ETHICAL

COMMUNICATION IN
THE WORK PLACE
ETHICS
ARE PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE US IN
JUDGING WHETHER SOMETHING IS
MORALLY RIGHT OR WRONG.

WORK ETHICS
A GOOD WORK ETHIC IS AN
ATTITUDE THAT COMBINES HARD
WORK, GOOD PERFORMANCE &
DEPENDABLE RESULTS. 201X
 ETHICAL
COMMUNICATORS
S TREAT PEOPLE FAIRLY,
COMMUNICATE
HONESTLY AND AVOID
IMMORAL OR
W UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR.
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Avoid using offensive
language
NO PROFANITY

NO HATE SPEECH
NO SEXISM LANGUAGE
 COMMON WORK ETHICS

RESPORNSIBILITY TEAMWORK
POSSITIVE ATTITUDE PROFESSIONALISM
TIME MANAGEMENT, INTEGRITY & LOYALTY
DEPENDABILITY & PUNCTUALITY
 ACT IN PROFESSIONAL MANNER
• Show initiative
• Be on Time
• Avoid gossip
• Be Polite
• Do not use
• Be Respectful
profanity
• Be Dependable
• Be trustworthy
• Show Initiative
KEEP YOUR PERSONAL PRIVATE
1. Avoid discussing personal problems at work.
2. Keep personal phone calls to a minimum
make them on your break.

DO NOT STEAL
- Stealing is illegal and unethical at all
times.
- Taking office supplies or food from the
storeroom is stealing. 201X
DO NOT STEAL
- Taking cash from the cash register is stealing
- Letting your friends eat without charging
them is stealing

DO NOT WASTE RESOURCES

Wasting resources costs the company
money and can lead to environmental
problems.
 UNETHICAL
COMMUNICATION IN
THE WORK PLACE
Communication used to
undermine relationships
or encourage social
immorality is unethical
communication.
Ethical Problems are inevitable in all
levels of the work place.
 TYPES EXAMPLES

COERCIVE Intimidation and threatening others.

DESTRUCTIVE Backstabbing and inappropriate jokes.

DECEPTIVE Euphemism and lying.

INTRUSIVE Eavesdropping, tapping telephones or

monitoring internet use.

SECRETIVE Hoarding information and cover-ups.

MANIPULATIVE - Acts which attempt to gain compliance

or control through exploitation.
EXPLOITIVE
 How do you train your employees to be

O
ethical to one and all, whether in the
professional realm or personal?

• A written code of conduct.

• Define ethics to be maintained
in an organization.
• Each employee should have
one, including new hires.
 TRAINING PROGRAMS
1. Organizations should focus on training in ethics at the
workplace.
2. A few members from the top level management can
lead the ethics training programs.

• Performance feedback sessions should be corrective in

nature.
• Good Behavior should be acknowledged.

Role model
• Seniors behaving in a morally upright manner will set an
example for employees to follow.