Ethics in the Workplace
Objective 2-1 Explain how individuals develop their personal codes of ethics and why ethics are important in the workplace.
Just what is ethical behavior? Ethics are beliefs about what’s right and wrong or good and bad. An individual’s values and morals, plus the social context in which his or her behavior occurs, determine whether behavior is regarded as ethical or unethical. In other words, ethical behavior is behavior that conforms to individual beliefs and social norms about what’s right and good. Unethical behavior is behavior that conforms to individual beliefs and social norms about what is defined as wrong and bad. Business ethics is a term often used to refer to ethical or unethical behaviors by employees ...
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