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Do Not Steal or Waste
Resources
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Stealing is
– illegal
– unethical
• Do not take items such as:
– cash
– property
– office supplies
– food
– toiletries
Wasting resources costs the company money
• Recycle items such as:
– paper products
– grease
– oil
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Embezzlement occurs when a trusted employee takes either money or goods entrusted to
them. They can be arrested, fined and/or sent to prison.
A 2010 report by TD Bank Financial Group estimated that employee theft played a role in the
bankruptcy of one out of 10 failed small- to medium-sized businesses. A study of 23 large retail
companies by loss-prevention consulting firm Jack L. Hayes International shows that 71,095
dishonest employees were apprehended in 2012, up 5.5 percent from 2011. In total, more than
$50 million was recovered in those cases, up 7 percent from a year earlier. How would you feel
if you were a business owner and this was occurring at your place of business?
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Wasting resources can cost money and lead to environmental problems.
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Guidelines for Professional Ethics
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Work Ethics
Ethics in the Workplace!
(click on link)
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Ethics in the Workplace!
A presentation on how companies can easily implement business ethics in workplace and still
achieve their goals.
http://youtu.be/0mUxMpMTT28
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Human Relations Soft
Skills/Transferable Skills
Establishing
rapport
Treating
people fairly
Being a
cooperative
team member
Dealing effectively with
conflict
Helping clarify
misunderstandings
Creating an environment
of social interaction
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These are considered soft skills or transferable skills. These are skills which individuals must
develop, refine, practice and reinforce. Why are they called transferable skills? They are called
transferable skills because you can transfer them from one situation or career to another. Here
is a list of additional transferable skills:
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Negotiating
Tactfulness
Patience with difficult people
Setting priorities
Completing projects on time
Problem solving
Management
Leadership
Accepting responsibility
Decision making
Cooperating
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Can you think of skills you have that you can transfer to many different situations or careers?
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Work Ethic Qualities
Responsibility
Commitment and
Excellence
Flexibility
Teamwork
Honestly
Reliability
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Responsibility - employees show up for work on time and work diligently to become familiar
with job duties and perform them correctly
Flexibility - employees can adjust to changes without complaining
Honesty - employees admit their mistakes and find out how to prevent making them again
A reliable employee:
•Arrives at work on time
•Keeps personal matters separate from business matters
•Works a full shift
•Carries out a variety of assigned tasks without constant prompting
•Takes on extra work when necessary without complaint
•Gets enough rest to work effectively
•Maintains good personal, physical and mental health
Teamwork – employees work with a large team
Commitment - the quality that supports all your abilities and skills to build a strong work ethic
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Excellence – employees make the most of opportunities to improve their abilities and learn new
skills
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Code of Ethics
Employee
treatment
Wages,
benefits and
working
conditions
Behavior of
employees
Workplace ethics serve as guiding
principles that effective leaders use to set
the professional tone and behavior.
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Workplace ethics serve as guiding principles that effective leaders use in setting professional
tone and behavior.
Many establishments have created written codes of ethics, which are designed to remove the
guesswork about what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
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These codes of ethics may include employee treatment, wages, benefits, working conditions,
behavior of employees and any other issues that may impact operations.
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Questions to Keep in Mind
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Is it fair?
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Does it uphold the
values of the
organization?
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Am I confident in
my decision
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Will it be valid for
years?
Can I tell my
decisions to my
employer, my
family and others?
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Is it legal?
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Will it hurt
anyone?
How would others
regard the details if
public?
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Does it positively
represent the
company?
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Does it make
anyone
uncomfortable?
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Does it convey
respect for
others?
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Have I involved
others by
asking their
viewpoint?
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To determine whether a decision or action is based on sound workplace ethics, managers and
employees should ask these questions.
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Are all these valid questions to keep in mind as an employee? Why or why not?
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Questions?
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References and Resources
Images:
Microsoft Clip Art: Used with permission from Microsoft.
Textbooks:
Parnell Frances Baynor. (2001). Skills for personal and family living. (pp. 195-206). Tinley
Park: The Goodheart-Willcox Publishing Company.
Sasse Connie. (2004). Families today. (4th ed., pp. 285-304). New York: McGraw Hill
Glencoe.
Websites:
Department of Labor
Essentials Skills to Getting a Job.
http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/essential_job_skills.pdf
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References and Resources
Ethics Resource Center (ERC)
ERC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, dedicated to independent
research that advances high ethical standards and practices in public and private
institutions.
http://www.ethics.org/
YouTube™:
Ethics in the Workplace!
A presentation on how companies can easily implement business ethics in workplace and
still achieve their goals.
http://youtu.be/0mUxMpMTT28
United States Department of Labor
Soft Skills – Professionalism information.
http://youtu.be/7dPWVjQSad4
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