Manager as ethical leader

A Manager as an ethical leader requires demonstrating character, morals, and virtue in his work, focusing on the needs and rights of employees working under him. The basic responsibility and obligation of a manager is treating everyone to the same standard and make them understand what the management expects from them. As an ethical leader,…

Employees as ethics ambassadors

The employees who assist senior management in promoting ethical policies, code of conduct and related policies within the organization are referred as ‘Ethics Ambassadors’. These ambassadors are appointed for full-time or may be taken on in addition to an employee’s day-to-day job. The ethics ambassadors have an important role to play in nurturing awareness and…

Meaning of Work Ethics and the Workplace Ethics

Work ethic is a set of values an employee uses in his/her job based on the ideals of discipline and hard work. Work ethic encompasses moral principles like integrity, sense of responsibility, inherent ability, teamwork and cooperation. This involves a person’s attitude, behavior, respect, communication, and interaction and how he/she gets along with others. Workplace…

How Conflict of interest arises?

A conflict of interest arises when a person chooses personal gain over his duties to the employer or exploits his position for personal gain in some way. In banks, as a general rule, people of top management or Managers or employees should avoid conducting bank’s business with a relative or any other person or any…

Ethics at the Individual Level

[This post elucidates Values, Norms, Beliefs, Morality, Conflict, Integrity, Golden Rule, Dilemmas, and Decision-Making] Ethics is set of moral principles that guide a person’s behaviour and arrive at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. The ethical principles are expressive about good habits that one should acquire, the duties that one should follow, or…

Business ethics and Banking

Limited Companies do have ethical responsibility which is however not protected by limited liability of the Promoters and Directors from the consequences of their actions. The long term success or failure of a company’s reputation depends upon a company’s record and the perception of its ethics. The foundation of the ethics is none of the…

Ethics and ethical theories explained

Ethics is defined as a moral philosophy or code of morals, based on what is considered right and wrong practiced by a whole society or a person. The arena of ethics encompasses standardizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. The ethical theories are usually divided into three topics. They are meta-ethics, normative…