Sunday, April 13, 2008

Ethical Lapses

It is very disheartening to find that seventy three percent of Americans with full-time jobs encounter ethical lapses on the job. The world would be too perfect if things were done the right way. Many of the ethical lapses that occur are never discovered because people do not want to bring scandal and disruption to their company. The ones that have been brought to the attention of the public, such as Enron, have been catastrophic to the company.

It is a hard to figure out what to do when encountering an ethical lapse. The study said that forty three percent of people who encounter ethical lapses handle it themselves, and forty eight percent involve company management. The way that I see it, if the problem that you are facing can be handled without involving management you should try to solve it yourself. However, a person should have the resources available to him or her if the problem is severe enough to involve management. There seem to be too many cases in which a superior can take advantage of an employee because there are no means to stop him. Employees should be made aware of the options they have to receive help.

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