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This 3 page paper discusses workplace ethics, including the use of rationalization and ways to insure that communications are ethical. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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that employees need to be aware of, and how they can make certain their business communications are ethical. Discussion The first point we need to note is that there is
really no difference between personal and business ethics, even though we often try to separate the two: "What most people dont realize, however, is that there is no such thing
as workplace ethics; ethics are the same, (or, should be) whether in the workplace or in personal life" (Curry). Currys observation makes sense when we think about it. Why should
we behave ethically in some situations and unethically in others? We should adopt high standards at all times, but evidence shows that we dont always do so. The WorldCom and
Enron scandals illustrate this fact quite clearly. Part of the difficulty with defining and following guidelines for workplace ethics is that "there is no generally accepted and widely followed statement
of fundamental business ethics" (Johnson). The various professions (medicine, law, accounting and so on) have codes of ethics that pertain to each of them individually, but there has never been
a "general statement ... considered definitive for all business professions" (Johnson). It therefore becomes even more important that people bring their personal standards of ethical behavior into the business environment.
When they do not, as Enron and other scenarios illustrate, chaos results. They also show us something else: people who act unethically frequently dont see themselves as behaving badly. They
often rationalize their behavior; and one interesting finding is that "... corrupt individuals tend not to view themselves as corrupt" (Anand, Ashforth & Joshi). Further, those people who are convicted
of so called white-collar crimes "tend to acknowledge their errant behavior but deny criminal intent" thus rejecting "the label of criminal" (Anand, Ashforth & Joshi). In order to arrive at
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