1.There are many
ethical issues about which people hold very strong opinions—abortion, gun control,
and the death penalty, to name a few. If you were a team member on a project
with someone whom you knew held an opinion different from yours on one of these
issues, would it affect your ability to work effectively with this person? Why
or why not?
For me, as a
professional it will not affect my work, everyone of us have our own opinion
regarding on something. That opinion will not be a hindrance on my relationship
to my co-worker. That will not be a big deal on our work, it is not that
opinion we based our work. As long as my co-worker will respect my opinion as
well as how I respected their opinion also. As long as our opinions will be not
make a complication on our work.
2.
Identify two important life experiences
that helped you defined your own personal code of ethics.
The first important
experience of my life that defined my own personal code of ethics is whenever
I’m on the street If ever I see someone
setting on the side or I should say beggars, asking for a money or a food, I
will never hesitate to give to them. Even I don’t have extra I will give it to
them. I always think that I can borrow money from my friends so I give mine. I
have a big heart to those kind of people. I fell sorry and pity for them. I
always care about others, always willing to help those in need.
The second one is my
attitude. I always maintain a positive attitude, always respectful, always
loyal, always loyal, never arrogant. I know what I am here in this world. I
know how to deal different people.
3.
Do you think that the importance of ethical behavior in business is increasing
or decreasing? Define your position.
I think that the
importance of ethical behavior in business is increasing because it is started
within yourself. You have ethics when you know how to recognize the difference between
right and wrong and consistently strive to set an example of good conduct. In a
business setting, being ethical means applying principles of honesty and
fairness to relationships with coworkers and customers. Ethical individuals
make an effort to treat everyone with whom they come in contact as they would
want to be treated themselves. If the employees has a good ethical behavior it
will build customer loyalty, the
customers will trust you and they want to make business with you. Retain good employees in the
organization will be a great opportunity for the organization because you know
that your business is in good hands. In
the business the employees will love to work in positive work environment it means that each employees have one goal to
be successful in gain more customer and they treated each other like a family
so it is nice to work when you know that the people around that you can trust. If
the employees in a business has an ethical behavior it will avoid legal problems because they know what are the rules they need
to follow so there’s no reason that they will violate the laws.
4.
Do you believe than an organization should be able to escape criminal liability
for the acts of its employees if it has acted as a responsible corporate
citizen, making strong efforts to prevent and detect misconduct in the
workplace. Why or why not?
The organization will
not be able to escape from criminal
liability that their employees acted. Even if the organization conducted the
ethical training to all the employees, you will not if all your employees put
in their hearts the training they participated. Whatever the employees criminal
doing, the organization will be affected, the name, the company’s reputation. Maybe you will loss a
valued customers. It’s harsh but it is true. The mistake of one, everybody will
be suffer. You can’t hide that mistake, if you do so, you are not a good example
for your company and what you are doing also a crime and unethical behavior.
5.
Is it possible for an employee to be successful in the workplace without acting
ethically?
The employee will be not be successful or no
future in a workplace if they won’t act ethically or lack ethical standards,
the employer risks losing valuable
customers and possibly even more if his employee has an unethical
behavior. The reputation of the company will be affected on what their
employees criminal wrongdoing. So if
your doing like this, the company doesn’t need you anymore. And wherever
company you will apply for work no one will accept you because you have already
bad records you’re your past company that will reflect to the other company.
6.
Should software piracy within the boundaries of third world countries to be
tolerated to allow those countries an opportunity to move into the information
age?
On my opinion I don’t
like to tolerate software piracy in the third world countries. It is not proper
to do such criminal doing like this. Let us consider the people who made the
software for the good purpose, do you know how much effort and time computer
professionals put into developing a piece of software? Do you know when you buy
a piece of copied software in the market or download it illegally, it is an
offense? Doing this, you are committing a felony and working against computer
ethics and marginalizing the hard work, efforts, and time put in developing
computer applications. This is a kind of discouragement for the computer
fraternity, which discourages them and denies them the fair payment they so
readily deserve.
But
for the good purpose I will agree but with the permission of the developer. We
still don’t know if the third world countries will use the software in a good
terms. Educating consumers about copyright laws and tougher law enforcement
helps reduce piracy. Many developing countries is less mature so they need to
be educated on the computer world.
7.
Is ethics training really just a waste of time that will not change the
behavior of the employee?
Ethics training is not a waste of time, this is the very
first important thing to be conducted in the organization. Small-business
owners must be able to trust their staff members implicitly. Employees are
intimately involved in the workings of the business, so owners must know that
the company is in responsible and ethical hands. Training workers about
professional ethics is an excellent way of setting standards and teaching your
staff the importance of integrity in business.
Ethics training is highly recommended for fostering a trustworthy working
environment. Many employees have a general sense of right and wrong, but may
not understand the legal intricacies of their business enough to identify and
not engage in unethical activities. Additionally, there is sometimes confusion
about the often-subtle differences between illegal and unethical behavior.
Proper training helps keep each employee informed, while hopefully preventing
errors in judgement that cast a negative light on the company.
