Workplace ethics refers to how employees conduct themselves on the job. Some key aspects of workplace ethics include following company policies and the law, being able to "sleep at night" with your decisions, and doing your fair share of work. Surveys show that many workers engage in unethical behaviors like cutting corners, lying, or taking credit for others' work. To maintain strong ethics, workers should set standards around principles like trust, honesty, and avoiding conflicts of interest. Employers value characteristics like credibility, responsibility, flexibility, and being a team player. The overall focus should be on constantly improving one's work and ethical conduct.

1. Workplace Ethics Understanding how your choices impact your job

3. Is this against company policy?

4. Can I sleep at night if I do it?

7. Basics from the Organizational Standpoint Values Organizational values often include such traditional virtues as trust, loyalty and commitment, honesty and respect for one another, and avoiding conflicts of interest. Values may also include newer elements such as innovation, teamwork, customer focus and continuous improvement. Principles Guiding principles set standards for the organization that go beyond the laws and may affect employees on a more personal level.

8. How to ‘BE’ on a job Be enthusiastic about your job and the people you work with. Focus on the positives instead of the negatives Operate with initiative: think about what needs to be done and do it, don’t wait for someone to tell you Have good character traits: employers look for and desire people of character Accept personal responsibility

9. Character traits to possess Credible Trustworthy Useful Optimistic Flexible Cooperative Responsible Accountable A Team Player

10. Remember your Objectives and Goals Ultimately, obtaining and keeping a particular job depends on the type of worker you are. Although, we may not be the type of workers we hope to be – the focus is on constant and never ending improvement.

11. Resources Internship & Work-Integrated Learning Center http://www.workplaceethics.ca/work.html http://www.smartworkethics.com/