Workplace Ethics Desirable Employee Qualities

Cooperativeness ▫Willingness to work with others to achieve a common goal ▫Do tasks you don’t like without complaining ▫Do your fair share of the work ▫Pitch in to help a coworker who has fallen behind workwise or has a really hard task to complete ▫Volunteer to help others meet a deadline

Desirable Employee Qualities Willingness to Follow Directions ▫Vital skill for any job ▫Listen carefully, even if you are already familiar with the instructions given ▫Take notes if possible ▫Ask questions

Desirable Employee Qualities Willingness to Learn ▫Learn your own job as well as other tasks ▫Learn all you can about the company ▫Look for training opportunities Initiative ▫Doing what must be done without waiting to be told

Desirable Employee Qualities ▫Willingness to Take on More Responsibility  Responsibility is the willingness to accept an obligation and be accountable for an action or situation ▫Self-Management  Self-management means doing what’s necessary to build a better career (self-promotion)  Set career goals & develop a plan to reach them  Monitor your work habits and performance

Desirable Employee Qualities ▫Loyalty  Be a team player to help company achieve goals  Don’t bad mouth the company or supervisor in conversations  Be positive  Be the solution, not the problem  Don’t point fingers  Pitch in when a crisis comes up.

Workplace Ethics Ethical Behavior

Ethics are principles of conduct governing a group or society ▫Checklist  Is the action illegal?  Does it violate company or professional standards?  Who is affected, and how, by the action Honesty ▫Dishonesty is the root of most ethics problems in a workplace

Ethical Behavior HONESTY Time Money Employer Property

Ethical Behavior Interaction with Others ▫Confidentiality means not discussing secrets with others that don’t need to know

Ethical Behavior Fairness ▫Treat others with dignity and respect ▫Prejudice is an unjustifiable negative attitude toward a personal or group  Sexist or racist comments  Stereotyping  Name calling  Generalizations  Employee can be fired and/or company sued

Ethical Behavior Handling Unethical Practices ▫Ask if isolated incident or ongoing practice ▫If deliberate, don’t ignore but handle carefully ▫If harassed by a client/customer, walk away and report to supervisor ▫If harassed by coworker, inform you won’t tolerate; still problem, then talk to supervisor

Ethical Behavior Handling Unethical Practices ▫If harassed by unethical employer  Keep written record by describing incident and noting date and time  Check with others and get their perspective  Check your motives  Collect evidence, if appropriate  Decide whether to be anonymous or in the open  Report facts or observations, and DON’T EXAGGERATE