Readings: Ethics

What is Workplace Ethics?

Workplace ethics are the set of values, moral principles, and standards that need to be followed by both employers and employees in the workplace. It is the set of rules and regulations that need to be followed by all staff of the workplace

Examples of Ethical Behaviors in The Workplace

Examples of ethical behaviors in the workplace includes; obeying the company’s rules, effective communication, taking responsibility, accountability, professionalism, trust and mutual respect for your colleagues at work. These examples of ethical behaviors ensures maximum productivity output at work. And could be pivotal for career growth.

Advantages and Implications of Workplace Ethics

It can stimulate positive employee behavior and create a positive ambiance in the workplace Ensures management guides and mentors their employees in a healthy environment A workplace with good ethics usually strengthens the bond employees have with their superior It boosts productivity through employee performance and job satisfaction which in turn increases company growth. Bad workplace ethics can cause a strain in the relationship with company stakeholders When it leaks (which it most likely will) poor behavior can be recorded and propelled into unsavory headlines online. This can lead to reputational damage to the brand name.

What is Technology Ethics?

Technology ethics is the application of ethical thinking to the practical concerns of technology. The reason technology ethics is growing in prominence is that new technologies give us more power to act, which means that we have to make choices we didn’t have to make before. While in the past our actions were involuntarily constrained by our weakness, now, with so much technological power, we have to learn how to be voluntarily constrained by our judgment: our ethics.

As an example, artificial intelligence is a field of technological endeavor that people are exploring in order to make better sense of the world. Because we want to make sense out of the world in order to make better choices, in a way, AI has a fundamentally ethical aspect. But here we need to not mistake efficiency for morality – just because something is more efficient does not mean that it is morally better, though often efficiency is a dramatic benefit to humanity. For example, people can make more efficient weapons – more efficient at killing people and destroying things – but that does not mean they are good or will be used for good. Weapons always reflect, in an ultimate sense, a form of damage to the common good, whether the weapon is ever used or not (because its cost could have been spent on something better).