IMPACT OF UNETHICAL

BEHAVIOR AT WORKPLACE

Group members:
1) Muhammad Bilal
Ansari
2) Raheela Parveen
3) Saad Zafar
4) Sidra
5) Ayesha
WHAT IS UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR AT WORK
PLACE?
• Unethical behavior has serious consequences for both individuals
and organizations. Employee can lose job and reputation,
organizations can lose their credibility, general morale and
productivity can decline, or the behavior can result in significant
fines and/or financial loss.
• Some unethical business behavior may include lying and
changing the number of hours they have worked, making a long
distance phone call on the business phones, and copying
business software so they can use it at home. While these cases
vary, they are all examples of unethical workplace behavior.
CONCEPTUAL MODEL:
Dependent Variable: Employees Unethical behavior
Independent Variable: Code of behavior, Performance load,
Norms.
Mediator : Commitment to work
Moderator : Management

Code of Employees
Commitment to
Behavior/ unethical Management
work
conduct behavior

Performance
Pressure
READING MATERIAL:
• Code of behavior / Personality of employees
• Employees unethical behavior
• Performance Pressure
• Environment ( Internal / external both )
• Structure of organization
QUESTIONS OF UNETHICIAL BEHAVIOUR:
• Q1. What unethical practices employee come across at work?
• Q2. What is the reason behind unethical behavior in the workplace?
• Q3. What was done about those unethical practices?
• Q4. How are the unethical problems often resolved?
• Q5. What are the moral ways to resolve these problems anyway?
• Q7. Are there any codes/regulations? Are they helpful/ effective?
QUESTIONS OF JOB PERFORMANCE PRESSURE
• Workload Stress:
• 1 Shortage of help at work?
• 2 Co-workers are inefficient?
• 3 High levels of time pressure?
• 4 Responsible for too many people / projects?
• Job Security Stress:
• 5 Fear of being laid off / fired?
• 6 Concerned about low wages?
• 7 Worry about poor pension?
• 8 Need ‘PULL’ to get ahead?
QUESTIONS OF JOB PERFORMANCE PRESSURE
• Shift Work Stress:
• 9 Feel chronic effects on mental health?
• 10 Shift work affects the family life?
• 11 Shift works leads to social & domestic disruptions?
• 12 Feel uncomfortable while comparing other shift workers?
• Job Performance:
• 13 Does work overload affect your job performance?
• 14 Lack of training affects the job performance?
• 15 Is your job performance decreases due to shift works?
• 16 Does job insecurity affect your job performance?
QUESTIONS OF ENVIRONMENT:
• How does the improvement on technological level affect development in an organization
environment?
• How does ethical behaviour affect the performance of employees or an organization in
the environment? (European Scientific Journal November 2015 /SPECIAL/ edition ISSN:
1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431)
• Does the external environment have an influence on organizational performance?
• How does an economic problem affect the business environment?
• To what extent will political instability affect the business environment?
QUESTIONS OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE:
• “How frequently do you usually participate in decisions to hire new staff’?
• “How frequently do you participate in decisions on the adoption of new policies.?
• “There can be little action taken here until a supervisor approves a decision?
• “1 have to ask my boss before I do almost anything.?
• “There is a complete written job description for most jobs in this organization?
• “The organization keeps a written record of nearly everyone's job performance.?
• “Made fun of someone at work?
• “Taken money, equipment, or merchandise from organization without permission.?
REFERENCES:
• https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/21/4/520/437260?searchresult=1
• https://academic.oup.com/journals/search-results?
q=job+performance+pressure&allJournals=1&fl_SiteID=5567&page=4
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mathangi_Vijayan2/publication/325734383_IMPACT
_OF_JOB_STRESS_ON_EMPLOYEES'_JOB_PERFORMANCE_IN_AAVIN_COIMBATO
RE/links/5b20a4b10f7e9b0e373f0153/IMPACT-OF-JOB-STRESS-ON-EMPLOYEES-
JOB-PERFORMANCE-IN-AAVIN-COIMBATORE.pdf
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336320140_IMPACT_OF_EXTERNAL_BUSINE
SS_ENVIRONMENT_ON_ORGANIZATIONAL_PERFORMANCE
• https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/236409557.pdf
REFERENCES:
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323626635_The_structure_of_an_organization_
Does_it_influence_workplace_deviance_and_its'_dimensions_And_to_what_extent
• https://scihub.st/https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/jices/2015/00000013/F002
0003/art00006
• https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-12-2014-0060