WORKPLACE ETHICS

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WORKPLACE

A vital place where

Importance of
most people spend
employer-employee
their lives aside from
relationship to society
home
Workplace Issues

Sexual harassment
Discrimination
Conflict of Interest
Whistle-blowing
Sexual Harassment
Definition

Form of employment
discrimination

Sexual pressure Sexually Other

from charged unwelcome
supervisors remarks behaviours
Forms of Sexual Harassment

Non-
Verbal verbal Visual

Psychological Physical
Workplace Discrimination
Illegaltreatment of a person or group
based on prejudice
Prejudice and stereotype influencing
one’s perception
Race and ethnic based discrimination
Man vs Woman
Inequality
Conflict of Interest
What?
One’s personal interest comes into
conflict with his/her duty to act in the
interest of others (biased judgments)
A situation in which a person is in a
position to derive personal benefit from
actions or decisions made in his/her
official capacity (misuse of position)
Types of Conflict of Interest
 Actual : discharging one’s duties to employer
or others in a way that is prejudicial to their
interest
 Potential: Possibility of conflict of interest
 Apparent :A judge cannot preside over a case
of his family
 Others-Impersonal: A lawyer cannot
represent two clients with conflicting interests
Whistle-Blowing
Comes from sports: referee blows whistle
to stop play when there is foul or
improper conduct
Employment : attempt by member or
former member of an organisation to
disclose wrongdoing in or by an
organisation
Types of Whistle-blowing
 Governmental : initiated in the government
sector
 Internal: disclosures made by employees to
executives in a firm concerning improper
conduct
 Personal
: a person complains of sexual
harassment
 External : happens when ‘internal’ fails
Consequences
 (NOTE : Whistle-blowing should be
undertaken as a moral protest, that is, the
motive must be to correct some wrong, and
NOT seek revenge or personal advancement)
 Face retaliation from employer
 Receive
poor performance evaluation,
demotion, dismissal
 Blacklisted
Is It Morally Justified?

Morally prohibited – principle of loyalty

 Morally justified – the right of free
speech and to know the truth; if there
are serious consequences where harm is
involved
 Internal remedies have been attempted
in good faith