Assignment:
Definition
Organizational ethics refers to the way a company should react to the external environment. Several guidelines and principles decide how individuals should behave in the workplace.
Summary
According to Sekerka et al., (2014) in the article about cultivating and sustaining moral performance, people from different backgrounds and with various interests are guided by a code of conduct to work on a common platform towards achieving set goals and objectives. The article also describes how employees are company assets and therefore it is very crucial for them to maintain the ambiance of the workplace. All organizations operate to make profits, but the way the profits are made is also a very important aspect. Companies should not use unfair means to make profits or even destruct and manipulate information to their advantage. Tampering with information is both unprofessional and unethical in the business world, honesty results more favor.
Discussion
The idea of organizational ethics is all about demonstrating acts of compassion, fairness, integrity, responsibility and honor at the work place. Liautaud (2013) on Untangling the confusion over organizational ethics, one of the best ways for an employer to show organizational ethics is to train the staff about company standards. Treating all the employees equally with the same respect, despite their religion, race, lifestyles or cultures is also an act of compassion. It is important for all the organizations also to show responsibility towards protecting the community.
Communicating some dangers that may be caused by a product and maintaining some safety standards shows good organizational ethics and acts of responsibility. All these acts of honor clearly determine if an organization will be successful. Organizations competing fairly without having collusive arrangements to harm competitors are a crucial element for success in business. Therefore, fairness, honesty, compassion, responsibility and honor are very important in organizational ethics.
Biblical integration
The Bible also widely explores the idea of ethics by making Christians think about what God would have them do in several situations. It is an issue of commands and character. In one of the scriptures, those that God foreknew are transformed into the likeness of His Son (Romans 8: 29). Paul wrote this scripture to show Christians that just as Jesus was doing many acts of love and compassions, so should Christians do.
To be like Jesus and to act like Him, individuals need both His understanding of God's will and His character. This is a journey that takes people through the word of God to produce in them the fruits of the spirit that are essential in making ethical decisions. The harder the ethical decisions, the more the awareness of how far an individual needs to go in understanding God's will.
References
Sekerka, L. E., Comer, D. R., & Godwin, L. N. (2014). Positive organizational ethics: Cultivating and sustaining moral performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 119(4), 435-444. doi:https://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.liberty.edu/10.1007/s10551-013-1911-z
Pathardikar, Avinash D., Sahu, Sangeeta, Jaiswal, Neeraj Kumar. (2016). South Asian Journal of Global Business Research20165:1 , 104-124
Liautaud, S. (2013, Summer). Untangling the confusion over organizational ethics. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 11, 21-22.