Imagine going to a workplace every day that encourages or tolerates misconduct. Undoubtedly, there are short-term gains. However, companies with weak organizational ethics will eventually witness higher turnover rates and lower productivity. Further, such ethical culture damages employees’ mental health and, ultimately, hurts a company’s reputation. On the contrary, a company with robust ethical culture promotes honesty and integrity and attracts customers to its products and services. In this article at Business News Daily, Sean Peek explains why ethical behavior is crucial for business success.
What Are Organizational Ethics?
Experts define organizational ethics as various guidelines and principles that decide how individuals must behave in the workplace. It also includes the code of conduct for individuals working in a particular organization. “A high ethical standard extends to customers as well. A reputation of positive ethical behavior entices more potential clients,” says Peek. Furthermore, strong ethical standards also build customer loyalty.
How Do You Build Organizational Ethics?
Establish Core Values In Your Daily Operations
Without core values, creating organizational ethics is nearly impossible. Core values educate clients, employees, and prospects about where the business is heading. In addition, core values build trust with employees and shape the organizational culture. As a leader, once you share the core values, hold employees accountable for any actions that can lead to potential ethical violations.
Lead by Example to Build Organizational Ethics
Employees often look to the behavior of the top management as an example. Therefore, executives and managers must display the ethical behavior they expect in their teams. Leaders must be constantly aware of their actions and how their employees interpret them. Lying about metrics to the CEO, engaging in verbally abusive behavior, and cutting corners to reach goals are examples of how leaders can violate ethical behavior.
Create an Open Space for Communication
An open, safe workplace culture motivates employees to freely communicate when they notice ethical issues. Therefore, enterprises must promote workshops and training sessions to set the expectations of establishing an ‘open-door policy.’ The training sessions must also aim at teaching how employees can solve ethical dilemmas in the workplace.
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