Role Of Ethics In Management

ETHICS
Ethics is about people and it entails systematizing, defense and recommendation of concepts of right or wrong (Fieser, n.d). Therefore, ethics is about choosing what is right. However, what is right is relative as it may vary depending on the situation at hand.
Discuss what you see as the role of ethics as it pertains to management and managers.
The role of ethics is of paramount importance in relation to management. From our readings, Paine L. S (1994) clearly states that “…ethics has everything to do with management.” Essentially, organizational decisions are made by the management. Failure to embrace work ethics in organizations may result in misconduct by the employees.
Role of ethics to management and managers
Ethics plays a pivotal

According to Paine (1994);
a) Institute integrity strategies which define the organization’s aspirations, guiding values and the patterns of conduct and thought.
b) The integrity strategies defined above checks damaging lapses in ethics and promotes employees’ moral thoughts and actions.
c) Managers must provide defined leadership and put in place systems which enhance ethical conduct.
d) Managers must shape the organization’s ethics and create the environment which strengthens relationships and reputations.
Using your professional experience as a backdrop, provide examples of managers who have demonstrated ethical behavior (or not) and discuss how this affected the organization, the employees, etc.
During my professional tenure, I have worked with four companies to date and here is my experience with a few of the managers;
a) In my first employment, I worked as a farm manager for a mixed farm- rearing dairy cows and chicken for egg production. There was the farm consultant who never had the specifics of what farming is. He could make noise pointing out mistakes but never provided the guideline. He kept reporting me to my employer whose attitude towards me started changing. As a result, I decided to