Ethics in Business
Monday, March 22nd, 2010Published: People Manager February Issue
Ethics In Business
As the manager walks with a smile into the big, cool, lighted office, the staffs suddenly turns into silence as if they were too busy to notice that the boss has arrived. Sounds familiar?
My boss who is very blunt (as he described himself to me when we first met) probably could not keep himself from saying what he thinks about Billy. He asked what happened, and said “you look guilty” as Billy pass by the room one afternoon. But for sure Billy has done nothing wrong, who can tell anyway.
There are several work scenarios we oftentimes neglect resulting to big losses. It may seem simple for some employees to use the office computer to check his Facebook account; play Farmville, bring home few pieces of paper clips, paper, and pen. Some of them really don’t have that much concern about the company expense, half of the days hours spent surfing the net while the bosses are not around. Workers with such kind of unethical practices will most likely contribute to the downfall.
In business, hiring the right person is a never ending challenge. But try to imagine how better things can be if you appoint conscientious, dependable, and honest employees.
In a survey of employees, results reveal that:
• 56% of working people admit they have lied to their supervisors,
• 41% say they have falsified records,
• 64% admitted using the Internet for personal reasons during working hours,
• 35% have stolen from their employers by their own admission, and
• 31% abuse drugs or alcohol.
Those who have studied the problem say about 80 percent of computer crime are committed by “insiders,” at an estimated annual cost of as much as billions.
While all employees have opportunities to steal, an employer’s risk increases as people advance to upper levels of responsibility. High ranking executives have been known to embezzle tens of thousands-even millions of peso. Could there be a better way to hire people worthy of your trust?
Many businesses are reducing their risk by assessing their applicants using integrity tools such as the Profiles Step One Survey (SOS), a scientifically designed assessment tool that evaluates job applicants for integrity, substance abuse, reliability and work ethic. In many companies, no one is hired for any job or position until after they have completed this survey. Company recruiters say that you add the SOS integrity tool to your hiring procedure; you have more information upon which to make better hiring decisions. With this survey you will hire more honest, dependable, hard-working and drug-free employees. Using this survey also leads to gains in productivity, improved company morale and increased profits.
Imagine great people giving an honest day’s work for a full day’s pay, they are prompt, conscientious of time usage and company resources; they are productive, dependable, and loyal.
According to Ms. Elvie Tarrobal-Director of People Dynamics Inc., they use integrity tool in their hiring system. Step One Survey II eliminate profit-stealing behaviors such as unexcused absences, drug use, tardiness, Sub-par job performance, unauthorized use of the Internet, carelessness, using company e-mail for personal use, fraud, disclosing private and restricted computer data, job hopping, clocking in or out for other employees, inventory shrinkage, revealing confidential information and/or trade, secrets to outsiders, theft of office supplies and other, company property.
Imagine great people and you can imagine business success.