1. Ethics in the Workplace By: David Purser

2. Table of Contents Dress Code Tardiness Discrimination Shoplifting Cyber Loafing Sexual Harassment

3. Dress Code Dress Code is written and unwritten rules with regard to clothing. Clothing, like other aspects of human physical appearance, has a social significance. Different rules and expectations exist depending on circumstance and occasion.

5. Dress Code

6. Tardiness Tardy means to be late, slow, or sluggish.

7. The prejudicial or distinguishing treatment of an individual based on their actual or perceived membership in a certain group or category, such as their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, age, disability, skin color, ethnicity, or other characteristics.

9. Shoplifting Theft of goods from a retail establishment. It is one of the most common crimes. Most shoplifters are amateurs; however, there are people and groups who make their living from shoplifting, who tend to be more skilled.

11. Slang term used to describe employees who surf the net, write e-mail or other Internet-related activities at work that are not related to their job. These activities are performed during periods of time when they are being paid by their employer. The individual is called a cyberloaf(er), while the act is cyberloafing.

13. Sexual Harassment Bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. In most modern legal contexts, sexual harassment is illegal. Defined by the US EEOC, "It is unlawful to harass a person because of that person’s sex."