Topic > Benefits of Ethics - 524

Introduction Afford and Bebensee (2010) discuss how properly managing ethics in the workplace can benefit the company on many different levels. They present ways of managing ethical processes that go beyond the simple definition of guidelines on ethical codes. For the purposes of discussion, Afford and Bebensee define ethics as a concept of moral behavior. The article strongly emphasizes that the actions of every employee, not just managers, impact the organization, therefore, if an organization wants to succeed, each individual's ethics are important. Several large companies around the world have been mentioned that have had huge problems due to confusing ethical situations and how we can learn from the mistakes of others in the area of ​​workplace ethics. Summary Afford and Bebensee mention that larger companies have hired a dedicated vice president for ethics in an effort to better control the company's processes and codes of ethics to avoid substantial financial penalties resulting from ethics violations. The authors argue that strengthening ethics programs in a company is not helpful...