unethical

Examples of unethical in the following topics:

• Corporate Policies

  • The 2012 Barclays LIBOR price fixing scandal is an example of grossly unethical behavior that occurred after Barclays admitted that its traders sought to intentionally manipulate LIBOR rates for financial gain.
  • Many companies are assessing the environmental factors that can lead employees to engage in unethical conduct.
  • A competitive business environment may call for unethical behavior.
  • An example of this is the issues surrounding the unethical actions of the Saloman Brothers .

• Dynamically Crafting your Message

  • Suppose you learn that your employer is engaged in an action you consider to be unethical.
  • But that means you could spend years before addressing a practice you regard as unethical.
  • Ignoring an unethical act would be seen as unethical in itself.

• Short-term gains, long-term pain

  • Other companies have had fines and/or experienced drops in sales for similar unethical or illegal behaviours.

• Fairness

  • Treating employees equitably enables substantial organizational benefits while avoiding unethical operations and the corresponding consequences.

• Avoiding Passive Voice

  • Be careful to avoid using the passive voice to hide an actor's identity when it is unethical to do so, such as when trying to avoid accepting responsibility for your employer's actions.

• A Brief Definition of Business Ethics

  • Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of ethical behavior that requires that organizations understand, identify, and eliminate unethical economic, environmental, and social behaviors.

• Ethical Issues at an Organizational Level

  • Enron's unethical practices led to their employees and shareholders losing billions of dollars.
  • Enron's unethical practices led to their employees and shareholders losing billions of dollars as their stocks became worthless by November of 2001.

• Ethical Issues at an Individual Level

  • Motivating and reinforcing positive behavior while creating an environment that avoids unethical behavior is a critical responsibility of both managers and employees.
  • Whistleblowers are individuals who identify unethical practices in organizations and report the behavior to management or the authorities.

• Purchasing

  • The three departments do not report to the same senior manager, which prevents unethical practices and lends credibility to the process.

• Elton Mayo

  • On the other hand, Elton Mayo's work has been widely attributed to the discovery of the "social person," thereby allowing for workers to be seen as individuals rather than merely robots designed to work for unethical and unrealistic productivity expectations.