WORK ETHICS

There are certain rules and regulations or we can say norms every company and people working there has to follow. In order to provide safety, healthy environment and avoiding non-work related tasks in the office there are certain things everyone has to follow and the term is ‘Work Ethics’. 

Work Ethics means moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity at work.Work Ethics include various points to define the behavior expected by an employee while working. Describing those points as follows-

1.       Grapevine communication: Also called as gossiping. Gossips at workplace are one of the major follies of work ethics. Gossiping about the company, criticizing or mocking various activities of the company leads to a lot of negativity in the work environment and often decreases productivity. Employees who works with dedication for the company are also mislead and they just finish their job and never wish to contribute in the company’s growth.

2.       Whistle Blowing: This practice must be adopted by the employees. Watching someone doing something that is not legal or practicing activities that adds to the degradation of the company and keeping quite is also a serious issue. This ‘Don’t care’ attitude has to change. Whistle blowing means to report if you find malpractices running around you and help the work environment to be free from corruption.

3.       Sexual Harassment and Discrimination: This is a serious issue and the most alarming one. Sexual Harassment and discrimination at workplace de-motivates women from pursuing their respective jobs.  Commenting on their appearance, trying to make them uncomfortable with their talks and sometimes crossing the line all comes under sexual harassment and immediate action is taken over such issues. Discrimination means discriminating on the basis of gender, caste, creed or color. This must be avoided at work place to ensure healthy environment at workplace.

4.       Safety in workplace: The workplace must be a safe-zone. There must be arrangements for any kind of emergency for example fire. When an employee is guaranteed safety at workplace, he develops a sense of confidence over the company’s policies and working condition. Moreover, stress relief strategy must be adopted like conducting fun activities or arranging outings for employees.

5.       Time Theft- It means misusing the time that must be dedicated for the work. The most common is cyber-slacking which means using internet for personnel use and wasting the time that belongs to the company. Arriving late, leaving early, talking too much, all comes under time theft.

Following work ethics helps us and also the company to grow in a better environment. The workplace co-operation affects a lot on the overall growth of the company. If the employees are treated with respect and are offered leverages, they come happy to work and thus perform better. To enhance productivity and to generate better results in less time consumed, work ethics must be followed.