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In the recent past, the issue of ethics in the workplace has been gaining precedence. National studies have shown there are clear-cut exercises that managers and leaders of organization who desire to build a practice of positive workplace must do. As such, they must establish written ethics standards, offer ethics training, as well as ensure that resources are availed to employees in need of ethics advice Asae, 2011).
According to the 2000 National Business Ethics Survey (2000 NBES), there has been increased formal ethics programs among U.S. organizations. 90 percent of organisation in the non-profit sector were reported to have written standards of ethical conduct for employees while 65 percent offered training on the standards and 40 percent had a dedicated office or telephone line specifically for ethics advice. The percentages were said to be even higher in larger nonprofits.
Executives in the nonprofits realized the value of developing effective ethics programs in their organizations. These include: hiring and training high-quality personnel; enhancing both a satisfying and productive working environment; developing and sustaining good reputation for the organization; sustaining the trust of employees to ensure continued self-regulation; enhancing open free discussion of ethical issues; offering ethical guidance together with resources for the workers before taking difficult decisions; and equating the work efforts of the workforce with the mission and vision of the organization (Asae, 2011).
It was also noted that employees working in companies having ethics programs and see their leaders building ethical behavior and values like honesty, trust and honesty strive to echo the positive ethical conducts at workplaces. The results of this are less noted misconduct at work, reduced pressure on the staff to compromise their ethics standards, increased willingness to report on others’ misconduct; improved satisfaction with their organization, along with growing feeling of being valued by their respective organization.
References:
Asae. (2011). Ethics in the work place. Retrieved on April 23, 2012 from: http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/articledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=13073
