5 MOST COMMON UNETHICAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE WORKPLACE Ethics are the moral principles that drive an individual’s behavior. People have personal

ethics in many areas of their lives, such as ethics for family relationships or romantic re-

lationships. Workplace ethics are, by definition, the moral principles that guide a per-

son's actions in the workplace. Ethical standards can vary from industry to industry, and

from position to position within an industry.

Each day roughly 120 million people walk into a workplace somewhere in the United

States. Within the past year, almost half of these workers personally witnessed some

form of ethical misconduct, according to a recent survey conducted by the Washington,

D.C.-based Ethics Resource Center (ERC). Listed below, according to the ERC study,

are the five most frequently observed unethical behaviors in the U.S. workplace.

MISUSING COMPANY TIME Whether it is covering for someone who shows up late or altering a time sheet, misusing

company time tops the list. This category includes knowing that one of your co-workers

is conducting personal business on company time. By "personal business" the survey

recognizes the difference between making cold calls to advance your freelance business

and calling your spouse to find out how your sick child is doing.

ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR Too many workplaces are filled with managers and supervisors who use their position

and power to mistreat or disrespect others. Unfortunately, unless the situation you're in

involves race, gender or ethnic origin, there is often no legal protection against abusive

behavior in the workplace. To learn more, check out the Workplace Bullying Institute.

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EMPLOYEE THEFT According to a recent study by Jack L. Hayes International, one out of every 40 employees in 2012 was caught stealing from

their employer. Even more startling is that these employees steal on average 5.5 times more than shoplifters ($715 vs. $129).

Employee fraud is also on the uptick, whether its check tampering, not recording sales in order to skim, or manipulating ex-

pense reimbursements. Ethical alert: The FBI recently reported that employee theft is the fasting growing crime in the U.S.

today.

LYING TO EMPLOYEES The fastest way to lose the trust of your employees is to lie to them, yet employers do it all the time. One of out every five em-

ployees report that their manager or supervisor has lied to them within the past year.

VIOLATING COMPANY INTERNET POLICIES Cyberslackers. Cyberloafers. These are terms used to identify people who surf the Web when they should be working. It's a

huge, multi-billion-dollar problem for companies. A survey conducted recently by Salary.com found that everyday at least 64

percent of employees visit websites that have nothing to do with their work. Who would have thought that checking your Face-

book page is becoming an ethical issue?

The good news from the ERC study is that most American workers and employers do the right thing. The survey reveals that

most of us follow our company's ethical standards of behavior, and we are willing to report wrongdoing when we see it (unless

it's the company's Internet use policy). But for those of us who track ethical behavior in the workplace, there are some trouble-

some trends in the ERC survey. The percentage of employees who experienced some form of retaliation for reporting non-

ethical behavior climbed from 15 percent to 22 percent. Confidence in the ethics of senior leaders declined from 68 percent

to 62 percent. When it comes to the ethical workplace, we may be on a downward shift.

What do you think? Can companies do more to create an ethical culture that goes beyond mere compliance? Email me with

your own perspective.

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The Elephant Rope

As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being

held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at any-

time, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,”

trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s

enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope

can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they

couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because

we failed at it once before?

Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.

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ENTERTAINING, A BIT EDUCATIVE AND A LITTLE INSPIRATIONAL

These are just pictures but they tell stories that may either educate, entertain or inspire you.....

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