Ethics Case Study

I believe in order for an organization to be an ethical place the organization it must start at the foundation of the organization. For any organization to be grounded in sound ethical principles it needs a boss that is willing to ensure that their company is built on ethical standards that respect people’s right to autonomy as workers and as consumers. They must by hiring people with good ethical principles. Bosses must also be willing to terminate people that do not comply with company policy, values and ethical principles. In other words they must be accountable to the rest of the workers, by showing they care about how their company is run. You only need to watch and listen to social media to get an indication of what happens when companies

I believe the organizations boss and managers need to practice ethical behavior towards each other and towards everyone that they employee. (Pontus & Scherrer), 2011 discuss lateral violence in their article and state the leaders set the tone and leadership needs to promote a culture of respect by their actions. I think that open and honest dialogue will help uphold an ethical work place. This means that people in leadership positions have to be role models that lead by example in regards to the standards they expect others to live by. I also believe that it needs to be clear what the company expects from its employees. Employees need to feel a sense of responsibility towards the company’s ethical principles and both the boss and the workers need to have a personal sense of responsibility towards their job. This means that when workers see something they believe to be unethical they need to discuss it with someone in authority without fear of retribution. Below I have compiled a list of ideas I have for what I believe it takes to make an organization

To assure the organization I work with is ethical as possible; I would like to have workshops every six months that teach about ethics and how to use them in your workplace. This would help people recognize ethical behavior on a regular basis, rather than have ethics ignored. The workshops would have a luncheon provided. The reason I would do this is to bring people in the company together to discuss ethics and socialize. I believe that bringing coworkers together can build harmony and connectedness. In here article Dickerman (2014), refers to a program called gracious space, provided by the Center for Ethical Leadership. This is a core body of work focused on helping people work together better on critical issues. I like this perspective because it validates the need of a collaborative approach to handling issues that impact the work place. Through this process I have come to realize how much ethics play in providing a safe and comfortable place to work. I understand how lack of ethical principles can take down the moral of an organization because of the social interactions of people that work for the