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Define ethics and its impact both personally and professionally Identify the importance of maintaining confidentiality Understand the importance of ethical decision making. OBJECTIVES. ETHICS DEFINED. Ethics: a moral standard of right and wrong

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  1. Define ethics and its impact both personally and professionally Identify the importance of maintaining confidentiality Understand the importance of ethical decision making OBJECTIVES

  2. ETHICS DEFINED Ethics: a moral standard of right and wrong Just as your personality is shaped by outside influences, so is your ethical make-up Ethical behavior is a reflection of influences

  3. INFLUENCES ON ETHICS AT WORK Ethical issues arise daily at work Confidential issues: workplace matters that should be kept private Implied confidentiality: an obligation to not share information with individuals with whom the business is of no concern If you are uncertain about sharing information, check with your boss

  4. TALK IT OUT What activities done during class could be considered unethical? What activities done at work could be considered unethical?

  5. ACTIVITIES Activity 5-1 (page 70) Activity 5-3 (page 70)

  6. MAKING ETHICAL CHOICES There are three levels of ethical decisions: The first is the law The second is fairness The third is your conscience

  7. WHEN OTHERS ARE NOT ETHICAL If someone is breaking the law, you have an obligation to inform your employer immediately

  8. WHEN OTHERS ARE NOT ETHICALAccusing Others of Wrongdoing Document facts and evidence You have three choices: Alert outside officials if the offense is illegal and extreme If the offense is not illegal and extreme and is accepted by management, accept management’s decision If the offense is not illegal and extreme and is accepted by management, yet you are bothered, decide whether you want to continue working for the company

  9. WHEN OTHERS ARE NOT ETHICAL Company Theft Company theft is not always big items; more often it is small items, such as: Office supplies If not used for company purposes Time Surfing the Internet, making personal calls, and taking extra-long breaks Activity 5-4

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